John A Stevenson, 98, a retired farmer, died Sunday evening at Mercy Hospital in Burlington.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the United Presbyterian Church in Biggsville. The Rev. James McClellan will officiate. Burial will be in the Biggsville Cemetery. Friends may call at the Sederwall Funeral Home.
Mr. Stevenson was born August 8, 1854, in Belfast, Ireland. He came to this country with his parents when he was 16 and settled in the Biggsville area. He married Margaret Jane Gibb, October 26, 1876. She died January 17, 1921.
Surviving are two sons, Paul and Reuben Stevenson, both of Biggsville; and two daughters, Mrs. Edna Parsons of Libertyville, IA, and Mrs. Earl Fallwell of Cheyenne, WY; 21 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 4, 1953
John A Stevenson, 98, a retired farmer, died Sunday evening at Mercy Hospital in Burlington.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the United Presbyterian Church in Biggsville. The Rev. James McClellan will officiate. Burial will be in the Biggsville Cemetery. Friends may call at the Sederwall Funeral Home.
Mr. Stevenson was born August 8, 1854, in Belfast, Ireland. He came to this country with his parents when he was 16 and settled in the Biggsville area. He married Margaret Jane Gibb, October 26, 1876. She died January 17, 1921.
Surviving are two sons, Paul and Reuben Stevenson, both of Biggsville; and two daughters, Mrs. Edna Parsons of Libertyville, IA, and Mrs. Earl Fallwell of Cheyenne, WY; 21 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 4, 1953
Family Members
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Jane "Jennie" Stevenson Gibb
1832–1896
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Martha "Mattie" Stevenson Smith
1834–1914
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Elizabeth S. "Betty" Stevenson Boyd
1837–1923
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Agnes "Nancy" Stevenson Gilliland
1840–1921
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Ann Jane Stevenson Adair
1843–1920
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Mary Stevenson Gibb
1844–1933
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William Stevenson
1847–1928
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Eleanor "Ellen" Stevenson Gibb
1849–1927
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Isabelle Stevenson McKeown
1852–1925
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