John Stephens and Elizabeth Lowrie

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Husband John Stephens ¹

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            AKA: John Stevens 2 3 4 5 6 7
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1815
         Buried: 

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         Father: Sgt. Giles Stephens (      -      ) 8
         Mother: Nancy Tipton (      -      ) 8

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       Marriage: 1797-1798 2

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Wife Elizabeth Lowrie ^{1 2 4 5 7}

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           Born: 1780 - Edinburgh, Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jul 1862 - Venango Co, PA 2 9
         Buried:  - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

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         Father: John Lowrie (Abt 1748-1840) 6 11 12 13 14 15
         Mother: Catharine Cameron (Abt 1756-1837) 5 15

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   Other Spouse: Robert Smith Whann (1779-1855) 2 5 6 16

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Children

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1 F Nancy Stephens ²

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            AKA: Nancy Stevens 1 4 6 17
           Born: 8 Feb 1806
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Apr 1887
         Buried:  - Richland Presbyterian/Old Brick Church Cemetery, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA 18

         Spouse: John Lowrie Porter (1795-1882) 1 4 6 17

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2 M John L. Stephens ²

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            AKA: John F. Stephens, John Lowrie Stevens 4 6 19
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young - ? Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John Stephens

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In about 1798 John Stevens settled on the Big Sandy, in Venango County, Pennsylvania, at the point where it was crossed by the Pittsburgh and Franklin road, and erected the first gristmill in the vicinity, operating it until his death, which occurred several years later, caused by smallpox. [HVC 1919, 378]

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Lowrie

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She was twelve years old when the family immigrated to America.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 972.

2 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 488.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 676, 972.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 378.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 674.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 149.

7 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), 27.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 711.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1030.

10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 138.

11 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 445.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 968.

13 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 974.

14 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 245.

15 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 26.

16 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 972, 1030.

17 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 27.

18 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 97.

19 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 677, 972.