Son of Balthazar and Barbara Schleir Stephens.
Husband of Elizabeth Willinghurst (married 1881) and Elizabeth Schemerling (married 1883).
Father of Elizabeth Nester, Augusta Johnson and Lena (Mrs Charles) Zane.
Charles Stephens killed his stepfather, Nicholas Ehlen and he was acquitted.
Source: Chesterton Tribune obituary 3/7/1918 and Porter County death index
Charles Stephens has no gravestone.
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1910 Westchester Twp, Porter Co, IN
Charles Stephens 42 IN day laborer/brickyard
Elizabeth Stephens 36 WPrussia to US 1880
Elizabeth Stephens 14 IN
Augusta Stephens 9 IL
Lena Stephens 6 IN
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Nick Ehlen - Fatal Tragedy in Porter County
Details of a family quarrel come to us to-day from near Hagerman*, in the north part of the county, which resulted in the death of a man by the hand of his step-son.
Nick Ehlen and his step-children, whose mother is dead, have been having trouble concerning the division of the family's property, which was left by former parents, and they have been lawing about the same.
Mr. Ehlen and his oldest step-son, Charles Stevens*, were here in court all day Tuesday and got home late that night. Another step-son, John Stevens*, principal witness at the inquest, testified that shortly after his step-father and brother returned, he, being up stairs, heard a struggle below mingled with cries for help and, with his sister, hastened to the scene of distress, where they found their brother on the floor, with the step-father holding down and choking him. The young man was released from the old man's grasp, when the latter left the house threatening to soon return with a revolver to shoot Charles, who, upon hearing the threat and hearing his late assailant calling to a neighbor to loan him a revolver, got one himself and shot Mr. Ehlen dead. The homicide is here in jail.
The above facts we learned from a juror of the inquest trial.
*Hagerman = Hageman
*Stevens = Stephens
Porter County Vidette - December 26, 1878
Husband of Elizabeth Willinghurst (married 1881) and Elizabeth Schemerling (married 1883).
Father of Elizabeth Nester, Augusta Johnson and Lena (Mrs Charles) Zane.
Charles Stephens killed his stepfather, Nicholas Ehlen and he was acquitted.
Source: Chesterton Tribune obituary 3/7/1918 and Porter County death index
Charles Stephens has no gravestone.
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1910 Westchester Twp, Porter Co, IN
Charles Stephens 42 IN day laborer/brickyard
Elizabeth Stephens 36 WPrussia to US 1880
Elizabeth Stephens 14 IN
Augusta Stephens 9 IL
Lena Stephens 6 IN
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Nick Ehlen - Fatal Tragedy in Porter County
Details of a family quarrel come to us to-day from near Hagerman*, in the north part of the county, which resulted in the death of a man by the hand of his step-son.
Nick Ehlen and his step-children, whose mother is dead, have been having trouble concerning the division of the family's property, which was left by former parents, and they have been lawing about the same.
Mr. Ehlen and his oldest step-son, Charles Stevens*, were here in court all day Tuesday and got home late that night. Another step-son, John Stevens*, principal witness at the inquest, testified that shortly after his step-father and brother returned, he, being up stairs, heard a struggle below mingled with cries for help and, with his sister, hastened to the scene of distress, where they found their brother on the floor, with the step-father holding down and choking him. The young man was released from the old man's grasp, when the latter left the house threatening to soon return with a revolver to shoot Charles, who, upon hearing the threat and hearing his late assailant calling to a neighbor to loan him a revolver, got one himself and shot Mr. Ehlen dead. The homicide is here in jail.
The above facts we learned from a juror of the inquest trial.
*Hagerman = Hageman
*Stevens = Stephens
Porter County Vidette - December 26, 1878
Son of Balthazar and Barbara Schleir Stephens.
Husband of Elizabeth Willinghurst (married 1881) and Elizabeth Schemerling (married 1883).
Father of Elizabeth Nester, Augusta Johnson and Lena (Mrs Charles) Zane.
Charles Stephens killed his stepfather, Nicholas Ehlen and he was acquitted.
Source: Chesterton Tribune obituary 3/7/1918 and Porter County death index
Charles Stephens has no gravestone.
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1910 Westchester Twp, Porter Co, IN
Charles Stephens 42 IN day laborer/brickyard
Elizabeth Stephens 36 WPrussia to US 1880
Elizabeth Stephens 14 IN
Augusta Stephens 9 IL
Lena Stephens 6 IN
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Nick Ehlen - Fatal Tragedy in Porter County
Details of a family quarrel come to us to-day from near Hagerman*, in the north part of the county, which resulted in the death of a man by the hand of his step-son.
Nick Ehlen and his step-children, whose mother is dead, have been having trouble concerning the division of the family's property, which was left by former parents, and they have been lawing about the same.
Mr. Ehlen and his oldest step-son, Charles Stevens*, were here in court all day Tuesday and got home late that night. Another step-son, John Stevens*, principal witness at the inquest, testified that shortly after his step-father and brother returned, he, being up stairs, heard a struggle below mingled with cries for help and, with his sister, hastened to the scene of distress, where they found their brother on the floor, with the step-father holding down and choking him. The young man was released from the old man's grasp, when the latter left the house threatening to soon return with a revolver to shoot Charles, who, upon hearing the threat and hearing his late assailant calling to a neighbor to loan him a revolver, got one himself and shot Mr. Ehlen dead. The homicide is here in jail.
The above facts we learned from a juror of the inquest trial.
*Hagerman = Hageman
*Stevens = Stephens
Porter County Vidette - December 26, 1878
Husband of Elizabeth Willinghurst (married 1881) and Elizabeth Schemerling (married 1883).
Father of Elizabeth Nester, Augusta Johnson and Lena (Mrs Charles) Zane.
Charles Stephens killed his stepfather, Nicholas Ehlen and he was acquitted.
Source: Chesterton Tribune obituary 3/7/1918 and Porter County death index
Charles Stephens has no gravestone.
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1910 Westchester Twp, Porter Co, IN
Charles Stephens 42 IN day laborer/brickyard
Elizabeth Stephens 36 WPrussia to US 1880
Elizabeth Stephens 14 IN
Augusta Stephens 9 IL
Lena Stephens 6 IN
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Nick Ehlen - Fatal Tragedy in Porter County
Details of a family quarrel come to us to-day from near Hagerman*, in the north part of the county, which resulted in the death of a man by the hand of his step-son.
Nick Ehlen and his step-children, whose mother is dead, have been having trouble concerning the division of the family's property, which was left by former parents, and they have been lawing about the same.
Mr. Ehlen and his oldest step-son, Charles Stevens*, were here in court all day Tuesday and got home late that night. Another step-son, John Stevens*, principal witness at the inquest, testified that shortly after his step-father and brother returned, he, being up stairs, heard a struggle below mingled with cries for help and, with his sister, hastened to the scene of distress, where they found their brother on the floor, with the step-father holding down and choking him. The young man was released from the old man's grasp, when the latter left the house threatening to soon return with a revolver to shoot Charles, who, upon hearing the threat and hearing his late assailant calling to a neighbor to loan him a revolver, got one himself and shot Mr. Ehlen dead. The homicide is here in jail.
The above facts we learned from a juror of the inquest trial.
*Hagerman = Hageman
*Stevens = Stephens
Porter County Vidette - December 26, 1878
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