Lucinda M (Boon) Stevens (1829 - 1903)

Born Nov 1829 in Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis G Stevens — married May 1858 (to 4 Nov 1895) in Buchanan, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1903 at age 73 in Colorado, United States

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Biography

Lucinda was the eldest daughter and second born child of George and Sarah Boon. Her siblings in the 1850 census were William Boon 22, Susanah Boon 12, Martin Boon 17, Mary Boon 18, Betsey Boon 13, Daniel Boon 11, James Boon 9, Lovina Boon 7, Sarah Boon 5, and George Boon 2. She married Lewis G Stevens in May 1858 probably in Illinois as they were both living in McHenry, Illinois in the 1850 census records. Their children in the 1880 census were Aristides Stevens 20, Mary Stevens 18, Frederick Stevens 15 and Lewis Stevens 10 (listed as Lucy in the 1885 Colorado census). Lucinda was divorced from Lewis on 4 Nov 1895 in Douglas, Colorado, USA. She died in 1903 at the age of 74 and is buried at Bear Canon Cemetery, Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R3-RY7 : 12 April 2016), Lucinda Boon in household of George Boon, Algonquin, McHenry, Illinois, United States; citing family 245, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDF-ZVG : 29 July 2017), Lucinda Stevens in household of Lewis G Stevens, Precinct 4 and 5, Douglas, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 361D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,090.
• "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WX-GZV : 1 April 2016), Lucinda Stevens in entry for L G Stevens, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,505.
• "Colorado Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTF-FQH1 : 7 September 2019), Lucinda M Stevens in entry for Lewis G Stevens, 4 Nov 1895; citing Divorce, Douglas, Colorado, United States, Colorado State Archives, Denver.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-LNNR : 26 July 2019), Lucinda Stevens, 1903; Burial, Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado, United States of America, Bear Canon Cemetery; citing record ID 11441611, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Monumental inscription. United States. Bear Canon Cemetery, Sedalia, Colorado. OCT. 13, 1903 (b. not noted) LUCINDA M. STEVENS GPS: n/a. Photo courtesy of Archives & Local History, Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CO. In addition an inscription reads "MOTHER" & "IN LOVING MEMORY OF" & " AGED 79 YRS 11 MS & 13 DS"