History of Greene County: Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and... By R. S. Dills
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Andrew J Stephens, farmter, Bowersville, is a son of John and Eleanor (Hanes) Stephens, who were natives of Virginia. His father was born in 1790, and came to this county in 1908, and remained here through life, with the exception of six years spent in Clerment County, this state, and two years in Indiana, where he died. Mrs. Stephens were born about 1786, and died about 1866, aged eighty years. There were nine children of this family, our subject being the fifth one. He was married May 24, 1840 to Miss Susanna Beason, of this county. Nine children are the result of this union: John T., Mary L., Kesiah J., William C., Phobe, Edward L, Amasa, Martha E., and Hiram A., all living and all married, except Hiram, who is at home with his parents. Mr. Stephens lives two miles west of Bowersville on te Bowersville and Xenia pike. Mrs. Stephen's parents, Thomas and Kesiah (Turner) Beason, were born in Tennessee. He died in 1866; she is living in Jasper Township this county. Of this family there were fourteen children, seven of whom are living. Our subject is a well respected citizen of whom his neighbors speak highly.
