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From: "Elizabeth Zaring" <>
Subject: RE: [STEVENS] William Stevens of Eagle Twp. Ross/Hocking/Vinton County OH
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:47:21 -0500


Hi Becky,

I fulfill part of your request. I live a stones throw from Vinton County,
am on the Stevens Mailing list, but am not a Stevens researcher. Now you
may be asking why I am subscribed to this list. It's a long shot I
addressed to this list about a month ago with no response, but I keep
hoping. I have virtually no ancestors from Ohio and certainly none from
the Vinton, Hocking or Ross County area, but I have been to the genealogy
room at the Vinton County Library. McArthur, the county seat of Vinton
County, is classified as a village (pop.< 500 souls) but has an admirable
genealogy room at their very nice library. I would be happy to look up
something for you, if you could give me some direction. I will be going to
that library next week.

Back to why I listen in to this list!. I am a Clayton family researcher,
looking for any descendents of the union of Elizabeth Clayton Hopper and
William Hopper. The obituary of Elizabeth Clayton Hopper listed some
enlightening Clayton family history that I would love to track down. Her
surviving children listed a Mrs. Jane Stevens of Ogden Iowa, in her November
15, 1889 obit. I have nothing on this Jane Stevens, no husbands name. I
can't find her in the 1885, nor 1895 Iowa State census, and of course the
1890 census does not exist.

Let me know if I can look up anything at the Vinton Co. Library for you.

Regards,
Beth Zaring
Wellston Ohio


>From:
>To:
>Subject: [STEVENS] William Stevens of Eagle Twp. Ross/Hocking/Vinton County
>OH
>Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 18:33:21 EST
>
>Dear STEVENS List,
>
>I am trying to locate my Stevens family in the 1840 Census and our family
>history says that they were already in Vinton County OH by then and I DO
>find
>them there in 1830 and 1850 and on. BUT they don't seem to be there in
>1840. If
>there are other Vinton/Ross County Stevens researchers out there who can
>help
>please contact me.
>
>Also, previous to 1830 I can't seem to find them either. The problem is
>that
>it is such a common name. There are hundreds of William Stevenses across
>the
>country. Before 1830 it is entirely possible they were in IN because all
>the
>Vinton County census records on William's son John say he was born in IN.
>We
>know that he was born in 1822. BUT again even in IN in 1820 there are
>several
>William Stevens men. I don't know how to figure out which one was mine. If
>anyone
>has any ideas please help.
>
>Thanks so much!
>Becky Robbins Blystone
>

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