Re: 1860 Okla. census Stephen Stephens
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In reply to:
1860 Okla. census Stephen Stephens
3/22/99
HI, I AM ALSO RESEARCHING STEPHENS OR STEVENS (I HAVE FOUND IT BOTH WAYS.)SOME THINGS IN YOUR LETTER KIND OF CONNECT WITH WHAT I HAVE& SOME ARE DIFFERENT BUT WE MAY COULD HELP EACH OTHER.MY G.MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH STEVENS.SHE WAS B.1865& D.1933 BEFORE I WAS BORN. HER FATHER WAS SIMPSON STEVENS (N.C.)& MAHALIA(TENN.)THEY CAME TO INDIAN TERR. IN 1853 OR 1854(BIBLE RECORDS)
THEY HAD AN 18MONTH OLD BABY MARY JANE WHEN THEY CAME HERE, SHE LIVED TO BE 104 & LIVED ALL HER LIFE HERE.( LOTS INFO ON HER )THERE WERE OTHER CHIDREN WHICH I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT.JOHN, HENDERSON, MARIEY, MINNIE,& MY G.MOTHER ELIZABETH.SOME OF THESE MATCH WITH YOURS.I DON'T KNOW OF A ELIJAH BUT THERE WELL COULD HAVE BEEN ONE.( DID HE HAVE A MIDDLE NAME?)THEY LIVED ARROUND WHAT IS NOW FORT GIBSON, PARK HILL & STILLWELL OKLA.
SIMPSON OR MAHALIA WOULD HAVE HAD TO BEEN CHEROKEE INDIAN BECAUSE MY GMOTHER WAS ALMOST ONE HALF. I AM SO ANXIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU THANKS ANN.