A carpenter, miner and dairyman, John Henry Stephens was born in Osage Co., Missouri. As a teenager he accompanied his parents and siblings on the "steam train" when they moved from Missouri to Washington County, Oregon, in March 1883. His parents established their home at Dilley, Oregon, where they lived out their years. With his marriage to Laura Elizabeth Aiken in 1890, the South united with the North.
John was absent from home for four months in 1894 and again in 1895. Then he removed his family to Alaska in April 1896, four months before gold was discovered on 16 August 1896 in the Yukon on Bonanza Creek about three miles from Dawson. News of this gold strike did not reach the United States until January 1897. Between 1897 and 1899, over 30,000 persons went to Alaska looking for gold. Charles Lester Stephens was born on 29 December 1899, on a truck farm outside of Juneau, four days after Christmas and two days before the turn of the 20th Century. His birth occurred 58 years before Alaska became a State. Fred Stephens was born in 1902. Jessie Stephens said their father lived and worked off and on in Alaska for a total of 22 years.
Laura Stephens was buried on 15 January 1907 in the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho. Her sister Etta Hill arranged for the funeral to be held at the Adventist Church, but the Baptist Church was used instead. The bill of $64, was paid on 16 January 1907, by John Stephens.
THE IDAHO STATESMAN, Boise
Wednesday, 12 November 1913, page 3
"Marriages: STEPHENS - HILL -- John H. Stephens and Miss Effie (sic.) Hill were married at high noon Monday at the home of the bride at Riverside, by Rev. Davis Errett of the Christian church."
Essie's mother (Etta Hill) and brother (Clyde Hill) witnessed the ceremony. Essie was a first cousin of her stepchildren. She was 25 years younger than her husband, and two years older than Jessie. The children traveled to Boise to make their home with their father and "new mother." At this time, Charles and Fred attended Park School at 16th and Main Street.
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, Forest Grove, Oregon
Thursday, April 25, 1935, page 10, column 4
"John Stevens is Buried Tuesday at Forest Grove. Funeral Services were held at the Christian Church Tuesday afternoon for John Henry Stevens of Portland, with the Rev. Winder of Portland officiating. Thomas Isaac was soloist. Forest Grove Undertaking Company had charge of arrangements. Interment took place in the Forest View cemetery. Mr. Stevens had been living in Portland for the past five years and died at the home of his daughter [sic: sister, not daughter]. April 21 at 5 a.m. He had been ill for three months. Mr. Stevens was born in Missouri August 3, 1864 and came to Oregon in 1883. He married Miss. Essie Hill in Idaho in 1913. She survives him, together with five children, Jessie Stevens, Sacramento, Calif.; Fred of Oakland, Calif.; Will of Idaho; Charles of Eugene; and Donald of Gaston. There are two sisters living, Mrs. J.B. Kuhns of Portland, where Mr. Stevens died; and Mrs. M.E. Brown of Amity, and a brother, Leroy Stevens of Los Angeles, Calif."
John was absent from home for four months in 1894 and again in 1895. Then he removed his family to Alaska in April 1896, four months before gold was discovered on 16 August 1896 in the Yukon on Bonanza Creek about three miles from Dawson. News of this gold strike did not reach the United States until January 1897. Between 1897 and 1899, over 30,000 persons went to Alaska looking for gold. Charles Lester Stephens was born on 29 December 1899, on a truck farm outside of Juneau, four days after Christmas and two days before the turn of the 20th Century. His birth occurred 58 years before Alaska became a State. Fred Stephens was born in 1902. Jessie Stephens said their father lived and worked off and on in Alaska for a total of 22 years.
Laura Stephens was buried on 15 January 1907 in the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho. Her sister Etta Hill arranged for the funeral to be held at the Adventist Church, but the Baptist Church was used instead. The bill of $64, was paid on 16 January 1907, by John Stephens.
THE IDAHO STATESMAN, Boise
Wednesday, 12 November 1913, page 3
"Marriages: STEPHENS - HILL -- John H. Stephens and Miss Effie (sic.) Hill were married at high noon Monday at the home of the bride at Riverside, by Rev. Davis Errett of the Christian church."
Essie's mother (Etta Hill) and brother (Clyde Hill) witnessed the ceremony. Essie was a first cousin of her stepchildren. She was 25 years younger than her husband, and two years older than Jessie. The children traveled to Boise to make their home with their father and "new mother." At this time, Charles and Fred attended Park School at 16th and Main Street.
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, Forest Grove, Oregon
Thursday, April 25, 1935, page 10, column 4
"John Stevens is Buried Tuesday at Forest Grove. Funeral Services were held at the Christian Church Tuesday afternoon for John Henry Stevens of Portland, with the Rev. Winder of Portland officiating. Thomas Isaac was soloist. Forest Grove Undertaking Company had charge of arrangements. Interment took place in the Forest View cemetery. Mr. Stevens had been living in Portland for the past five years and died at the home of his daughter [sic: sister, not daughter]. April 21 at 5 a.m. He had been ill for three months. Mr. Stevens was born in Missouri August 3, 1864 and came to Oregon in 1883. He married Miss. Essie Hill in Idaho in 1913. She survives him, together with five children, Jessie Stevens, Sacramento, Calif.; Fred of Oakland, Calif.; Will of Idaho; Charles of Eugene; and Donald of Gaston. There are two sisters living, Mrs. J.B. Kuhns of Portland, where Mr. Stevens died; and Mrs. M.E. Brown of Amity, and a brother, Leroy Stevens of Los Angeles, Calif."
A carpenter, miner and dairyman, John Henry Stephens was born in Osage Co., Missouri. As a teenager he accompanied his parents and siblings on the "steam train" when they moved from Missouri to Washington County, Oregon, in March 1883. His parents established their home at Dilley, Oregon, where they lived out their years. With his marriage to Laura Elizabeth Aiken in 1890, the South united with the North.
John was absent from home for four months in 1894 and again in 1895. Then he removed his family to Alaska in April 1896, four months before gold was discovered on 16 August 1896 in the Yukon on Bonanza Creek about three miles from Dawson. News of this gold strike did not reach the United States until January 1897. Between 1897 and 1899, over 30,000 persons went to Alaska looking for gold. Charles Lester Stephens was born on 29 December 1899, on a truck farm outside of Juneau, four days after Christmas and two days before the turn of the 20th Century. His birth occurred 58 years before Alaska became a State. Fred Stephens was born in 1902. Jessie Stephens said their father lived and worked off and on in Alaska for a total of 22 years.
Laura Stephens was buried on 15 January 1907 in the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho. Her sister Etta Hill arranged for the funeral to be held at the Adventist Church, but the Baptist Church was used instead. The bill of $64, was paid on 16 January 1907, by John Stephens.
THE IDAHO STATESMAN, Boise
Wednesday, 12 November 1913, page 3
"Marriages: STEPHENS - HILL -- John H. Stephens and Miss Effie (sic.) Hill were married at high noon Monday at the home of the bride at Riverside, by Rev. Davis Errett of the Christian church."
Essie's mother (Etta Hill) and brother (Clyde Hill) witnessed the ceremony. Essie was a first cousin of her stepchildren. She was 25 years younger than her husband, and two years older than Jessie. The children traveled to Boise to make their home with their father and "new mother." At this time, Charles and Fred attended Park School at 16th and Main Street.
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, Forest Grove, Oregon
Thursday, April 25, 1935, page 10, column 4
"John Stevens is Buried Tuesday at Forest Grove. Funeral Services were held at the Christian Church Tuesday afternoon for John Henry Stevens of Portland, with the Rev. Winder of Portland officiating. Thomas Isaac was soloist. Forest Grove Undertaking Company had charge of arrangements. Interment took place in the Forest View cemetery. Mr. Stevens had been living in Portland for the past five years and died at the home of his daughter [sic: sister, not daughter]. April 21 at 5 a.m. He had been ill for three months. Mr. Stevens was born in Missouri August 3, 1864 and came to Oregon in 1883. He married Miss. Essie Hill in Idaho in 1913. She survives him, together with five children, Jessie Stevens, Sacramento, Calif.; Fred of Oakland, Calif.; Will of Idaho; Charles of Eugene; and Donald of Gaston. There are two sisters living, Mrs. J.B. Kuhns of Portland, where Mr. Stevens died; and Mrs. M.E. Brown of Amity, and a brother, Leroy Stevens of Los Angeles, Calif."
John was absent from home for four months in 1894 and again in 1895. Then he removed his family to Alaska in April 1896, four months before gold was discovered on 16 August 1896 in the Yukon on Bonanza Creek about three miles from Dawson. News of this gold strike did not reach the United States until January 1897. Between 1897 and 1899, over 30,000 persons went to Alaska looking for gold. Charles Lester Stephens was born on 29 December 1899, on a truck farm outside of Juneau, four days after Christmas and two days before the turn of the 20th Century. His birth occurred 58 years before Alaska became a State. Fred Stephens was born in 1902. Jessie Stephens said their father lived and worked off and on in Alaska for a total of 22 years.
Laura Stephens was buried on 15 January 1907 in the Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho. Her sister Etta Hill arranged for the funeral to be held at the Adventist Church, but the Baptist Church was used instead. The bill of $64, was paid on 16 January 1907, by John Stephens.
THE IDAHO STATESMAN, Boise
Wednesday, 12 November 1913, page 3
"Marriages: STEPHENS - HILL -- John H. Stephens and Miss Effie (sic.) Hill were married at high noon Monday at the home of the bride at Riverside, by Rev. Davis Errett of the Christian church."
Essie's mother (Etta Hill) and brother (Clyde Hill) witnessed the ceremony. Essie was a first cousin of her stepchildren. She was 25 years younger than her husband, and two years older than Jessie. The children traveled to Boise to make their home with their father and "new mother." At this time, Charles and Fred attended Park School at 16th and Main Street.
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, Forest Grove, Oregon
Thursday, April 25, 1935, page 10, column 4
"John Stevens is Buried Tuesday at Forest Grove. Funeral Services were held at the Christian Church Tuesday afternoon for John Henry Stevens of Portland, with the Rev. Winder of Portland officiating. Thomas Isaac was soloist. Forest Grove Undertaking Company had charge of arrangements. Interment took place in the Forest View cemetery. Mr. Stevens had been living in Portland for the past five years and died at the home of his daughter [sic: sister, not daughter]. April 21 at 5 a.m. He had been ill for three months. Mr. Stevens was born in Missouri August 3, 1864 and came to Oregon in 1883. He married Miss. Essie Hill in Idaho in 1913. She survives him, together with five children, Jessie Stevens, Sacramento, Calif.; Fred of Oakland, Calif.; Will of Idaho; Charles of Eugene; and Donald of Gaston. There are two sisters living, Mrs. J.B. Kuhns of Portland, where Mr. Stevens died; and Mrs. M.E. Brown of Amity, and a brother, Leroy Stevens of Los Angeles, Calif."
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