"Hoskins—-Stephenson. A pretty but quiet wedding took place yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P Hoskins of Merrifield when their youngest daughter, Eleanor Irene, was united in marriage to George Elwood [Ellwood] Stephenson of Aurora. The ceremony was performed at 1 o'clock by Rev. Mr Williams of Fleming. The bride was handsomely attired in an old blue silk and wool dress with lace trimming, and her traveling suit was navy blue with hat to match. The dining room was beautifully decorated with carnations. Yellow and white was used as the color scheme. The bride was the recipient of many handsome and useful presents including cut glass, silver, linen, china, money and several pieces of furniture. In the late afternoon the happy couple left in an automobile amid showers of rice and confetti for a trip to Michigan and adjoining states. Both bride and groom have a host of friends who wish them every joy. Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson will be at home in Aurora after November 1."
-- THE AUBURN CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1913.

"Eleanor Irene Hoskins (Stephenson), who died in March 1954, is buried in the Stephenson lot in the King Ferry Cemetery. Irene, the younger of the two Hoskins sisters, attended Moravia High School at the same time her brother attended. Later she enrolled for a nurse-training program in a Rochester Hospital but left before completion to make the farm home more comfortable for her mother and father. She was married in 1913 and spent the remainder of her life near Aurora and Poplar Ridge where her husband, Elwood [Ellwood] Stephenson, operated farms. Irene was well known to her family as a prototype of her Grandmother Hoskins, who could accept the children of relatives as her own. She made a wonderful home for her husband's brother and sisters as long as they needed her. Later she took her sister-in-law's baby girl, Mary Dildine, from the hospital after the death of the baby's mother. Mary was cared for and educated as her own until she married Sidney Landon. Irene was very active in religious and civic organizations and will be long remembered by a multitude of friends. She was deeply loved by her relatives, especially her nieces who cherish fond memories of visiting Aunt Irene in her home at Poplar Ridge. One niece wrote 'The visiting at Aunt Irene's meant fat ginger cookies; money to spend at Peckham's Store; "mail" at Simkin's Hardware Store; church suppers at the Friends' Meeting House; and books and books to be read late into the night without any adult admonishments.' A. H. G. [Angie Hoskins Gillcrist]"
-- from Dr. Edwin Ray Hoskins, 'A Hoskins Family Record', (Black St., Scipio, Cayuga Co., NY 1963), p. 78

"Mrs. E. Stephenson - POPLAR RIDGE-Mrs. Irene Stephenson, 64, wife of Elwood [Ellwood] Stephenson of Poplar Ridge, died yesterday morning in Tompkins County Memorial Hospital in Ithaca after a long illness. Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Sidney Landon of Poplar Ridge; three grandsons; one sister, Mrs. Otto Post of Scipio Center; one brother, E. Ray Hoskins of Groton and several nieces and nephews. Born in Scipio, she resided in Poplar Ridge for the past 25 years. She was a member of the Society of Friends and of the Cayuga Lake Grange. Private funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Monday at the home, with burial in West Genoa Cemetery. Friends may call at the home Saturday and Sunday afternoons and evenings."
-- Thomas Tryniski (scan), Roger Post (transcriber), Mrs. E. Stephenson (Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY, The Citizen-Advertiser, Saturday, 6 March 1954), Old Fulton New York Post Cards www.fultonhistory.com