Richard Stevens Sr.

Ancestors

Son of Clifton LeViers Stevens and Bama Louise (Pierce) Stevens

Descendants

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Biography

Richard was born in 1930. He passed away in 2018. He was a veteran of both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy and served in the Vietnam War.

Sources

• State of Louisiana Birth Certificate 099789; 18 September 1930; Richard Milton Stevens.

• Stevens Jones, Annie Olive. Stevens-Washburn With Related Lines; Update by Frances U. Bittman. Lonsdale, Arkansas: Ozark Guide Press, 1945 (update 1973). Pages 37, 221 and 223.

• 1940 U.S. Census, German Protestant Orphan Asylum, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190020786.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Richard Milton Stevens Sr. and his paternal second cousin once removed Mary (Ulmer) Carmouche.Their most-recent common ancestors are James Holmes Stevens Sr. and Olive Augusta Washburn, great-grandparents of Richard Milton Stevens Sr. and second-great-parents of Mary (Ulmer) Carmouche. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: Second Cousin-Third Cousin, based on sharing 223 cM with a longest block of 34 cM.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA exact 12-marker y-chromosome dna test match between Richard Milton Stevens Sr. and his anonymous living paternal second cousin, P. Their most-recent common ancestors are James Holmes Stevens Sr. and Olive Augusta Washburn, great-grandparents of both Richard Milton Stevens Sr. and his anonymous living paternal second cousin, P.

• Paternal relationship is further confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Richard Milton Stevens Sr., dna-confirmed son of Clifton LeViers Stevens, and his anonymous first cousin once removed, P.S.S. Their most-recent common ancestors are James Holmes Stevens Jr. and Jonnie Taylor Holmes, grandparents of Richard Milton Stevens Sr. and great-grandparents of P.S.S. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: First Cousin-Third Cousin, based on sharing 555 cM with a longest block of 61 cM.

• Paternal relationship is further confirmed by a Family Tree DNA exact 12-marker y-chromosome dna test match between Richard Milton Stevens Sr., dna-confirmed son of Clifton LeViers Stevens, and his anonymous first cousin once removed, P.S.S.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Richard Milton Stevens Sr. and his maternal second cousin once removed Jeannie V. (Bryars) Brown.Their most-recent common ancestors are Marion Kellar McElroy and Frances A. (Nicholson) McElroy, great-grandparents of Richard Milton Stevens Sr. and second-great-parents of Jeannie V. (Bryars) Brown. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: First Cousin-Third Cousin, based on sharing 306 cM with a longest block of 40 cM.

Additional DNA Evidence

• Raw autosomal dna data from a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test show that Richard Milton Stevens Sr. was a carrier of one copy of the red hair variant Arg160Trp, also known as R160W and rs1805008 T, on the MC1R gene.

• Raw autosomal dna data from a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test show that Richard Milton Stevens Sr. was lactase persistent (the opposite of lactose intolerant), a carrier of two copies each of the most common European lactase persistence variants, rs4988235 AA (13910 TT) and rs182549 TT (22018 AA). Note: He was an avid milk drinker and consumer of dairy products.