Re: Sarah Anne & Stephen Stephenson, Brown Co. OH, Keokuk, Co, IA
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In reply to:
Sarah Anne & Stephen Stephenson, Brown Co. OH, Keokuk, Co, IA
Pat Melton 3/17/03
Pat,
I am interested in Benjamin Stephenson and the Indian woman you mention in your message.My husband is descended from their daughter, Mary Ellen Stephenson, who was raised by Benjamin's relatives, including William Stephenson and his wife, Phebe Jane (Husted?), in Henderson County, Illinois.Mary Ellen married David Leonard.
Benjamin's parents were Jesse Stephen Stephenson (b. c. 1800 in Brown County, Ohio) and Sara Anna Reeves.I believe that J. Stephen's father was Jesse Stephenson.
Apparently the mother of Mary Ellen was an Iowa tribe woman, although we are still searching for her name.Mary Ellen's son, Ralph Leonard remembered going to Oklahoma when he was a boy to visit his mother's people, where his 'grandfather' was a chief and taught him how to make a bow and arrow.
I know the Iowa tribe was moved out of Iowa to lands in far eastern Kansas and Nebraska, and that some families then moved to lands in Oklahoma.
Any tiny clues you may have about Benjamin Stephenson and his Iowa Indian woman would be most appreciated!
A. Leonard