E. F. Stevens Biography


	This biography appears on page 1891 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	E. F. STEVENS, who has a fine farm north of the town of 
Woonsocket, Sanborn county, is a native of the Badger state, having 
been born in Rock county, Wisconsin. He was reared on the homestead 
farm in Wisconsin, where he received a good common-school education, 
having been a successful teacher for one year while a young man. He 
continued to assist in the work and management of the home farm until 
he had attained his legal majority, and thereafter was engaged in 
farming on his own responsibility in Wisconsin until he took up his 
residence in Sanborn county, South Dakota, locating upon a farm which 
is an integral portion of his present fine place. He has made excellent 
improvements of a permanent nature, having good buildings, windmills, 
fences, etc. He raises a fine grade of cattle and feeds each year a 
great many sheep and hogs, his dealings in live stock being quite 
extensive. He is one of the leaders of the Republican party in his 
county, being a member of the county central committee and having 
served for eight years as clerk of his township. He is a member of the 
Masonic fraternity and also of the Modern Woodmen of America.

	Mr. Stevens was united in marriage to Miss Amanda E. Hopkins, and 
they have two children.