"Mandan Pioneer" October 27, 1911:
MRS. DON STEVENSON DEAD. The remains of Mrs. Lydia Stevenson, the widow of the late Don Stevenson, were brought to Mandan on last Friday from Dickinson and interred in the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson died on last Thursday at the home of her daughter in Dickinson, Mrs. Bert Townsend. Dr. Thomas A. McCurdy had charge of the services here in Mandan. Mrs. Stevenson would have been 72 years of age if she had lived until November. A general breakdown ended her life in this world. Lydia Ann Stone was born in New Brunswick, eastern Canada, and was married to Donald Stevenson at St. Cloud, Minnesota, on March 17, 1862, and side by side this couple braved many hardships in the early days both in Minnesota and North Dakota. After marriage they resided some years at Oankis, Minnesota, where Mr. Stevenson was engaged in the flouring mill business. In 1872 they came west, going into the ranching business at Glencoe, 20 miles south of Bismarck, in Emmons County, near the old Fort Rice Indian stronghold on the opposite side of the river. In 1886 they came west of the Missouri River, 25 miles from the mouth of the Cannon Ball River, where they lived until about the time of Mr. Stevenson's death, and which place was called Stevenson for him. Life in those early days among the hostile Indians was not the easiest kind and demanded a great deal of courage and fortitude. In one instance, in the spring of 1876, before the Custer massacre, a band of Indians going north, stopped at the Stevenson ranch in the absence of the husband and with a great display of courage, Mrs. Stevenson induced them to go away without doing harm. In the fall of this same year, a band of several hundred Sioux Indians returning from the battlefield of the Little Big Horn country camped around the place for some days. Mrs. Stevenson was a woman of exceptional capabilities, possessing great presence of mind at critical times and her wise counsel and exemplary life was worth everything to her children and those about here. Thus the memorable lives of two North Dakota's pioneer residents have passed into history with the death of Donald Stevenson in December 1905, followed by the death of Lydia Stevenson on Thursday, October 19.
MRS. DON STEVENSON DEAD. The remains of Mrs. Lydia Stevenson, the widow of the late Don Stevenson, were brought to Mandan on last Friday from Dickinson and interred in the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson died on last Thursday at the home of her daughter in Dickinson, Mrs. Bert Townsend. Dr. Thomas A. McCurdy had charge of the services here in Mandan. Mrs. Stevenson would have been 72 years of age if she had lived until November. A general breakdown ended her life in this world. Lydia Ann Stone was born in New Brunswick, eastern Canada, and was married to Donald Stevenson at St. Cloud, Minnesota, on March 17, 1862, and side by side this couple braved many hardships in the early days both in Minnesota and North Dakota. After marriage they resided some years at Oankis, Minnesota, where Mr. Stevenson was engaged in the flouring mill business. In 1872 they came west, going into the ranching business at Glencoe, 20 miles south of Bismarck, in Emmons County, near the old Fort Rice Indian stronghold on the opposite side of the river. In 1886 they came west of the Missouri River, 25 miles from the mouth of the Cannon Ball River, where they lived until about the time of Mr. Stevenson's death, and which place was called Stevenson for him. Life in those early days among the hostile Indians was not the easiest kind and demanded a great deal of courage and fortitude. In one instance, in the spring of 1876, before the Custer massacre, a band of Indians going north, stopped at the Stevenson ranch in the absence of the husband and with a great display of courage, Mrs. Stevenson induced them to go away without doing harm. In the fall of this same year, a band of several hundred Sioux Indians returning from the battlefield of the Little Big Horn country camped around the place for some days. Mrs. Stevenson was a woman of exceptional capabilities, possessing great presence of mind at critical times and her wise counsel and exemplary life was worth everything to her children and those about here. Thus the memorable lives of two North Dakota's pioneer residents have passed into history with the death of Donald Stevenson in December 1905, followed by the death of Lydia Stevenson on Thursday, October 19.
