He moved with his father, William and grandfather Joseph Stephens to Cooper County, Missouri, (then Howard County). He remained in this locality until 1838, when he married Sarah M. Howard and moved to the south line of Cooper County. He soon moved to Moniteau County, and in 1847 , was elected Sheriff. He served until 1850, when he resigned and organized a company of gold hunters. They cross the plains to California, where he opened a provision store in Drytown. He remained only a short time and then returned to Cooper County, Missouri, by steamer to Isthmus of Panama, Cuba, New Orleans and up the Mississippi. He brought a farm in Cooper County, but sold it within a year and went to farming. Afterwards he went into the grocery and general merchandise business with his brother in law Waid Howard, in the fall of 1858. He was very successful in this until the war broke out and swept away all his property store, home and all. At the age of 53, he again hooked up his ox teams and took his entire family, (Except one)and started gold hunting, locating first in Boise City, Idaho, on 16 August 1864, and 2 month later at Idaho City, where nearly all his family were taken with typhoid fever. His wife died in January 1865. He remained there until December 1867, when he returned to Missouri where he again went into business. In 1868 he married Mrs Mary Smith. He died 17 July 1877 near Tipton, Missouri.
Above information provided by Find A Grave contributor Daniel.
He moved with his father, William and grandfather Joseph Stephens to Cooper County, Missouri, (then Howard County). He remained in this locality until 1838, when he married Sarah M. Howard and moved to the south line of Cooper County. He soon moved to Moniteau County, and in 1847 , was elected Sheriff. He served until 1850, when he resigned and organized a company of gold hunters. They cross the plains to California, where he opened a provision store in Drytown. He remained only a short time and then returned to Cooper County, Missouri, by steamer to Isthmus of Panama, Cuba, New Orleans and up the Mississippi. He brought a farm in Cooper County, but sold it within a year and went to farming. Afterwards he went into the grocery and general merchandise business with his brother in law Waid Howard, in the fall of 1858. He was very successful in this until the war broke out and swept away all his property store, home and all. At the age of 53, he again hooked up his ox teams and took his entire family, (Except one)and started gold hunting, locating first in Boise City, Idaho, on 16 August 1864, and 2 month later at Idaho City, where nearly all his family were taken with typhoid fever. His wife died in January 1865. He remained there until December 1867, when he returned to Missouri where he again went into business. In 1868 he married Mrs Mary Smith. He died 17 July 1877 near Tipton, Missouri.
Above information provided by Find A Grave contributor Daniel.
Inscription
64Ys. 9Ms. 22Ds.
Family Members
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Joseph Jefferson Stephens
1810–1871
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Gerald Dodge "Jurial" Stephens
1814–1870
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Peter T. Stephens
1816–1900
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Rhoda A Stephens Robertson
1819–1889
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James Brantley Stephens
1821–1915
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William Jennings Stephens
1823–1862
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Winnifred Ann Stephens Renshaw
1825–1853
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Rowena Dever Stephens Brown
1831–1908
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Charles Wood Stephens
1834–1906
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Mary Frances Stephens
1840–1844
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Dr Joseph Jefferson Stephens
1842–1924
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Stephen Howard Stephens
1844–1940
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Serena Matilda Stephens
1846–1847
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Henry Knox Stephens
1848–1923
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Nevada D. Stephens Reider
1851–1946
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Sierra S Stephens
1854–1867
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T. T. J. Stephens
1856–1860
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Peter Moultrie Stephens
1856–1906
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Zilphia W Stephens Smith
1859–1878
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WILLIAM GRAY Stephens
1863–1935
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