Letitia was born in Allegheny, (Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania, although she spent most of her early life in Kentucky. Her father, Rev. Lewis W. Green was President of the Alleghany Theological Seminary. Her mother was Mary Peasley Fry, whose second marriage was to Rev. Green.
When she was a small girl, her parents moved to Danville, Kentucky, where he became the president of Centre College. It was there that she met her future husband.
Upon the death of her mother, Letitia came to Illinois and lived at Chenoa with her sister, Mrs. Julia Scott. She stayed there until her wedding to Adlai E. Stevenson on December 20, 1866, who was then a young lawyer at Metamora, the county seat of Woodford county. They were married by Rev. William, an uncle of Letitia's.
The first year of their marriage, they lived in Metamora, and then he formed a law partnership with his cousin, James Ewing, and they moved to Bloomington. Their first home was at 308 S. East St., then known as Albert St. They later purchased the home at the corner of McLean and Chestnut Streets, opposite Franklin Park, where she spent the rest of her life.
She was the wife of the Vice President of the United States from 1893-1897, living in Washington, DC. After his retirement, they moved back to Bloomington. She was chosen President General of the National Society of the Daughters of the America Revolution on February 22, 1893.
The chapter of the DAR in Bloomington, was organized at a meeting called by Letitia at her home. There were 18 women present at the first meeting. The chapter was given the name of the woman who was chiefly instrumental in its formation, May 3, 1894. It was the fourth chapter formed in the state of Illinois, and 79th one founded in the United States.
Letitia and Adlai had four children. Their daughter, Mary, died in young womanhood, 1895, from tuberculosis. She was survived by her husband, son Lewis G. Stevenson, president of the Illinois state board of pardons; Mrs. Martin D. Hardin, whose husband, Rev. Hardin, was the pastor of the Third Presbyterian church in Chicago, and Miss Letitia Stevenson, who lived at home.
When she was a small girl, her parents moved to Danville, Kentucky, where he became the president of Centre College. It was there that she met her future husband.
Upon the death of her mother, Letitia came to Illinois and lived at Chenoa with her sister, Mrs. Julia Scott. She stayed there until her wedding to Adlai E. Stevenson on December 20, 1866, who was then a young lawyer at Metamora, the county seat of Woodford county. They were married by Rev. William, an uncle of Letitia's.
The first year of their marriage, they lived in Metamora, and then he formed a law partnership with his cousin, James Ewing, and they moved to Bloomington. Their first home was at 308 S. East St., then known as Albert St. They later purchased the home at the corner of McLean and Chestnut Streets, opposite Franklin Park, where she spent the rest of her life.
She was the wife of the Vice President of the United States from 1893-1897, living in Washington, DC. After his retirement, they moved back to Bloomington. She was chosen President General of the National Society of the Daughters of the America Revolution on February 22, 1893.
The chapter of the DAR in Bloomington, was organized at a meeting called by Letitia at her home. There were 18 women present at the first meeting. The chapter was given the name of the woman who was chiefly instrumental in its formation, May 3, 1894. It was the fourth chapter formed in the state of Illinois, and 79th one founded in the United States.
Letitia and Adlai had four children. Their daughter, Mary, died in young womanhood, 1895, from tuberculosis. She was survived by her husband, son Lewis G. Stevenson, president of the Illinois state board of pardons; Mrs. Martin D. Hardin, whose husband, Rev. Hardin, was the pastor of the Third Presbyterian church in Chicago, and Miss Letitia Stevenson, who lived at home.
Letitia was born in Allegheny, (Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania, although she spent most of her early life in Kentucky. Her father, Rev. Lewis W. Green was President of the Alleghany Theological Seminary. Her mother was Mary Peasley Fry, whose second marriage was to Rev. Green.
When she was a small girl, her parents moved to Danville, Kentucky, where he became the president of Centre College. It was there that she met her future husband.
Upon the death of her mother, Letitia came to Illinois and lived at Chenoa with her sister, Mrs. Julia Scott. She stayed there until her wedding to Adlai E. Stevenson on December 20, 1866, who was then a young lawyer at Metamora, the county seat of Woodford county. They were married by Rev. William, an uncle of Letitia's.
The first year of their marriage, they lived in Metamora, and then he formed a law partnership with his cousin, James Ewing, and they moved to Bloomington. Their first home was at 308 S. East St., then known as Albert St. They later purchased the home at the corner of McLean and Chestnut Streets, opposite Franklin Park, where she spent the rest of her life.
She was the wife of the Vice President of the United States from 1893-1897, living in Washington, DC. After his retirement, they moved back to Bloomington. She was chosen President General of the National Society of the Daughters of the America Revolution on February 22, 1893.
The chapter of the DAR in Bloomington, was organized at a meeting called by Letitia at her home. There were 18 women present at the first meeting. The chapter was given the name of the woman who was chiefly instrumental in its formation, May 3, 1894. It was the fourth chapter formed in the state of Illinois, and 79th one founded in the United States.
Letitia and Adlai had four children. Their daughter, Mary, died in young womanhood, 1895, from tuberculosis. She was survived by her husband, son Lewis G. Stevenson, president of the Illinois state board of pardons; Mrs. Martin D. Hardin, whose husband, Rev. Hardin, was the pastor of the Third Presbyterian church in Chicago, and Miss Letitia Stevenson, who lived at home.
When she was a small girl, her parents moved to Danville, Kentucky, where he became the president of Centre College. It was there that she met her future husband.
Upon the death of her mother, Letitia came to Illinois and lived at Chenoa with her sister, Mrs. Julia Scott. She stayed there until her wedding to Adlai E. Stevenson on December 20, 1866, who was then a young lawyer at Metamora, the county seat of Woodford county. They were married by Rev. William, an uncle of Letitia's.
The first year of their marriage, they lived in Metamora, and then he formed a law partnership with his cousin, James Ewing, and they moved to Bloomington. Their first home was at 308 S. East St., then known as Albert St. They later purchased the home at the corner of McLean and Chestnut Streets, opposite Franklin Park, where she spent the rest of her life.
She was the wife of the Vice President of the United States from 1893-1897, living in Washington, DC. After his retirement, they moved back to Bloomington. She was chosen President General of the National Society of the Daughters of the America Revolution on February 22, 1893.
The chapter of the DAR in Bloomington, was organized at a meeting called by Letitia at her home. There were 18 women present at the first meeting. The chapter was given the name of the woman who was chiefly instrumental in its formation, May 3, 1894. It was the fourth chapter formed in the state of Illinois, and 79th one founded in the United States.
Letitia and Adlai had four children. Their daughter, Mary, died in young womanhood, 1895, from tuberculosis. She was survived by her husband, son Lewis G. Stevenson, president of the Illinois state board of pardons; Mrs. Martin D. Hardin, whose husband, Rev. Hardin, was the pastor of the Third Presbyterian church in Chicago, and Miss Letitia Stevenson, who lived at home.
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