Person:James Stephens (28)

1880 census: Name: James Ed. STEPHENS Age: 7 Estimated birth year: <1873> Birthplace: Illinois Occupation: At Home Relation: Son Home in 1880: Peoria, Peoria, Illinois Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Walter STEPHENS Father's birthplace: ENG

1890 Peoria IL directory: Edward J Stephens 2229 S. Adams -- Plumber (this is his father Walter's address also)

1896 Address: Marion, IL (source: John Emmet Todd)

1900 census, Marion, IL, finds Ed Stephens, 26, son in law to Mr. Cruse (age 50) and his wife Fanny (age 49). Also in the home is Ed's wife Gloria (daughter to Mr. Cruse and Fanny), age 21, and Howard Stephens, age 2, grandson to Mr. Cruse and Fanny. Ed gives birth date as Mar 1874.

Alternate birth date - 14 Jun 1872 in Canton, Fulton Co., IL. (This is the date of birth given by John Emmet Todd)