The Eugene Daily Guard
Lane County, Oregon
Monday Evening, January 29, 1917
Page Five
MRS. EMILY STEVEN DIES AT SPRINGFIELD
PIONEER OF 1852 HAS RESIDED IN LANE COUNTY NEARLY FIFTY YEARS. LEAVES ONE SON
Mrs. Emily Greenwood Stevens, for almost 50 years a continuous resident of Lane county, died Sunday morning at the home of her son, former Mayor Welby Stevens of Springfield, at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 3 days. Mrs. Stevens, who was born at Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois, November 23, 1848, came to Oregon with her parents by ox team when she was not yet four years old, and the family settled on a donation land claim east of Harrisburg.
On November 22, 1868, she was married to James A. Stevens, and moved to the Stevens farm, two miles of Springfield, and resided there until the fall of
1909 when she moved to Springfield. There was a period while the children were in school that she resided in Eugene part of the year.
Mrs. Stevens' health had been good until just recently, Capillary neuritis was the cause of death. The son, Welby Stevens, is the only member surviving of her immediate family. One sister, Mrs. Adda Riemenschneider, resides at Wendling and another sister, Mrs. Alice Balch, resides at Coburg, both in Lane county. She leaves also four brother: J.L. Greenwood or Ager, Cal.; Iran Greenwood, night traffic manager of the Western Union, Portland; George and Frank Greenwood of Joseph, Wallowa county, Ore.
This is the sixth death in the past 12 years in Mr. Stevens' family. His father passed away in 1904; his sister, Mrs. Maggie Sommerville, died at Los Angeles in 1908 and his brother, Lon Stevens, died in Ashland in 1910. Mr. Stevens' son was accidently killed two years ago, and his wife passed away six weeks ago.
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Stevens at the family home in Springfield Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Rev. J.S. McCallum of Eugene conducting the service. Interment will be made in the Masonic cemetery, Eugene. The Women of Woodcraft, of which Mrs Stevens was a member, will have charge of the services at the grave.
Lane County, Oregon
Monday Evening, January 29, 1917
Page Five
MRS. EMILY STEVEN DIES AT SPRINGFIELD
PIONEER OF 1852 HAS RESIDED IN LANE COUNTY NEARLY FIFTY YEARS. LEAVES ONE SON
Mrs. Emily Greenwood Stevens, for almost 50 years a continuous resident of Lane county, died Sunday morning at the home of her son, former Mayor Welby Stevens of Springfield, at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 3 days. Mrs. Stevens, who was born at Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois, November 23, 1848, came to Oregon with her parents by ox team when she was not yet four years old, and the family settled on a donation land claim east of Harrisburg.
On November 22, 1868, she was married to James A. Stevens, and moved to the Stevens farm, two miles of Springfield, and resided there until the fall of
1909 when she moved to Springfield. There was a period while the children were in school that she resided in Eugene part of the year.
Mrs. Stevens' health had been good until just recently, Capillary neuritis was the cause of death. The son, Welby Stevens, is the only member surviving of her immediate family. One sister, Mrs. Adda Riemenschneider, resides at Wendling and another sister, Mrs. Alice Balch, resides at Coburg, both in Lane county. She leaves also four brother: J.L. Greenwood or Ager, Cal.; Iran Greenwood, night traffic manager of the Western Union, Portland; George and Frank Greenwood of Joseph, Wallowa county, Ore.
This is the sixth death in the past 12 years in Mr. Stevens' family. His father passed away in 1904; his sister, Mrs. Maggie Sommerville, died at Los Angeles in 1908 and his brother, Lon Stevens, died in Ashland in 1910. Mr. Stevens' son was accidently killed two years ago, and his wife passed away six weeks ago.
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Stevens at the family home in Springfield Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Rev. J.S. McCallum of Eugene conducting the service. Interment will be made in the Masonic cemetery, Eugene. The Women of Woodcraft, of which Mrs Stevens was a member, will have charge of the services at the grave.
The Eugene Daily Guard
Lane County, Oregon
Monday Evening, January 29, 1917
Page Five
MRS. EMILY STEVEN DIES AT SPRINGFIELD
PIONEER OF 1852 HAS RESIDED IN LANE COUNTY NEARLY FIFTY YEARS. LEAVES ONE SON
Mrs. Emily Greenwood Stevens, for almost 50 years a continuous resident of Lane county, died Sunday morning at the home of her son, former Mayor Welby Stevens of Springfield, at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 3 days. Mrs. Stevens, who was born at Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois, November 23, 1848, came to Oregon with her parents by ox team when she was not yet four years old, and the family settled on a donation land claim east of Harrisburg.
On November 22, 1868, she was married to James A. Stevens, and moved to the Stevens farm, two miles of Springfield, and resided there until the fall of
1909 when she moved to Springfield. There was a period while the children were in school that she resided in Eugene part of the year.
Mrs. Stevens' health had been good until just recently, Capillary neuritis was the cause of death. The son, Welby Stevens, is the only member surviving of her immediate family. One sister, Mrs. Adda Riemenschneider, resides at Wendling and another sister, Mrs. Alice Balch, resides at Coburg, both in Lane county. She leaves also four brother: J.L. Greenwood or Ager, Cal.; Iran Greenwood, night traffic manager of the Western Union, Portland; George and Frank Greenwood of Joseph, Wallowa county, Ore.
This is the sixth death in the past 12 years in Mr. Stevens' family. His father passed away in 1904; his sister, Mrs. Maggie Sommerville, died at Los Angeles in 1908 and his brother, Lon Stevens, died in Ashland in 1910. Mr. Stevens' son was accidently killed two years ago, and his wife passed away six weeks ago.
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Stevens at the family home in Springfield Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Rev. J.S. McCallum of Eugene conducting the service. Interment will be made in the Masonic cemetery, Eugene. The Women of Woodcraft, of which Mrs Stevens was a member, will have charge of the services at the grave.
Lane County, Oregon
Monday Evening, January 29, 1917
Page Five
MRS. EMILY STEVEN DIES AT SPRINGFIELD
PIONEER OF 1852 HAS RESIDED IN LANE COUNTY NEARLY FIFTY YEARS. LEAVES ONE SON
Mrs. Emily Greenwood Stevens, for almost 50 years a continuous resident of Lane county, died Sunday morning at the home of her son, former Mayor Welby Stevens of Springfield, at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 3 days. Mrs. Stevens, who was born at Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois, November 23, 1848, came to Oregon with her parents by ox team when she was not yet four years old, and the family settled on a donation land claim east of Harrisburg.
On November 22, 1868, she was married to James A. Stevens, and moved to the Stevens farm, two miles of Springfield, and resided there until the fall of
1909 when she moved to Springfield. There was a period while the children were in school that she resided in Eugene part of the year.
Mrs. Stevens' health had been good until just recently, Capillary neuritis was the cause of death. The son, Welby Stevens, is the only member surviving of her immediate family. One sister, Mrs. Adda Riemenschneider, resides at Wendling and another sister, Mrs. Alice Balch, resides at Coburg, both in Lane county. She leaves also four brother: J.L. Greenwood or Ager, Cal.; Iran Greenwood, night traffic manager of the Western Union, Portland; George and Frank Greenwood of Joseph, Wallowa county, Ore.
This is the sixth death in the past 12 years in Mr. Stevens' family. His father passed away in 1904; his sister, Mrs. Maggie Sommerville, died at Los Angeles in 1908 and his brother, Lon Stevens, died in Ashland in 1910. Mr. Stevens' son was accidently killed two years ago, and his wife passed away six weeks ago.
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Stevens at the family home in Springfield Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Rev. J.S. McCallum of Eugene conducting the service. Interment will be made in the Masonic cemetery, Eugene. The Women of Woodcraft, of which Mrs Stevens was a member, will have charge of the services at the grave.
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