Youngest of the three daughters of Ira Stevens of Strykersville, who died suddenly in 1854 in St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois.
Her father, a talented singer, died very suddenly of cholera the day following their arrival in that place, which was during the great epidemic of that year.
Her mother, Percy Talmage Hotchkiss, a refined Christian lady, was born near New Haven, Connecticut. She died in April, 1888, leaving her six children, and many friends, to mourn her loss.
Youngest of the three daughters of Ira Stevens of Strykersville, who died suddenly in 1854 in St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois.
Her father, a talented singer, died very suddenly of cholera the day following their arrival in that place, which was during the great epidemic of that year.
Her mother, Percy Talmage Hotchkiss, a refined Christian lady, was born near New Haven, Connecticut. She died in April, 1888, leaving her six children, and many friends, to mourn her loss.
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