John Stephens Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Ellenboro, Biographical Sketches, Page 1015 

JOHN STEPHENS, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Ellenboro; was born in Cornwall, England, 
Sept. 24, 1820; came to America in 1849; settled in Ohio; was only there a short 
time when he came to Wisconsin; was engaged in mining and farming on 40 acres; 
now owns 80 acres of land. His wife, Elizabeth Daddow, was born in Cornwall, 
England, March 1, 1822; came to America in 1848, and settled at Benton, La 
Fayette Co., Wis.; they were married in 1850; they have had five children - John 
D., born Aug. 18, 1851, died Dec. 5. 1880; Mary E., born March 20. 1855; Lucy 
A., born Jan. 1.1858; Amrilla, born July 4 1869, Joseph B., born Jan. 25, 1863. 
In politics. Republican; in religion, a liberal believer.