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Family: Rev. James Porter Stevenson / Talitha C. Roberts (F14269)
m. 6 Dec 1837-
Father | Male
Rev. James Porter Stevenson
Born 2 May 1808 Smith County, Tennessee 
Died 10 Jul 1885 Stephens County, Texas Buried Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas Married 6 Dec 1837 [1, 2] San Augustine Land District, Texas [1, 2] Father Mother
Mother | Female
Talitha C. Roberts
Born 15 Feb 1815 Louisiana Died 13 Jul 1860 Rusk County, Texas Buried Father William Roberts | F14268 Group Sheet Mother Sarah | F14268 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
Dr. William Roberts Stevenson
Born 15 Mar 1837 Texas Died 11 Jul 1917 Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas Buried Lee Cemetery, Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas
Child 2 | Male
John Emory Stevenson
Born 15 Mar 1837 Texas Died 11 May 1903 Texas Buried Long Cove Cemetery, Lometa, Lampasas County, Texas Spouse Millie M. Hendricks | F14274 Married
Child 3 | Male
James Dryer Stevenson
Born 13 Jun 1839 Louisiana Died 26 Jun 1904 Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Buried Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Spouse Jane Fisher | F14275 Married 12 Apr 1866 Kaufman County, Texas
Child 5 | Male
Merritt Sinclair Johnson Stevenson
Born 9 Dec 1843 Louisiana Died Bef 1850 Louisiana Buried
Child 6 | Male
Walker Courtney Stevenson
Born 8 Feb 1846 Louisiana Died 4 Jan 1891 Kaufman County, Texas Buried Camp Ground Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Spouse Mary V. McNutt | F14276 Married 24 Sep 1873 Kaufman County, Texas
Child 10 | Male
Thomas Turner Stevenson
Born 2 Jun 1854 Louisiana Died 16 Nov 1937 Santa Clara County, California Buried
Child 11 | Male
Jessie Buckhannan Stevenson
Born 16 Nov 1857 Texas Died 4 Jun 1940 San Joaquin County, California Buried Winton Cemetery, Winton, Merced County, California Spouse Laura E. Steen | F14273 Married
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Notes Married:
- FamilySearch.com marriage records show date of marriage as 6 Dec 1837, after the birth of their twin sons in March 1837. A transcription of family bible records on FindAGrave instead has the marriage as June 21, 1836.
Sabine County, Texas Affidavit of B. R. Payne, sworn on August 25, 1927 and witnessed by Edna Whitehead, Notary Public. B. R. Payne was age 74 at that time, and a livelong resident of Sabine County, living about two miles south of Geneva. He was also a grandson of William Roberts, He showed that the eldest of four children born to William and Sarah Roberts was "Talitha Stevenson, who married James Stevenson."
This couple was not located in the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, and I have not yet located them on a search via Ancestry.com.
They may have both died relatively young, as in 1860, three of their sons were living in Rusk County, Texas, with their uncle W. P. Roberts and his young son sharing their household.
Per the Payne affidavit, Talitha was married only once, and at her death [in 1860] left seven children as follows:
1) W. R. Stevenson, now dead.
2) J. E. Stevenson who died in 1904 or 1905, leaving four children:
a) S.A. Stevenson
b) Winter E. Stevenson
c) J.E. Stevenson, Jr.
d) Stella Stevenson
3) J. D. Stevenson, who died in 1908, leaving five children:
a) Wm. E. Stevenson
b) H. F. Stevenson
c) C. C. Stevenson
d) R. E. Stevenson...wife of Conrad PATTON.
e) J. P. Stevenson, Muskogee, Okla.
4) W. O. Stevenson, who died in 1895, leaving six children.
a) May (Stevenson) Shelton
b) Walter H. Stevenson
c) Margaret Elizabethe (Stevenson) Worsham
d) Richard E. Stevenson
e) Condie Stevenson
f) Genie Stevenson
5) W. C. Stevenson, who died in 1890, leaving the following children
a) Carl M. Stevenson
b) Walker W. Stevenson
6) T. T. Stevenson, Mountain View, California
7) J.B. Stevenson, Strattford, Calif.
The above constitute the only heirs of Talitha Stevenson, who died in 1860.
However, on the FindAGrave memorial page for Talitha's husban, Rev. James Porter Stevenson, a listing of 12 children is instead shown, based on pages copied from the Stevenson family Bible and the Baird family bible, contributed to FindAGrave by Cameron-Ashley Heath.
It is likely several of these children died young, as not found on the 1850 or 1860 census.
The list from the Bible was transcribed as follows:
Rev. James Porter Stevenson had a total of 15 children.
Tabitha Cumi Roberts, born Feb. 15, 1815.
They married on June 21, 1836.
Rev. James P. and Tabitha Cumi Roberts had 12 Children.
Tabitha Stevenson died July 13, 1860.
Twins:
#1.John Emory & #2. William Roberts - March 15, 1837.
#3. James Dryer - June 13, 1839.
#4. Walter Overton - August 6, 1841.
#5. Meritt (?) Sinclair Johnson - Dec. 9, 1863.
#6. Walker (not sure middle name) - Feb. 8, 1846.
#7. Robert Payne - May 11 or 14 (?), 1848.
#8. Henry Bascom -Nov. 15, 1850.
#9. Ellington Bedford - Jan. 21, 1852.
#10. Thomas Turner - June 2, 1854.
#11. Jessie Buckhannan - Nov. 16, 1857.
#12. Charles Wesley - Born April 13, 1860.
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Rev. James Porter Stevenson married 2nd Lokey (Lochie) Sanders - Baird-Neely in Hunt County (?) Texas on December 29, 1862.
Lokey already had several children from her 2 previous marriages. However, she and James had 3 additional children.
#13. Lee Marshal Willison Stevenson - Nov. 15, 1863.
#14. Hugh Madison Ellis Stevenson - April (?), 1865.
#15. Sara Jane (Jennie) Stevenson - Dec. 4, 1867
- FamilySearch.com marriage records show date of marriage as 6 Dec 1837, after the birth of their twin sons in March 1837. A transcription of family bible records on FindAGrave instead has the marriage as June 21, 1836.
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