Issac Toliver Stephens was the son of Tapley Stephens and Rebecca Bynum Stephens. Issac married Martha Ann "Matta" Robinette 25 Aug 1868 in Blount County, Alabama. He married Mrs. Nan Tyler on 18 Nov 1914 in Blount County, Alabama.
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I.T. Stephens Dead.
Again it becomes our painful duty to chronicle the death of a loved one. This time it is the father of the editor of “The Democrat”.
On last Saturday morning, Jan. 4th, at about 7:45 the lifeless body of Isaac T. Stephens was found near his barn where it had fallen only a few minutes before.
Father, as most of our readers are aware, had been suffering from a brain trouble for the past two months, and more than once appeared to be a death’s door. However, he had recovered sufficiently to be out on the streets again, but his relatives and friends knew that he was liable to drop dead at any time.
He took great interest in attending to his horse and had been permitted to look after him for a few days until the snow came. Saturday morning while his daughter, Mrs. Caddell, was preparing breakfast, he quietly slipped across the street and fed his horse and was returning when death struck him and his lifeless body fell to the ground, where it was picked up in less than five minutes by Will Caddell and J.C. Nation. Father was born on July 17th, 1849, and would have been 70 years of age on his next birthday. He was twice married, the first time to Miss Martha Robinett, the second to Mrs. Nannie Tyler. His first wife died on Feb. 15, 1914, and his second on Sept. 23rd, 1918. To the first union were born nine children, one of whom died in infancy. One of these Pally, died in 1899, and Cicero has not been heard from in nine years. These who survive him are F.G. Stephens, Mrs. Will Caddell, Oneonta, James and Roland Stephens of Ensley, Mrs. S.M. Lovell of Wilsonville, Ala., and Mrs. Alva Ward of Longville, La. He is also survived by one brother, G.B. Stephens of Oneonta, two sisters. Mrs. Hannah Murphree of Snyder, Texas, and Mrs. Catherine Murphree of route 2, Walnut Grove.
Father was a member of the Baptist church and from early youth took great interest in church work. He was one of the charter members of the old Liberty church and served as clerk of that church for perhaps twenty years. He was also a deacon, a position he had held for about 30 years. He always attended his church meeting of every time and up to the time of his last illness had failed to attend only one meeting of the Blount County Baptist Association in forty years, and that was 30 years ago. He had been a member of the Executive committee of this Association for about 30 years and had been its Chairman for twenty-five years. He, in a large measure prepared all the programs for the Fifth Sunday meetings and was always present at these meetings. One of his last duties in this work was preparing the program for the meeting held at Royal on the Fifth Sunday in December. For a number of years he was a regular attendant at the Baptist State Conventions and his church work was well known to the denomination in the State. His last years were devoted almost exclusively to church work.
It is a consolation to his children that he lived a life that was worthy of emulation, and that he went to his grave without leaving an enemy.
May the grace of God be sufficient to carry us all to that happy home where he has gone. The funeral services were held at the Baptist Church and were conducted by Rev. L.A. Nall and S.R. Lester, and the remains were laid to rest in Old Liberty cemetery.
Source: People and Things from "The Southern Democrat, 1915-1919", compiled by Robin Sterling.
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I.T. Stephens Dead.
Again it becomes our painful duty to chronicle the death of a loved one. This time it is the father of the editor of “The Democrat”.
On last Saturday morning, Jan. 4th, at about 7:45 the lifeless body of Isaac T. Stephens was found near his barn where it had fallen only a few minutes before.
Father, as most of our readers are aware, had been suffering from a brain trouble for the past two months, and more than once appeared to be a death’s door. However, he had recovered sufficiently to be out on the streets again, but his relatives and friends knew that he was liable to drop dead at any time.
He took great interest in attending to his horse and had been permitted to look after him for a few days until the snow came. Saturday morning while his daughter, Mrs. Caddell, was preparing breakfast, he quietly slipped across the street and fed his horse and was returning when death struck him and his lifeless body fell to the ground, where it was picked up in less than five minutes by Will Caddell and J.C. Nation. Father was born on July 17th, 1849, and would have been 70 years of age on his next birthday. He was twice married, the first time to Miss Martha Robinett, the second to Mrs. Nannie Tyler. His first wife died on Feb. 15, 1914, and his second on Sept. 23rd, 1918. To the first union were born nine children, one of whom died in infancy. One of these Pally, died in 1899, and Cicero has not been heard from in nine years. These who survive him are F.G. Stephens, Mrs. Will Caddell, Oneonta, James and Roland Stephens of Ensley, Mrs. S.M. Lovell of Wilsonville, Ala., and Mrs. Alva Ward of Longville, La. He is also survived by one brother, G.B. Stephens of Oneonta, two sisters. Mrs. Hannah Murphree of Snyder, Texas, and Mrs. Catherine Murphree of route 2, Walnut Grove.
Father was a member of the Baptist church and from early youth took great interest in church work. He was one of the charter members of the old Liberty church and served as clerk of that church for perhaps twenty years. He was also a deacon, a position he had held for about 30 years. He always attended his church meeting of every time and up to the time of his last illness had failed to attend only one meeting of the Blount County Baptist Association in forty years, and that was 30 years ago. He had been a member of the Executive committee of this Association for about 30 years and had been its Chairman for twenty-five years. He, in a large measure prepared all the programs for the Fifth Sunday meetings and was always present at these meetings. One of his last duties in this work was preparing the program for the meeting held at Royal on the Fifth Sunday in December. For a number of years he was a regular attendant at the Baptist State Conventions and his church work was well known to the denomination in the State. His last years were devoted almost exclusively to church work.
It is a consolation to his children that he lived a life that was worthy of emulation, and that he went to his grave without leaving an enemy.
May the grace of God be sufficient to carry us all to that happy home where he has gone. The funeral services were held at the Baptist Church and were conducted by Rev. L.A. Nall and S.R. Lester, and the remains were laid to rest in Old Liberty cemetery.
Source: People and Things from "The Southern Democrat, 1915-1919", compiled by Robin Sterling.
Issac Toliver Stephens was the son of Tapley Stephens and Rebecca Bynum Stephens. Issac married Martha Ann "Matta" Robinette 25 Aug 1868 in Blount County, Alabama. He married Mrs. Nan Tyler on 18 Nov 1914 in Blount County, Alabama.
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I.T. Stephens Dead.
Again it becomes our painful duty to chronicle the death of a loved one. This time it is the father of the editor of “The Democrat”.
On last Saturday morning, Jan. 4th, at about 7:45 the lifeless body of Isaac T. Stephens was found near his barn where it had fallen only a few minutes before.
Father, as most of our readers are aware, had been suffering from a brain trouble for the past two months, and more than once appeared to be a death’s door. However, he had recovered sufficiently to be out on the streets again, but his relatives and friends knew that he was liable to drop dead at any time.
He took great interest in attending to his horse and had been permitted to look after him for a few days until the snow came. Saturday morning while his daughter, Mrs. Caddell, was preparing breakfast, he quietly slipped across the street and fed his horse and was returning when death struck him and his lifeless body fell to the ground, where it was picked up in less than five minutes by Will Caddell and J.C. Nation. Father was born on July 17th, 1849, and would have been 70 years of age on his next birthday. He was twice married, the first time to Miss Martha Robinett, the second to Mrs. Nannie Tyler. His first wife died on Feb. 15, 1914, and his second on Sept. 23rd, 1918. To the first union were born nine children, one of whom died in infancy. One of these Pally, died in 1899, and Cicero has not been heard from in nine years. These who survive him are F.G. Stephens, Mrs. Will Caddell, Oneonta, James and Roland Stephens of Ensley, Mrs. S.M. Lovell of Wilsonville, Ala., and Mrs. Alva Ward of Longville, La. He is also survived by one brother, G.B. Stephens of Oneonta, two sisters. Mrs. Hannah Murphree of Snyder, Texas, and Mrs. Catherine Murphree of route 2, Walnut Grove.
Father was a member of the Baptist church and from early youth took great interest in church work. He was one of the charter members of the old Liberty church and served as clerk of that church for perhaps twenty years. He was also a deacon, a position he had held for about 30 years. He always attended his church meeting of every time and up to the time of his last illness had failed to attend only one meeting of the Blount County Baptist Association in forty years, and that was 30 years ago. He had been a member of the Executive committee of this Association for about 30 years and had been its Chairman for twenty-five years. He, in a large measure prepared all the programs for the Fifth Sunday meetings and was always present at these meetings. One of his last duties in this work was preparing the program for the meeting held at Royal on the Fifth Sunday in December. For a number of years he was a regular attendant at the Baptist State Conventions and his church work was well known to the denomination in the State. His last years were devoted almost exclusively to church work.
It is a consolation to his children that he lived a life that was worthy of emulation, and that he went to his grave without leaving an enemy.
May the grace of God be sufficient to carry us all to that happy home where he has gone. The funeral services were held at the Baptist Church and were conducted by Rev. L.A. Nall and S.R. Lester, and the remains were laid to rest in Old Liberty cemetery.
Source: People and Things from "The Southern Democrat, 1915-1919", compiled by Robin Sterling.
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I.T. Stephens Dead.
Again it becomes our painful duty to chronicle the death of a loved one. This time it is the father of the editor of “The Democrat”.
On last Saturday morning, Jan. 4th, at about 7:45 the lifeless body of Isaac T. Stephens was found near his barn where it had fallen only a few minutes before.
Father, as most of our readers are aware, had been suffering from a brain trouble for the past two months, and more than once appeared to be a death’s door. However, he had recovered sufficiently to be out on the streets again, but his relatives and friends knew that he was liable to drop dead at any time.
He took great interest in attending to his horse and had been permitted to look after him for a few days until the snow came. Saturday morning while his daughter, Mrs. Caddell, was preparing breakfast, he quietly slipped across the street and fed his horse and was returning when death struck him and his lifeless body fell to the ground, where it was picked up in less than five minutes by Will Caddell and J.C. Nation. Father was born on July 17th, 1849, and would have been 70 years of age on his next birthday. He was twice married, the first time to Miss Martha Robinett, the second to Mrs. Nannie Tyler. His first wife died on Feb. 15, 1914, and his second on Sept. 23rd, 1918. To the first union were born nine children, one of whom died in infancy. One of these Pally, died in 1899, and Cicero has not been heard from in nine years. These who survive him are F.G. Stephens, Mrs. Will Caddell, Oneonta, James and Roland Stephens of Ensley, Mrs. S.M. Lovell of Wilsonville, Ala., and Mrs. Alva Ward of Longville, La. He is also survived by one brother, G.B. Stephens of Oneonta, two sisters. Mrs. Hannah Murphree of Snyder, Texas, and Mrs. Catherine Murphree of route 2, Walnut Grove.
Father was a member of the Baptist church and from early youth took great interest in church work. He was one of the charter members of the old Liberty church and served as clerk of that church for perhaps twenty years. He was also a deacon, a position he had held for about 30 years. He always attended his church meeting of every time and up to the time of his last illness had failed to attend only one meeting of the Blount County Baptist Association in forty years, and that was 30 years ago. He had been a member of the Executive committee of this Association for about 30 years and had been its Chairman for twenty-five years. He, in a large measure prepared all the programs for the Fifth Sunday meetings and was always present at these meetings. One of his last duties in this work was preparing the program for the meeting held at Royal on the Fifth Sunday in December. For a number of years he was a regular attendant at the Baptist State Conventions and his church work was well known to the denomination in the State. His last years were devoted almost exclusively to church work.
It is a consolation to his children that he lived a life that was worthy of emulation, and that he went to his grave without leaving an enemy.
May the grace of God be sufficient to carry us all to that happy home where he has gone. The funeral services were held at the Baptist Church and were conducted by Rev. L.A. Nall and S.R. Lester, and the remains were laid to rest in Old Liberty cemetery.
Source: People and Things from "The Southern Democrat, 1915-1919", compiled by Robin Sterling.
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