 1838 - 1916 (78 years)
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| Name |
Benedict Tarring Stevens |
| Born |
20 Feb 1838 |
Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1880 |
| Three Springs (Huntingdon) PA |
| Died |
19 Apr 1916 |
Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
21 Apr 1916 |
Three Springs Cemetery, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
| Person ID |
I000473 |
Strausstown Roots | Stevens.G, Ow.H |
| Last Modified |
11 Sep 2008 |
| Father |
Benedict Stevens, b. 28 Feb 1802, Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 26 Oct 1883 (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Eve Ow, b. 17 Jul 1804, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , d. 31 Dec 1882 (Age 78 years) |
| Family ID |
F00156 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Heeter, b. 06 Sep 1837, Pennsylvania , d. 01 Feb 1926, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Age 88 years) |
| Married |
04 Jun 1863 |
Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
- 1900 census: mother of 10; 4 survive
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| Children |
| + | 1. Ida Stevens, b. 27 Aug 1864, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 15 May 1912, Clay Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Age 47 years) |
| + | 2. John Adam Stevens, b. 27 Jun 1871, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 06 Jun 1935, Hill Valley, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Age 63 years) |
| | 3. Edwinna B Stevens, b. 21 Jan 1873, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 19 Jul 1949, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Age 76 years) |
| + | 4. Edgar Benedict Stevens, b. 11 Apr 1874, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 30 Aug 1922, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Age 48 years) |
| | 5. Florence Stevens, b. 02 Nov 1875, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 23 Jul 1876, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Ira B Stevens, b. 20 May 1877, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 18 Jul 1878, Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Age 1 years) |
| | 7. Arthur Stevens, b. 05 May 1879, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 06 May 1879 (Age 0 years) |
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| Last Modified |
11 Sep 2008 |
| Family ID |
F00162 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S184] JuniataValley, p. 405-406.
BENEDICT T. STEVENS, Three Springs, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born February 20, 1838, on the old homestead in Springfield township, Huntingdon county, son of Benedict and Eva Stevens. The family came to Huntingdon county from Maryland. Giles Stevens, great-grandfather of Benedict T., died near Shirleysburg.
B. T. Stevens was first a pupil in the common schools, attending school only during the winter terms of three months. He afterwards attended select schools at Beersville and Three Springs, and, for one term, at Orbisonia, Pa. HE was not merely a pupil, but was indeed a student, doing much independent work at home. For five terms Mr. Stevens taught winter schools in Clay and Springfield townships. During the summer months he worked on the home farm, until he was eighteen years old, when he began to learn plastering. At this handicraft he served an apprenticeship of two years, with his brother David, and was still thus engaged in 1862, when he left all other work to aid in the defense of his country. He enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for three years, or for the war. At Winchester, Va., he joined his regiment, which soon after moved to Fredericksburg, and from that place was ordered back to the valley. On the way Mr. Stevens was taken ill of typhoid fever, and in May, 1863, was sent to the hospital in Washington, D.C. There, in June, 1863, he received his discharge, by reason of disability. After his recovery, at home, he worked for a short time at his trade, with Mr. Swope. In the winter of that year he taught school; in the following summer he farmed the homestead. Mr. Stevens re-enlisted in February, 1864, in the Twenty-second Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H, joined his regiment at Chambersburg, Pa., and moved with it to Martinsburg, thence to Cumberland, and thence into Camp Stoneman, near Washington, D.C. They received their horses at Harpers Ferry, joined Sheridan's command in the Shenandoah valley, and took part in all the battles along that valley. Among the most noted ones were Winchester, Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek. In the last-named engagement Mr. Steven's horse was shot under him, and he was sent to the rear, while Sheridan rode up on his famous black charger. Mr. Stevens was accidentally wounded in camp in the spring of 1865, at New Creek, W. Va., receiving a bullet through his right arm from a gun in the hands of a negro; his arm was in such a position that the bullet passed twice through it. He was sent to the camp hospital, and was discharged under general order in June, 1865.
Mr. Stevens went home, but could not work at his trade on account of the wound in his arm. He taught school for two terms, and then, with a partner, engaged in the marble business, which he carried on for two or three years. In 1872 he embarked in mercantile business, working at intervals as salesman. In partnership with his brother, Wesley L. Stevens, he opened a general store in 1877, in Three Springs; several years later, buying out Wesley Stevens' interest, he converted it into a hardware store, and continued the business alone. A few years later Mr. Stevens re-admitted his brother to partnership, and still later on, sold out to him, and went out for a time as traveling salesman. He then purchased the business and the real estate from his brother, and conducted the business alone until 1895, when he admitted his eldest son as his partner. Mr. Stevens is a staunch Republican. He has served as councilman and as school director. He is a gentleman of intelligence and refinement, highly honored in the community. He is a comrade of Colonel Albright Post, No. 483, G.A.R., at Three Springs.
Benedict T. Stevens was married at Three Springs, June 4, 1863, to Mary, daughter of Judge Heeter; of their ten children, six died in infancy, leaving two daughters and two sons: Ida (Mrs. Sigel Ashman), of Clay township; John A., married Elizabeth Shue, has two children, Norman J. and Ida; Edwinna, at home, is a graduate of the State Normal School at Lock Haven, Pa.; and Edgar B., married Minnie C. Stake, and has one child. Mr. Stevens is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is steward and trustee.
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