Beckham County, OK - Obits: Joseph Ham Stevens, 1908 Saturday, 13 December 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ STEVENS, JOSEPH HAM (Feb 1908, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): We chronicle the passing of Joseph Ham Stevens last week at Doxie (Doxey), age 93 years. He was born at old Wells Beach, Maine in 1814. He has been a great traveler all his life on both land and sea, having visited nearly all lands where the sea flows. He was living with his son, Joseph Stevens, well known in Elk City. He leaves a wife 78 years old and nine living children. He died with paralysis, living but a few days after the attack. (7 Feb 1908, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK): J. H. Stevens died Saturday, Feb. 1st, at the home of his son, Joe A. Stevens. Interment took place at the Doxey cemetery Sunday. Mr. Stevens was born at Bath, Maine and was past 93 years old. He had been in Oklahoma two years. --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html