Ohio County, West Virginia Biography of John E. STEVENSON ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Sue Schell , March 2000 ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, Pg 328 BIO: John E. Stevenson, Ohio Co., WV John E. Stevenson. Though he had worked himself up to the responsibilities of a superintendent in the Monessen plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, John E. Stevenson resigned, changed his destination as a business man and as member of the firm Mitchell & Stevenson has developed a highly successful business as investment brokers. Mr. Stevenson was born at West Newton in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1882. His father, Thomas C. Stevenson, was born at West Newton in 1859. While there he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company was transferred to Connelsville, Pennsylvania, and in 1890 came to Wheeling as freight agent for the Baltimore & Ohio. Three years later he resigned from the railroad, and for two years was sales manager of the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company. He left that business to become superintendent for the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company at Wheeling, later was promoted to district manager and 1905 became district manager at Pittsburgh. Thomas c. Stevenson in 1907 retired from business and has since lived at Wheeling. He is a Mason, a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Wheeling, and votes as an independent. He married Mary Elliott, who was born at Newark, Ohio, in 1855. John E. is the oldest of their three children. Mary Louise is the wife of Charles D. Towar, a salesman at Wheeling, and Elizabeth Plummer is the wife of Henry G. Stifel, a member of the manufacturing firm of J. L. Stifel and Sons at Wheeling. John E. Stevenson acquired his early education in the public schools of wheeling and in Linsly Institute. After a course in the Moise Commercial College at Wheeling in 1898 he became a traveling salesman for the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company. He was on the road two years for this firm and then entered the local plant offices of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company as a clerk. His abilities gained him rapid promotion, and he was general superintendent when he resigned in 1907 to engage in business for himself. He organized the firm of Mitchell & Stevenson, investment brokers, in 1913. They have made many prominent connections with the financial interests and enjoy a high standing in the financial world. Their offices are at 57 Twelfth Street. Mr. Stevenson is a director in the Marland Oil Company of Delaware, the Maryland Refining Company, and the Mack Manufacturing Company of Wheeling. He is a republican, is a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church, is a Knight Templar Mason with local affiliations in Monessen Lodge No. 638 at Monessen, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Wheeling Country Club and Fort Henry club. December 8, 1914, at Wheeling he married Miss Laura Stifel, daughter of L. C. and Elizabeth (Stamm) Stifel. Her parents both died in Wheeling. Her father was for many years actively connected with J. F. Stifel & Sons, calico printers. Mrs. Stevenson is a graduate of the Penn College for Women. They have one daughter, Henryett, born October 25, 1917.