Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Stephenson, D. C. June 5, 1826 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      D C Stephenson, farmer and stock grower, was born in 
Greene Township, Greene County, Penna, June 5, 1826. His 
parents, Alexander Stephenson and Rachel Jones Stephenson, 
were natives of this county and of Welsh and Scotch Irish 
descent. His grandfather and great grandfather were Hugh 
Stephenson and Daniel Stephenson, who were farmers and 
soldiers in the Revolutionary War; they came to Greene 
County soon after its close. His father served as Justice of 
the Peace in Greene County for a period of fifteen years. 
The history of the Stephenson family gives farming as their 
usual occupation. Mr Stephenson's grandfather was born in 
Greene County, where he spent all his life. He died in 1857 
in his eighty second year. Mr Stephenson is the oldest in a 
family of four children: two sons and two daughters. He was 
reared on the farm in this county, where he attended the 
district school.
  
      In 1861 he came to Cumberland Township, and engaged in 
farming until 1869 when he came to Ceylon and kept store for 
a period of sixteen years. He was united in marriage in 
Henry County, Iowa, with Miss Martha Johnson, daughter of 
Isaac Johnson and Mary Barclay Johnson. Mrs Stephenson is a 
great granddaughter of Hon Hugh Barclay. Her grandfather was 
also Hugh Barclay, and her grandfather Johnson's name was 
William Johnson. 
  
      Mr and Mrs Stephenson have eight children: Mary E 
Stephenson, wife of Noah M Hartley; Alexander M Stephenson, 
a farmer; Fannie Stephenson; Hugh C Stephenson of Iowa; J W 
Stephenson, a teacher, Anna M Stephenson; Flora M 
Stephenson; and I T Stephenson, deceased. 
  
      In politics Mr Stephenson is a Democrat, and has 
served as postmaster in Greene County for fifteen years. He 
has made his own way in the world, and by means of his 
energy and untiring zeal in his business, has become one of 
the most prosperous farmers in the county and highly 
respected by all who know him.

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