Stevens, Kelsey

1808 - 1859  (50 years)

• Name	Stevens, Kelsey  [1]
  Birth	1808	York County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Birth	3 Feb 1808	Freetown, Cortland, New York, USA
  	eFretown Corners
  Gender	Male
  Death	1859  [1]
  	Age: 51
  LDS	11 May 2026
  	• KCY1-3W3 !The following account of Kelsey Stevens was told on a Sunday afternoon, March 9, 1919, by Minerva Stevens Stone: "I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time and we had been planning all winter on moving to Pennsylvania in the spring; in fact father [Kelsey Stevens] had come through in the winter with one load of such things as we could spare from our regular housekeeping needs until spring.
  	20260511GHLn- Kelsey Stevens Male 3 February 1808 – 10 October 1859 • KCY1-3W3 Sources (2) Collaborate (1) Memories (0) Notes BIRTH: Lena Stevens Notes. MARRIAGE: Lena Stevens Notes. DEATH: Lena Stevens Notes. BURIAL: Lena Stevens Notes. CENSUS: 1850 Census; Harrison Twp., Potter Co., Pa., Farmer, aged 42, born NY. !The following account of Kelsey Stevens was told on a Sunday afternoon, March 9, 1919, by Minerva Stevens Stone: "I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time and we had been planning all winter on moving to Pennsylvania in the spring; in fact father [Kelsey Stevens] had come through in the winter with one load of such things as we could spare from our regular housekeeping needs until spring. The spring was advanced that year and the weather had been so warm and pleasant that we planned to leave April 11th. We drove over to Grandfather Watrous', my mother's parents, to spend the last night in Freetown. In the morning we awoke to find the ground covered with snow and the weather disagreeably cold. Winter wraps were all packed and to make our family comfortable for the journey some wraps had to be unpacked, other garments were borrowed from Grandmother Watrous, to be returned by Carey Watrous who was driving one of the loads of goods while Father drove the other. The entire journey was cold and miserable. It was a most unpleasent trip in the face of leaving all our relatives behind and the thought of coming into this most unsettled section of Pennsylvania. After five days we reached thelocation for our new home. Uncle Carey returned to Freetown. We settled on a farm about one and one half mile north-east of the present village of Harrison Valley. There we lived for about five years, then sold it to Ed Doud and moved to a farm farther up the hill which was later owned by Wakefield Hubbard. It was on this farm that we lived when I was married to Nelson Stone and when the boys, George, Jason, and Sylvester went to war [Civil War]. George and Jason enlisted their services at the beginning of the war. Sylvester and my husband Nelson did not go until the last year of the war. My father was a salesman of lightning rods, a part-time job with farming. While on business in Olean, New York, he was taken ill and died October 10, 1859. He was buried there owing to the difficulty of bringing the body home in those days. Mother was the only member of the immediate family with him in Olean. With father gone, the head of the household rested upon the eldest son, Sylvester. But he, as well as Jason and George, were away at war. That left only Eugene, a young boy of twelve, at home. When Nelson and I were married we went to keeping house on the farm just a little above and across the road from my people. We continued to own that farm until Nelson's death. Now our son Dell owns it. During my husband's service in the war, I went to live with my mother. She gave me the parlor room. And there baby Dell and I lived until Nelson came back from the army." Beebe; History of Potter County; p. 82: Kelsey Stevens, the ancestor of a well-known family, settled in 1849 on a farm 1 1/2 miles north of Harrison Valley. Less Last Changed: August 27, 2013 D D W Howe
  FSID	KCY1-3W3
  Person ID	I82988	WetzelAncestry

  
  

  Family	Watrous, Emeline,   b. 1809   d. 1882 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1829  [1]
  Moved from jt	Freetown, Cortland, New York, USA
  	on a Sunday afternoon, March 9, 1919, by Minerva Stevens Stone: "I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time...
