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_SRCT:
_FIELD: TX-AUTHOR
Text: Marion J. "Jim" Laughlin and Julia Laughlin
_FIELD: DT-PUBLICATION_DATE
Date: 1992
_FIELD: TX-TITLE
Text: Descendants of John Laughlin and Tabitha Trimble
_FIELD: TX-PUBLISHER
Text: self-published
_FIELD: TX-REFERENCE
Text: Stephens 1
_FIELD: RP-REPOSITORY
Repository:
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[S1380] Laughlin/Trimble Book page Stephens 1
Allied Families of Laughlin and Filtingberger
Stephens - Dillard - Williams
Eliza Jane Stephens • m 23 Dec 1880 Lacyne, Ks. • Manuel Filtingberger
b 10 Nov 1860 Jackson Co. Mo. • Lic. at Olathe, Johnson Co., Ks. • b 4 April 1851 Gallia Co. Ohio
d 7 Feb 1942 Johnson Co. Ks. age 82 • both are buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery • d 23 April 1925 Johnson Co. Ks. age 74
• • parents: Henry Filtingberger Susannah Stonebrook
• ch: William, Pearl, Charles, Mary, Cora Belle •
The parents of Eliza Jane Stephens
William Stephens • m 22 May 1845 Cooper Co. Mo. • Major Dillard
b ca 1825 New York • • b ca 1825 Cooper Co. Mo.
d after 1880 Jackson Co. Mo. last found on 1880 census page 28 line 59 • • d after 1880 Jackson Co. Mo.
William Stephens was a young man of about 20 years when he married Major Dillard in Cooper Co. Mo. He lived in Clear Creek Township. We did not find the family on the 1850 census and have not found his parents. The 1840 census does not list a Clear Creek Twp. and the given names of children.
Major Dillard was born in Cooper Co. Mo. Her parents were William Dillard and Jane Williams, who came to Missouri with their parents from Kentucky before 1830. In "Early Cooper County Pioneers" by Carter there is much compiled information on the Dillards and their descendants, which will follow our Stephens family.
On the 1860 census we find out Stephens family in Jackson County, Missouri, Blue Township, Independence, page 76, line 589.
Stephens, W.H. • age 35 (1825) • born Ky? • day laborer personal est. $75
Stephens, Major • age 35 (1825) • born Mo •
Stephens, Brunette • age 14 (1856) • born Mo •
Stephens, Payton R. • age 10 (1850) • born Mo •
Stephens, Juli Ann • age 7 (1853) • born Mo •
Stephens, Henry C. • age 4 (1856) • born Mo •
Stephens, James • age 2 (1858) • born Mo •
A daughter, Eliza Jane, and a son, John A., were born before 1870.
During the 1860s - Civil War years - was a turbulent time in Jackson Co. Mo. After much loss of life and property caused by the raiding bands of guerrillas like Captain Quantrell, the Jayhawkers and Bush Wackers, many residents along the State Line between Missouri and Kansas had to abandon their farms and homes, going to other areas for safety.
We believe this is the reason we next find that our Stephens ancestor and his family are in Clay County, Mo., just to the north of Kansas City, where the youngest child was born in 1864. For whatever reason, we may never know, on the next census our family is in Morgan County, Missouri, Richland Twp., page ? line 24.
Stephens, William • age 45 (1825) • born Ny • farmer
Stephens, Major • age 45 (1825) • born Mo •
Stephens, Peter ?? • age 19 (1851) • born Mo • farm laborer
Stephens, Brunette • age 24 (1846) • born Mo •
Stephens, Julia • age 17 (1853) • born Mo •
Stephens, Henry • age 12 (1858) • born Mo •
Stephens, James • age 10 (1860) • born Mo •
Stephens, Eliza Jane • age 9 (1861) • born Mo •
Stephens, John • age 5 (1865) • born Mo •
Stephens, Willie grandson • age 5 (1865) • born Mo •
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