Person:John Stevenson (68)

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Gov. John White Stevenson, 25th Governor of Kentucky
b.4 May 1812 Richmond City, Virginia, United States
d.10 Aug 1886 Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
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  1. Gov. John White Stevenson, 25th Governor of Kentucky1812 - 1886
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  • H.  Gov. John White Stevenson, 25th Governor of Kentucky1812 - 1886
  • W.  Sibella WinstonAbt 1826 -
m. 1843
  1. Sarah "Sally" C StevensonAbt 1844 -
  2. Mary W StevensonAbt 1845 -
  3. Samuel W StevensonAbt 1850 -
  4. John W StevensonAbt 1852 -
  5. Judith White Stevenson1857 -
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Name Gov. John White Stevenson, 25th Governor of Kentucky
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 4 May 1812 Richmond City, Virginia, United Stateshis mother died during childbirth
Marriage 1843 Kentucky[per Wikipedia - needs verification]
to Sibella Winston
Census[1] 1880 Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
Death[4][5][7] 10 Aug 1886 Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).

    J. W. Stevenson, age 68, born in Virginia

  2.   Family Recorded, in Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of the Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. (New York, New York, United States: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913-14)
    1098.
  3.   Biography, in Barringer, Paul Brandon; James Mercer Garnett; and Rosewell Page. University of Virginia: its history, influence, equipment and characteristics, with biographical sketches and portraits of founders, benefactors, officers and alumni. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1904)
    1:367.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 John W. Stevenson, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    Last retrieved Feb 2016.

    John White Stevenson (May 4, 1812 – August 10, 1886) was the 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The son of future Speaker of the House and U.S. diplomat Andrew Stevenson, John Stevenson graduated from the University of Virginia in 1832 and studied law under his cousin, future Congressman Willoughby Newton. After briefly practicing law in Mississippi, he relocated to Covington, Kentucky, and was elected county attorney. After serving in the Kentucky legislature, he was chosen as a delegate to the state's third constitutional convention in 1849 and was one of three commissioners charged with revising its code of laws, a task finished in 1854. A Democrat, he was elected to two consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives where he supported several proposed compromises to avert the Civil War and blamed the Radical Republicans for their failure. ...

  5. ↑ John W Stevenson, in Kentucky, United States. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com [database on-line], 2007).

    died 10 Aug 1886 in Kenton, Kentucky
    born in Richmond, Virginia

  6.   Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.

    Most obituaries correctly stated that he died 10 Aug 1886, but an obituary published in Iowa said he died 11 Aug.

  7. ↑ John White Stevenson Sr, in Find A Grave.

    includes a photo of his grave marker with the inscription:
    John White Stevenson, Born in Richmond Va. May 4, 1812, Died in Covington, Ky. Aug. 10, 1886.

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