  	20260511GHLn- Kelsey Stevens Male 3 February 1808 – 10 October 1859 • KCY1-3W3 Sources (2) Collaborate (1) Memories (0) Notes BIRTH: Lena Stevens Notes. MARRIAGE: Lena Stevens Notes. DEATH: Lena Stevens Notes. BURIAL: Lena Stevens Notes. CENSUS: 1850 Census; Harrison Twp., Potter Co., Pa., Farmer, aged 42, born NY. !The following account of Kelsey Stevens was told on a Sunday afternoon, March 9, 1919, by Minerva Stevens Stone: "I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time and we had been planning all winter on moving to Pennsylvania in the spring; in fact father [Kelsey Stevens] had come through in the winter with one load of such things as we could spare from our regular housekeeping needs until spring. The spring was advanced that year and the weather had been so warm and pleasant that we planned to leave April 11th. We drove over to Grandfather Watrous', my mother's parents, to spend the last night in Freetown. In the morning we awoke to find the ground covered with snow and the weather disagreeably cold. Winter wraps were all packed and to make our family comfortable for the journey some wraps had to be unpacked, other garments were borrowed from Grandmother Watrous, to be returned by Carey Watrous who was driving one of the loads of goods while Father drove the other. The entire journey was cold and miserable. It was a most unpleasent trip in the face of leaving all our relatives behind and the thought of coming into this most unsettled section of Pennsylvania. After five days we reached thelocation for our new home. Uncle Carey returned to Freetown. We settled on a farm about one and one half mile north-east of the present village of Harrison Valley. There we lived for about five years, then sold it to Ed Doud and moved to a farm farther up the hill which was later owned by Wakefield Hubbard. It was on this farm that we lived when I was married to Nelson Stone and when the boys, George, Jason, and Sylvester went to war [Civil War]. George and Jason enlisted their services at the beginning of the war. Sylvester and my husband Nelson did not go until the last year of the war. My father was a salesman of lightning rods, a part-time job with farming. While on business in Olean, New York, he was taken ill and died October 10, 1859. He was buried there owing to the difficulty of bringing the body home in those days. Mother was the only member of the immediate family with him in Olean. With father gone, the head of the household rested upon the eldest son, Sylvester. But he, as well as Jason and George, were away at war. That left only Eugene, a young boy of twelve, at home. When Nelson and I were married we went to keeping house on the farm just a little above and across the road from my people. We continued to own that farm until Nelson's death. Now our son Dell owns it. During my husband's service in the war, I went to live with my mother. She gave me the parlor room. And there baby Dell and I lived until Nelson came back from the army." Beebe; History of Potter County; p. 82: Kelsey Stevens, the ancestor of a well-known family, settled in 1849 on a farm 1 1/2 miles north of Harrison Valley. Less Last Changed: August 27, 2013 D D W Howe
  Moved to jt	Harrison twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
  	"I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time
  	on a Sunday afternoon, March 9, 1919, by Minerva Stevens Stone: "I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time
  Children	1. Stevens, George Watrous,   b. 1841   d. 1901 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Stevens, Eugene Kelsey,   b. Apr 1847, New York State, USA d. 1909 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Stevens, Sylvester K.,   b. 15 Nov 1830, Freetown, Cortland, New York, USA d. 2 Nov 1910, Harrison Valley, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Stevens, Minerva Charlotte,   b. 14 Aug 1833, Freetown, Cortland, New York, USA d. 13 Jul 1924, Harrison Valley, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F51607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1808 - York County, Pennsylvania, USA Birth - 3 Feb 1808 - Freetown, Cortland, New York, USA Moved from jt - on a Sunday afternoon, March 9, 1919, by Minerva Stevens Stone: "I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time... - - Freetown, Cortland, New York, USA Moved to jt - "I remember when we moved from Freetown [Cortland County, New York], Harrison [Potter County, Pennsylvania]. I was fifteen years old at the time - - Harrison twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S1205] Ancestry.com, DAR North America Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), **Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 094 : 1912 93786-93792. Record for Blanche Swetland (10) facts 20201111HAv- Record for Karl Fox Swetland (17) facts .............. (20) Record for Morgan Wayne Swetland (19) facts .... (29) Record for Rosa Watrous (17) facts .................... (35) Record for Austin Watrous (20) facts ................... (45) Record for Emeline Watrous (18) facts ................ (59) Record for George Watrous Stevens (22) facts .. (69) Record for Eugene Kelsey Stevens (11) facts .... (76) Record for Maude Stevens (4) facts ................... (78) Record for Clella Stevens (4) facts ...................... (80) Record for Austin Watrous (8) facts .................... (80) 20201111HAv- Blanche Swetland in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 93790 Name: Blanche Swetland Gender: Female Father: Karl Fox Swetland Mother: Ruth Arminda Metcalf Spouse: E P Huntington Name: Karl Fox Swetland Gender: Male Birth: 1852 1st Marriage: 1876 Father: Morgan Wayne Swetland Mother: Pamelia Stevens Spouse: Ruth Arminda Metcalf Child: Blanche Swetland Name: Morgan Wayne Swetland Gender: Male Age: 70 Birth: 1825 1st Marriage: 1849 Death: 1895 Father: Harmon Swetland Mother: Rosa Watrous Spouse: Pamelia Stevens Child: Karl Fox Swetland Name: Rosa Watrous Gender: Female Age: 91 Birth: 1805 Death: 1896 Father: Austin Watrous Mother: Sally Backus Spouse: Harmon Swetland Child: Morgan Wayne Swetland Name: Austin Watrous Gender: Male Age: 89 Birth: 1775 1st Marriage: 1824 Death: 1864 Father: Austin Watrous Mother: Jerusha Buck Spouse: Sally Backus Child: Emeline Watrous Rosa Watrous Name: Emeline Watrous Gender: Female Age: 73 Birth: 1809 1st Marriage: 1829 Death: 1882 Father: Austin Watrous Mother: Sally Backus Spouse: Kelsey Stevens Child: George Watrous Stevens Eugene Kelsey Stevens 93788 Name: George Watrous Stevens Gender: Male Age: 60 Birth: 1841 1st Marriage: 1866 Death: 1901 Father: Kelsey Stevens Mother: Emeline Watrous Spouse: Zittilla Goodman Child: Clella Stevens Lena E Stevens Name: Eugene Kelsey Stevens Gender: Male Age: 62 Birth: 1847 1st Marriage: 1868 Death: 1909 Father: Kelsey Stevens Mother: Emeline Watrous Spouse: Annie Dodge Child: Maude Stevens Name: Maude Stevens Gender: Female Father: Eugene Kelsey Stevens Mother: Annie Dodge Spouse: G G Reese 93787 Name: Clella Stevens Gender: Female Father: George Watrous Stevens Mother: Zittilla Goodman Spouse: George Michelfelder Name: Austin Watrous Gender: Male Spouse: Jerusha Buck Child: Austin Watrous Source Citation Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 094 : 1912 Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. 93787 Clella Stevens Michelfelder DAR FamHist 1912 v094 93790 Austin Watrous- Blanche.jpg 20201111HAv- Blanche Swetland in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 93790 Name: Blanche Swetland Gender: Female Father: Karl Fox Swetland Mother: Ruth Arminda Metcalf Spouse: E P Huntington Name: Karl Fox Swetland Gender: Male Birth: 1852 1st Marriage: 1876 Father: Morgan Wayne Swetland Mother: Pamelia Stevens Spouse: Ruth Arminda… DAR FamHist 1912 v094 93787 Austin Watrous- Clella Stevens.jpg 20201111HAv- Blanche Swetland in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 93790 Name: Blanche Swetland Gender: Female Father: Karl Fox Swetland Mother: Ruth Arminda Metcalf Spouse: E P Huntington Name: Karl Fox Swetland Gender: Male Birth: 1852 1st Marriage: 1876 Father: Morgan Wayne Swetland Mother: Pamelia Stevens Spouse: Ruth Arminda… [S1182] census 1900 USA PA, Year: 1900; Census Place: Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1241397. Record for Eugene K Stevens 20201111HAv- Eugene K Stevens in the 1900 United States Federal Census date: 9th June 1900 Matthw M. King Name: Eugene K Stevens Age: 53 Birth: Apr 1847 New York, USA Home: Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania Ward: East Street: Eric Avenue House nr: 14 Sheet: 7 Dwelling: 114 116 Family: 114 Race: White Gender: Male Relation: Head status: Married Spouse: Annie Stevens Marriage Year: 1868 Years Married: 32 Father's Birthplace: York, Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: New York, USA Years in US: 83 Occupation: RR Train Drafstch Months Not Employed: 0 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: F Farm or House: H Household Members: Name Age Eugene K Stevens 53 Annie Stevens 50 Maude Stevens 20 Clyde J Stevens 17 Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1241397 Name