Obituary:  Mrs. Ellen N. T. Stephenson, 11 Jul 1860 - Smith County, TX

Contributed by Vicki Betts <vbetts@gower.net>
July 25, 2002

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TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, September 6, 1860, p. 4, c. 2

Mrs. Ellen N. T. Stephenson, wife of Absalom Stephenson and daughter 
of Daniel and Mary Ann Currie, was born April 4th, 1839, in Montgomery 
county, Alabama, embraced religion in Smith county, Texas, in the fall 
of 1856, and lived a devoted and consistent member of the M. E. Church, 
South from her conversion until the 11th July, 1860, at which time she 
died in the triumphs of a living faith, giving to her devoted husband 
and numerous friends, who surrounded her bedside, the brightest 
evidences of her acceptance with God. She requested her relatives and 
friends to meet her in heaven, stating, in her last moments, that her 
way was perfectly clear.
J. M. Seeton.
Ebel, Smith co., Aug. 19, 1860.