**Buried in an unmarked grave.
Simpson Stephens was born in NC or VA; he lived in NC until 1855, then migrated to Indian Territory. He was a mechanic, a millwright, and a carpenter.
Simpson married on 11 Mar 1847 in Madisonville, Monroe Co., TN, Mahala Clayton of NC; they had the following children: John, Elijah, Elizabeth Taylor, William Henderson, Nancy Jane Stephens Ryder (buried at Holland Cem., Cherokee Co., OK), Munt, Simpson, Mahala, Maria C., and Henderson Stephens.
It took Simpson and his family one yr. to make the trip from NC to Indian Territory in an ox wagon; Simpson worked along the way to pay for their expenses. They lived at Evansville, AR, for some months, then moved to Stillwell, I.T. where he built many of the homes that were destroyed during the Civil War. Simpson went into hiding during the Civil War as he did not believe in fighting and killing; when he returned at the end of the War, he moved his family to AR, and built a mill there and stayed there for 2 years. They then moved back to the Flint Dist. of the Cherokee Nation, IT, and located at Peavine, near Stilwell.
In 1878, Simpson and Wilson Ryder (his daughter Nancy's husband) opened the first meat market on Main Street in Muskogee, OK.
Simpson Stephens was born in NC or VA; he lived in NC until 1855, then migrated to Indian Territory. He was a mechanic, a millwright, and a carpenter.
Simpson married on 11 Mar 1847 in Madisonville, Monroe Co., TN, Mahala Clayton of NC; they had the following children: John, Elijah, Elizabeth Taylor, William Henderson, Nancy Jane Stephens Ryder (buried at Holland Cem., Cherokee Co., OK), Munt, Simpson, Mahala, Maria C., and Henderson Stephens.
It took Simpson and his family one yr. to make the trip from NC to Indian Territory in an ox wagon; Simpson worked along the way to pay for their expenses. They lived at Evansville, AR, for some months, then moved to Stillwell, I.T. where he built many of the homes that were destroyed during the Civil War. Simpson went into hiding during the Civil War as he did not believe in fighting and killing; when he returned at the end of the War, he moved his family to AR, and built a mill there and stayed there for 2 years. They then moved back to the Flint Dist. of the Cherokee Nation, IT, and located at Peavine, near Stilwell.
In 1878, Simpson and Wilson Ryder (his daughter Nancy's husband) opened the first meat market on Main Street in Muskogee, OK.
**Buried in an unmarked grave.
Simpson Stephens was born in NC or VA; he lived in NC until 1855, then migrated to Indian Territory. He was a mechanic, a millwright, and a carpenter.
Simpson married on 11 Mar 1847 in Madisonville, Monroe Co., TN, Mahala Clayton of NC; they had the following children: John, Elijah, Elizabeth Taylor, William Henderson, Nancy Jane Stephens Ryder (buried at Holland Cem., Cherokee Co., OK), Munt, