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  • Name Agnes Porteus 
    Born 29 Apr 1801  Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Oct 1883  Bristol, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Died - At the residence of her daughter, Mrs M.A.Fowler, near Bristol, on Sun.Oct. 7th 1883. Mrs Agnes Stevenson aged 81 years 5 months & 8 days. Mrs Stevenson was born in Dumbrieshire(sic), Scotland. With her husband she came from Scotland to Columbiana, Ohio in 1835. In 1848 they moved to Indiana. On Oct 10th 1864 her husband died. She came to the home of Mrs Fowler 10 years ago. She was the mother of 6 children, 2 of whom died. Funeral conducted by Rev.W.M.Buck, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Constantine, Michigan, assisted by Rev.H.B.Hunt of the M.E.Church of Bristol. Buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

    Buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15960  Clark
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2012 

    Husband Robert Stevenson,   b. Jan 1800, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1864, Cleveland, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married
    • They sailed on the Freedonia from Liverpool in 1835
      Arrival date was 12 th August 1835.in New York .
      Unfortunately There was no destination on the form
      Robert Stephenson husband 35 clogmaker b Scotland
      Agnes Stephenson wife 35 b Scotland
      Mary Stephenson Daughter 8 b Scotland
      Martha Stephenson Daugher 5 b Scotland
      Jane Stephenson Daughter 5 b Scotland

      1850 census USA
      Cleveland, Elkhart, Indiana
      Robert Stepenson 50 SCOTLAND
      Mrs Stepenson 49 DITTO
      CHILDREN B OHIO
      James Stepenson 14
      William Stepenson 10
      John Stepenson 8

      1860 census USA
      residence: , Elkhart, Indiana
      ward: Cleveland Township
      Robert Stevenson 58 years Scotland
      Agnes Stevenson 56 Scotland
      John Stevenson 18 Ohio
      Henry P Mc Naughton 9 Indiana
      Martha C Mc Naughton 2 Indiana

      1870 census USA
      Cleveland Elkhart Indiana
      Agnes Stevenson F 68y Scotland
      Martha J High F 12y Indiana


      1880 census USA
      Bristol, Elkhart, Indiana
      A. Martha Fowler F 49 Scotland
      DAU J. Cordelia Clark F 19 Iowa, United States
      Nancy Clark F 82 New York, United States
      MOTH Agness Stevenson F 78 Scotland
      N. Charles Fisher M 24 Illinois, United States
    Children 
    +1. Mary Stevenson,   b. 31 Jul 1828, Hutton and Corrie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1864, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Neil McNaughton  m. 14 Aug 1849;   Giles Jackson  m. 8 May 1854
    +2. Martha Stevenson,   b. 8 Jan 1831, Hutton and Corrie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1904, Bristol, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Charles C. Clark  m. 3 May 1849;   Solomon Fowler  m. 25 Dec 1865
    +3. Jean Stevenson,   b. 8 Oct 1833, Applegarth, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1858, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Eli High  m. 12 Jun 1851
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2012 
    Family ID F4561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart