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Samuel Morton Stevens

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Samuel Morton Stevens

Birth
Gibson County, Indiana, USA
Death
3 Oct 1923 (aged 57–58)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
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Samuel moved with his parents from Gibson County, Indiana to Sedgwick County, Kansas while still a small boy.

He married Beatrice Hoath 10 April 1901 in Sedgwick County, KS. They had three children: Ruthelma, Virginia, and Billy.

Samuel was a merchant in Wichita, KS before moving to San Francisco, CA, about 1913.

Obituary, Wichita Eagle
Former Wichitan Dies at California Home
S. M. Stevens, Sedgwick County settler and former Wichita clothing merchant, died last Wednesday at midnight at his home in San Francisco. Mr. Stevens came to this county in 1870 settling on a farm northwest of Wichita. He attended the public schools in Wichita and was graduated from Garfield College, now Friends University. He later taught school in this county.

Later Mr. Stevens entered the clothing business under the guidance of W. W. Luttrell, one of the pioneer clothing merchants of Wichita. He was a local clothier for many years. Nine years ago he moved to San Francisco with his family and had been engaged as a traveling salesman until his death. He married Miss Beatrice Hoath of this city. Mrs. Stevens is a wholesale buyer in New York City.

Mr. Stevens is survived by his wife; three children, Ruthelma, Virginia, and Billy; his step-mother, Mrs. Amanda Stevens, Wichita; three brothers, Guy, Art and Frank, all of Wichita; and two sisters Mrs. Mattie Little, Maize, Kas, and Mrs. Priscilla Merkle of Norman, Okla. No arrangements have been announced.
Samuel moved with his parents from Gibson County, Indiana to Sedgwick County, Kansas while still a small boy.

He married Beatrice Hoath 10 April 1901 in Sedgwick County, KS. They had three children: Ruthelma, Virginia, and Billy.

Samuel was a merchant in Wichita, KS before moving to San Francisco, CA, about 1913.

Obituary, Wichita Eagle
Former Wichitan Dies at California Home
S. M. Stevens, Sedgwick County settler and former Wichita clothing merchant, died last Wednesday at midnight at his home in San Francisco. Mr. Stevens came to this county in 1870 settling on a farm northwest of Wichita. He attended the public schools in Wichita and was graduated from Garfield College, now Friends University. He later taught school in this county.

Later Mr. Stevens entered the clothing business under the guidance of W. W. Luttrell, one of the pioneer clothing merchants of Wichita. He was a local clothier for many years. Nine years ago he moved to San Francisco with his family and had been engaged as a traveling salesman until his death. He married Miss Beatrice Hoath of this city. Mrs. Stevens is a wholesale buyer in New York City.

Mr. Stevens is survived by his wife; three children, Ruthelma, Virginia, and Billy; his step-mother, Mrs. Amanda Stevens, Wichita; three brothers, Guy, Art and Frank, all of Wichita; and two sisters Mrs. Mattie Little, Maize, Kas, and Mrs. Priscilla Merkle of Norman, Okla. No arrangements have been announced.

Gravesite Details

Interment date 6 Oct 1923



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