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Henry William Stephens

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Henry William Stephens Veteran

Birth
Buffalo Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Nov 1913 (aged 89)
Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
21-GAR-123-1
Memorial ID
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Marker and CW Records show "Stephens"
Obit notes surname to be "Stevens"

Company K, 25th Ohio Infantry-Civil War

Henry Stephens enlisted at the age of 39 on February 17, 1864 as a private in Company K, Ohio 25th Infantry Regiment on 17 Feb 1864. Birth Date: abt 1825. Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio.

Henry Stephens joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. He died on November 29, 1913. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Chico Record, Sunday Morning, November 30, 1913, pg 8 col 3: Henry Stevens Dies After Long Illness. Henry Stevens, for twenty-six years a resident of California and for some time a resident of this city, where he resided with his daughter, Mrs. W.F. Maltby, at Fifth and Oleander streets, Chico Vecino, died at his home early yesterday morning.

Death had been expected for several months.

At the time of his death, Stevens was 89 years old. The time of the funeral has not been set.

His daughter, Mrs. Maltby, is the only relative residing in this city. Deceased came to Chico two years ago, from Esparto.
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Interment on Dec 1, 1913. Age 71.
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Chico Record (Chico, California) 12 Apr 1929, Friday Page 1: Graves of Chico Civil War Veterans Marked By Stones. Graves of 13 Civil War veterans were marked with appropriate tombstones yesterday when W.M. Bundy, adjutant of Halleck Post No. 19, Grand Army of the Republic, his son, Fred Gwinnup, and his grandson, George Gwinnup, placed the stones in the Grand Army plot in the Chico cemetery.

Mr. Bundy, as adjutant of the Chico post, supervised the work. The stones were furnished by the federal government and were sent to Chico from Boston.

Those whose graves were marked follow: George W. Tipton, R.B. Richards, D.M. Birdseye, John M. Irwin, C.C. Maltby, Samuel Baker, John Sauber, D.D. Cornick, Hugh W. Hughes, Watis Batchelor, Henry W. Stephens, Frank Popplewell and N.W. Henderson.
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See the completed biography on Henry William Stephens, by Mark Ohlmann, as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2017, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Marker and CW Records show "Stephens"
Obit notes surname to be "Stevens"

Company K, 25th Ohio Infantry-Civil War

Henry Stephens enlisted at the age of 39 on February 17, 1864 as a private in Company K, Ohio 25th Infantry Regiment on 17 Feb 1864. Birth Date: abt 1825. Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio.

Henry Stephens joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. He died on November 29, 1913. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Chico Record, Sunday Morning, November 30, 1913, pg 8 col 3: Henry Stevens Dies After Long Illness. Henry Stevens, for twenty-six years a resident of California and for some time a resident of this city, where he resided with his daughter, Mrs. W.F. Maltby, at Fifth and Oleander streets, Chico Vecino, died at his home early yesterday morning.

Death had been expected for several months.

At the time of his death, Stevens was 89 years old. The time of the funeral has not been set.

His daughter, Mrs. Maltby, is the only relative residing in this city. Deceased came to Chico two years ago, from Esparto.
~~~
Interment on Dec 1, 1913. Age 71.
~~~
Chico Record (Chico, California) 12 Apr 1929, Friday Page 1: Graves of Chico Civil War Veterans Marked By Stones. Graves of 13 Civil War veterans were marked with appropriate tombstones yesterday when W.M. Bundy, adjutant of Halleck Post No. 19, Grand Army of the Republic, his son, Fred Gwinnup, and his grandson, George Gwinnup, placed the stones in the Grand Army plot in the Chico cemetery.

Mr. Bundy, as adjutant of the Chico post, supervised the work. The stones were furnished by the federal government and were sent to Chico from Boston.

Those whose graves were marked follow: George W. Tipton, R.B. Richards, D.M. Birdseye, John M. Irwin, C.C. Maltby, Samuel Baker, John Sauber, D.D. Cornick, Hugh W. Hughes, Watis Batchelor, Henry W. Stephens, Frank Popplewell and N.W. Henderson.
~~~
See the completed biography on Henry William Stephens, by Mark Ohlmann, as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2017, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.


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