Information not on the gravestone:
Samuel STEPHENSON is said to have been born on October 12, 1802 (though the dates on the gravestone seem to indicate October 2) to Hugh STEPHENSON and Martha ROSS. He came to the United States from Londonderry, Ireland prior to 1832 when he enrolled in the Medical College of Ohio. He applied for citizenship in November of 1833, and was Naturalized in March of 1838 in Morgan Co, Indiana. He married Hanna Ann HAMPTON on October 4, 1849. He and Hanna eventually moved to Salem, Henry Co, Iowa where most of their children were born. Samuel died on April 11, 1889.
He is mentioned in "Portrait and Biographical Album of Lee County, Iowa" published in 1887 by Chapman Brothers, Chicago.
Information not on the gravestone:
Samuel STEPHENSON is said to have been born on October 12, 1802 (though the dates on the gravestone seem to indicate October 2) to Hugh STEPHENSON and Martha ROSS. He came to the United States from Londonderry, Ireland prior to 1832 when he enrolled in the Medical College of Ohio. He applied for citizenship in November of 1833, and was Naturalized in March of 1838 in Morgan Co, Indiana. He married Hanna Ann HAMPTON on October 4, 1849. He and Hanna eventually moved to Salem, Henry Co, Iowa where most of their children were born. Samuel died on April 11, 1889.
He is mentioned in "Portrait and Biographical Album of Lee County, Iowa" published in 1887 by Chapman Brothers, Chicago.
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