Adam Joel Stevens Jr. (1867 - 1946)

Born Dec 1867 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maud Salina Elizabeth (Witt) Stevens — married 16 Feb 1888 in Hamilton, Texas, United States

Died 26 Apr 1946 at age 78 in Tillman, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Adam Joel Stevens, a son of Adam Joel Stevens (1832–1908) and Lucinda Caroline Elizabeth Busbee (abt. 1835–1921), was born in December of 1867 in Alabama, United States.^[1]

He married Maude Selena "Lina" Witt in Hamilton County, Texas in 1888.^[2]

Their known children were:

1. J C Stephens (1889)^[1]
2. Joel Harvey Stephens (1891)^[1]
3. William Henry Stephens (1892)^[1][3]
4. John Hudson Stephens (1894)^[1]
5. Fred S Stephens (1896)^[1][4]
6. Nettie Elizabeth Stephens (1898)^[5]
7. Mary Hester Stevens (1900)^[6][7]
8. Rosie O Stevens (1902)^[7]
9. A.J. Stevens (Nov. 1909)^[7]

In 1900 he was thirty-three years old and living with Lina and their first six children, five sons and a daughter, in his parents' household in Coryell, Texas when they were counted on the census.^[1] By April of 1910 he had moved the family to Tillman County, Oklahoma, they'd had three more children, and his wife had recently died.^[7]

He'd remarried by 1920, to Mary Elizabeth Agee, and when the census was taken he was living with his wife, his mother, and several children, including three with Mary.^[8]

Their known children were:

1. Thelma Caroline Stevens (1913–2004)
2. Robert Joel Stevens (1915–2004)
3. Arthur O Stevens (1918–1999
4. Nettie Jo Stevens (1923–1992)
5. Leta Faye Stevens (1925–2011)

In 1930, six children were living at home with him and Mary, as well as a woman who may have been Mary's mother.^[9] By 1940, four of his children were at home with him and Mary, as well as a three grandsons. They were living in Tuttle Township, Oklahoma.^[10]

Adam died in Tillman County, Oklahoma in 1946.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LH-XMW : 12 January 2022), Adam Joel Stephens in entry for A J Stephens, 1900, Justice Precinct 8 (west part), ED 50, Coryell, Texas, United States.

   A J Stephens, Father, M, 68, Georgia

   Lucindy C Stephens, Mother, F, 64, Alabama

   Adam Joel Stephens, M, 33, Alabama, Dec 1867

   Lines E Stephens, Wife, F, 35, Alabama

   J C Stephens, Son, M, 11, Texas

   Joel Harvy Stephens, Son, M, 9, Texas

   William Henry Stephens, Son, M, 8, Texas

   John Hutson Stephens, Son, M, 6, Texas

   Fred S Stephens, Son, M, 4, Texas

   Nettie Elizabeth Stephens, Daughter, F, 2, Texas

   Harvy Youngblood, M, 19, Texas

2. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGD-WL7 : 10 March 2021), A J Stevens and Lina Witt, 16 Feb 1888; citing Hamilton, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,020,864.
3. ↑ "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1968," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2KJ-R896 : Sun Mar 10 03:39:59 UTC 2024), Entry for William Stevens and A J Stevens, 1911-1936.
4. ↑ "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1968," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2KJ-R8S7 : Sun Mar 10 03:39:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Stevens and A J Stevens, 1911-1936.
5. ↑ "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1968," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2KJ-6FBH : Fri Mar 08 20:14:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Nettie Stevens and A J Stevens, 1917.
6. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LXN-KR2M : 12 March 2020), Adam Joel Stevens in entry for Mary Hester Stevens, 1900.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} "United States Census, 1910," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7N-3GD : Thu Mar 07 21:27:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Adam J Stevens and Joel H Stevens, 1910.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1Q-G9F : Sat Mar 09 07:34:35 UTC 2024), Entry for A Joel Stevens and Mary Stevens, 1920.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7K-GXP : Sat Mar 09 08:43:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Adam J Stevens and Mary E Stevens, 1930.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBV7-QTB : Sun Mar 10 04:55:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Adam J Stevens and Mary E Stevens, 1940.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97395440/adam-joel-stevens: accessed 29 July 2022), memorial page for Adam Joel “A. J.” Stevens Jr. (7 Dec 1867–26 Apr 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97395440, citing Frederick Memorial Cemetery, Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Norma Witt Blair (contributor 47015121).

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KC72-MM7 for more information and sources.

Acknowledgments

• Profile Stevens-1541 was created through the import of Godfrey non-living.ged on Jun 14, 2011 by Jim Godfrey.