Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Stevens, Ephraim ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com June 4, 2007, 9:46 pm Author: Unknown EPHRAIM STEVENS, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Mindoro. He was born in Needham, near Boston; resided in his native town and in Boston till 1855; came to La Crosse County in July of that year and settled in Lewis Valley. In August of that year, with his brother, A. J. Stevens, opened a store in the present village of Mindoro; this was the first store established in Lewis Valley. Mr. A. J. Stevens died at Winona in 1880. Ephraim Stevens was married to Ellen R. Brown, daughter of S. C. Brown; has two children - Nellie and Carrie. Mr. Stevens bought his present farm about 1857. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 853. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/stevens716gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb