Ben. P. TEVIS (1824 - 1899, Shelbyville, KY)
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In reply to:
John TEVIS & Julia HIERONYMUS
Marilyn Roth 6/18/02
Mary BELL's new "Tevis Family" has great documentation.Julia, wf/o John TEVIS, published "Sixty Years in a Schoolroom," Cincinnati, 1878, regarding Science Hill Academy [SY].Benjamin wrote his autiobiography in 1890.It has a great deal of the family history.There's a copy at the Public Library, Shelbyville.Here's the family of John & Julia, b. Shelby Co., KY, with more documentation.
Benjamin Pendleton TEVIS (28 Dec. 1824 [SY] - 1 Jan. 1899, bu. Grove Hill Cem., Shelbyville) ["Shelby News," 4 Jan. 1899, p. 7] m. 8 July 1856, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY [M Bk. 3:2] Sarah B. BAYLES, b. Nov. 1823, Urbana, OH [1900 Census, ED 80, Shelby Co., KY, p. 9], d/o Jesse BAYLES & Elizabeth WEAVER.
Mary Smith TEVIS (1826 - 1828) Tombstone File [TS], Public Library, Shelbyville.
Robert Crow TEVIS (11 Apr. 1829 - 3 Dec. 1910, Louisville; bu. Grove Hill Cem., Shelbyville["Shelby Record," 9 D 1910, p. 3]) m. by 1866, Sarah "Sallie" SMITH [dau. May's Death Cert., Dept. of Health, NY, NY, Jan. 1929].Sarah was b. ca. 1838, MS.They were living with Robert's mother in 1870.
Samuel (1831 - 23 July 1833, Shelby Co. [TS])
John (11 Jan. 1834 - 10 Jan. 1861, Shelby Co. [SY]) unm.
Arabella Clement (24 Dec. 1836 - 30 Oct. 1916 [Death Cert., Bureau of V. Stats., 275 E. Main, Frankfort, KY]) m. 1 July 1868, John J. SPEED [M Bk. 9c, #3462, Shelby Co.]
Wilbur Fisk (1840 - 2 May 1842, Shelby Co. [TS])
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Benjamin Pendleton TEVIS & Sarah had children, all b. Shelbyville, KY:
Julia [M? per Shelby News, 7 Nov. 1901, p. 3; or Julia Elizabeth?] (15 July 1857 - 3* S 1940 ["Gazette," Delaware, Del. Co., OH, 4 S 1940] m. 16 Apr. 1884, Richard Taylor STEVENSON, who d. 19 Aug. 1919, when he was VP of Ohio Wesleyan University ["Daily Journal-Herald," Del., OH, 20 Aug. 1919; Marriage Bk. 12:258, Shelby Co., KY].*Grandson Richard Corwine STEVENSON says Julia d. 2 Sept. 1940, and that Richard was s/o Daniel STEVENSON & Sarah Ann CORWINE. Only Julia's youngest child had issue:Richard Corwine STEVENSON (1896 - 1958).
Mary B. (23 Apr. 1859 - 3 S 1860, Shelbyville, bu. Grove Hill Cem. [TS]).
John (10 Jan. 1861 - 21 July 1862 [TS]).
William B. (ca. 1863 - bef. 1 Mar. 1932, "Nashville Tennesseean," 1 Mar. 1932, p. 10, death of sis. Belle)
Sara Hamilton "Sallie" (Oct. 1867 - 16 Nov. 1953) unm.
Belle T. (twin of Sallie, Oct. 1867 - 28 Feb. 1932, Nashville, TN) m. 19 Oct. 1904, Howard HUBBELL [M Bk. 19, p. 100, Shelby Co.]
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Children of Robert C., at least the first three b. Shelbyville, KY:
May (ca. 1866 - 2 Jan. 1929, NY, NY) unm.
John H., b. Feb. 1869 [1900 Census, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, ED 52, p. 4] m. 31 Oct. 1905, Carolyn [FULTON] widow of Hector DULANEY.In 1920, John & Carolyn were living with her dau. Henrietta [DULANEY] HARVEY & her h. Allen in Louisville [Censuses of 1910, Louisville ED 144, #0227; & 1920, Louisville, ED 135, Vol. 48, p. 1].
Robert, b. ca. 1872; AP operator [City Directory, Ogden, UT, 1911, p. 617, found only in this directory].
Julia Anthony, b. ca. 1874, m. 29 Je. 1904 [Entry, General Register Office, London] Elmer Bloomfield LANE.
At death of their father in 1910, May was of NY, NY; John H. of Louisville; Robert of Ogden, UT; & Julia of London.
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Didn't Mary do a great job with her documentation?Her book is available from the author, Mary M. Bell, 27640 Schafer Rd., Clare, IL60111.She doesn't have e-mail, but I have an e-mail address for her friend who will forward to her.
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