She was the youngest daughter of Dr. Peter Fayssoux, who was the chief physician and surgeon of the Southern department during the American Revolution and his wife, Ann Smith. She was married to Clement William Stevens, a United States Navy officer. After their marriage they moved to Norwich, Connecticut for her husband’s next assignment. Their first son, Clement Hoffman Stevens was born in Connecticut on August 14, 1821. The next year their daughter, Helen Fayssoux Stevens was born. Her husband resigned his commission, purchasing a sugar cane plantation near Tallahassee, Florida which he named Chapofo. In 1824, their son, Henry Kennedy Stevens was born. In 1826, their daughter Ann Fayssoux Stevens was born. She married George Ashford Smith and died in 1901. Then, in 1827 James Gadsden Stevens was born and Martha Stevens in 1829. Three more children followed – Peter Fayssoux Stevens in 1830, Barnard Bee Stevens in 1832, who was named after her brother-in-law, Bernard Bee and Mary Elizabeth Stevens. In 1836, when conflict arose with the Seminole Indians, she and her children moved to Pendleton, South Carolina. James Gadsden Stevens and Martha Stevens died shortly after the move. Her husband died in Florida, but the family never knew where he was buried.
Sources: Confederate Military History, Volume V, edited by General Clement A. Evans, Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899 and Remembering South Carolina’s Old Pendleton District by Hurley E. Badders.
Sources: Confederate Military History, Volume V, edited by General Clement A. Evans, Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899 and Remembering South Carolina’s Old Pendleton District by Hurley E. Badders.
She was the youngest daughter of Dr. Peter Fayssoux, who was the chief physician and surgeon of the Southern department during the American Revolution and his wife, Ann Smith. She was married to Clement William Stevens, a United States Navy officer. After their marriage they moved to Norwich, Connecticut for her husband’s next assignment. Their first son, Clement Hoffman Stevens was born in Connecticut on August 14, 1821. The next year their daughter, Helen Fayssoux Stevens was born. Her husband resigned his commission, purchasing a sugar cane plantation near Tallahassee, Florida which he named Chapofo. In 1824, their son, Henry Kennedy Stevens was born. In 1826, their daughter Ann Fayssoux Stevens was born. She married George Ashford Smith and died in 1901. Then, in 1827 James Gadsden Stevens was born and Martha Stevens in 1829. Three more children followed – Peter Fayssoux Stevens in 1830, Barnard Bee Stevens in 1832, who was named after her brother-in-law, Bernard Bee and Mary Elizabeth Stevens. In 1836, when conflict arose with the Seminole Indians, she and her children moved to Pendleton, South Carolina. James Gadsden Stevens and Martha Stevens died shortly after the move. Her husband died in Florida, but the family never knew where he was buried.
Sources: Confederate Military History, Volume V, edited by General Clement A. Evans, Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899 and Remembering South Carolina’s Old Pendleton District by Hurley E. Badders.
Sources: Confederate Military History, Volume V, edited by General Clement A. Evans, Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899 and Remembering South Carolina’s Old Pendleton District by Hurley E. Badders.
Inscription
Departed
this life
May the 8th 1864
M Sarah Fayssoux
Stevens in the 69th year
of her age
asleep in Jesus blessed sleep
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