"Mandan Pioneer" October 27, 1911:
MRS. DON STEVENSON DEAD. The remains of Mrs. Lydia Stevenson, the widow of the late Don Stevenson, were brought to Mandan on last Friday from Dickinson and interred in the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson died on last Thursday at the home of her daughter in Dickinson, Mrs. Bert Townsend. Dr. Thomas A. McCurdy had charge of the services here in Mandan. Mrs. Stevenson would have been 72 years of age if she had lived until November. A general breakdown ended her life in this world. Lydia Ann Stone was born in New Brunswick, eastern Canada, and was married to Donald Stevenson at St. Cloud, Minnesota, on March 17, 1862, and side by side this couple braved many hardships in the early days both in Minnesota and North Dakota. After marriage they resided some years at Oankis, Minnesota, where Mr. Stevenson was engaged in the flouring mill business. In 1872 they came west, going into the ranching business at Glencoe, 20 miles south of Bismarck, in Emmons County, near the old Fort Rice Indian stronghold on the opposite side of the river. In 1886 they came west of the Missouri River, 25 miles from the mouth of the Cannon Ball River, where they lived until about the time of Mr. Stevenson's death, and which place was called Stevenson for him. Life in those early days among the hostile Indians was not the easiest kind and demanded a great deal of courage and fortitude. In one instance, in the spring of 1876, before the Custer massacre, a band of Indians going north, stopped at the Stevenson ranch in the absence of the husband and with a great display of courage, Mrs. Stevenson induced them to go away without doing harm. In the fall of this same year, a band of several hundred Sioux Indians returning from the battlefield of the Little Big Horn country camped around the place for some days. Mrs. Stevenson was a woman of exceptional capabilities, possessing great presence of mind at critical times and her wise counsel and exemplary life was worth everything to her children and those about here. Thus the memorable lives of two North Dakota's pioneer residents have passed into history with the death of Donald Stevenson in December 1905, followed by the death of Lydia Stevenson on Thursday, October 19.
MRS. DON STEVENSON DEAD. The remains of Mrs. Lydia Stevenson, the widow of the late Don Stevenson, were brought to Mandan on last Friday from Dickinson and interred in the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson died on last Thursday at the home of her daughter in Dickinson, Mrs. Bert Townsend. Dr. Thomas A. McCurdy had charge of the services here in Mandan. Mrs. Stevenson would have been 72 years of age if she had lived until November. A general breakdown ended her life in this world. Lydia Ann Stone was born in New Brunswick, eastern Canada, and was married to Donald Stevenson at St. Cloud, Minnesota, on March 17, 1862, and side by side this couple braved many hardships in the early days both in Minnesota and North Dakota. After marriage they resided some years at Oankis, Minnesota, where Mr. Stevenson was engaged in the flouring mill business. In 1872 they came west, going into the ranching business at Glencoe, 20 miles south of Bismarck, in Emmons County, near the old Fort Rice Indian stronghold on the opposite side of the river. In 1886 they came west of the Missouri River, 25 miles from the mouth of the Cannon Ball River, where they lived until about the time of Mr. Stevenson's death, and which place was called Stevenson for him. Life in those early days among the hostile Indians was not the easiest kind and demanded a great deal of courage and fortitude. In one instance, in the spring of 1876, before the Custer massacre, a band of Indians going north, stopped at the Stevenson ranch in the absence of the husband and with a great display of courage, Mrs. Stevenson induced them to go away without doing harm. In the fall of this same year, a band of several hundred Sioux Indians returning from the battlefield of the Little Big Horn country camped around the place for some days. Mrs. Stevenson was a woman of exceptional capabilities, possessing great presence of mind at critical times and her wise counsel and exemplary life was worth everything to her children and those about here. Thus the memorable lives of two North Dakota's pioneer residents have passed into history with the death of Donald Stevenson in December 1905, followed by the death of Lydia Stevenson on Thursday, October 19.
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