John
Stevens, farmer and carpenter, post-office Sharpsville, Penn.,
son of John and Hannah (Madox) Stevens, was born in 1824, in Pymatuning
Township, Mercer Co., Penn. The father of our subject was a native
of Crawford County, Penn., and about 1813 removed to Mercer County, and
settled in Pymatuning, on the line of Hickory Township, about two miles
southeast of Clarksville. He was a carpenter and farmer. His family
consisted of nine children: Mary A., Lewis M., Elizabeth, John, Jesse,
William V., Hannah, Caroline and Angeline. Our subject was reared in
Pymatuning Township, learned the carpenter's trade, and was engaged in
that business for three years after serving his time. He then engaged
in farming and followed it for thirty years. In 1884 he purchased his
present place on the Sharpsville and Mercer road, in Hickory Township,
and is engaged in the carpenter business in connection with farming. He
was married in 1847 to Miss Sarah J., daughter of Berton Bust, of
Pymatuning Township, and by this marriage they have seven children:
Armelda J., wife of A. K. Mattocks, of Pymatuning Township; William H.,
James W., Mary, wife of John Blaney, of Hickory Township; John W.,
Maggie M., Nannie L. Mr. Stevens has been a member of the Clarksville
Methodist Church for forty years.
History of Mercer Co. PA 1888 p.875; transcribed by Theresa Davids
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