Birth Marriage Arrival Residence John Hayes Mar 1869 Ireland 1861 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Mary Hayes Mar 1867 Ireland 1870 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Eugene K Stevens Apr 1847 New York, USA 1868 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Annie Stevens Oct 1849 Pennsylvania, USA 1868 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Maude Stevens Jun 1879 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Clyde J Stevens Sep 1882 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Samuel Gordon Dec 1842 Wales 1869 1844 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Matilda Gordon Feb 1850 Germany 1869 1849 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Charles Gordon Jul 1873 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Frank Gordon Sep 1876 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Flora Gordon Nov 1879 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Albert Gordon Jul 1884 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA John J Leonard Mar 1848 Pennsylvania, USA1873 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Mary Leonard Sep 1852 New Jersey, USA 1873 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA William M Leonard Jul 1877 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Frank Leonard Nov 1878 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA May Leonard Oct 1880 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Alice Leonard Sep 1882 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Nellie Leonard Jun 1887 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Katie Leonard Nov 1890 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Bessie Leonard Oct 1892 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Florence Leonard Jul 1895 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA John Slattery Dec 1834 Ireland 1861 1856 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Margaret Slattery Jun 1832 Ireland 1861 1850 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Margaret Slattery Apr 1864 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Thomas Slattery Sep 1872 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA David Lang Aug 1872 Pennsylvania, USA1896 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Annie Lang Dec 1877 Pennsylvania, USA1896 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Charles Lang Dec 1896 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Mark K Lang Jun 1898 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Florence Lang Dec 1899 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Edward J Troup Feb 1872 Pennsylvania, USA 1896 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Eliza Troup Dec 1878 Pennsylvania, USA1896 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Ray Troup Jan 1898 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Annie Stymust Nov 1861 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Harry Harwood Jan 1871 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Floyd Stymust Mar 1889 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Nellie Stymust Apr 1898 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Patrick Welsh Jan 1837 Ireland 1864 1860 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Mary Welsh Feb 1842 Ireland 1864 1861 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA John Welsh Jan 1876 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Annie Welsh Dec 1876 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Michael Cleary Jul 1843 Ireland 1867 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Mary Cleary Feb 1848 Ireland 1861 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Abner Cleary Jan 1875 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Mamie Cleary Dec 1876 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Tillie Cleary Apr 1883 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Willie Cleary Sep 1888 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Mary Tobella Oct 1827 Germany 1860 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Albert Tobella May 1868 Pennsylvania, USA 1900 Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. census 1900 USA PA Clinton Renovo 28_7 Eugene K Stevens.jpg 20201111HAv- Eugene K Stevens in the 1900 United States Federal Census date: 9th June 1900 Matthw M. King Name: Eugene K Stevens Age: 53 Birth: Apr 1847 New York, USA Home: Renovo, Clinton, Pennsylvania Ward: East Street: Eric Avenue House nr: 14 Sheet: 7 Dwelling: 114…

  
  

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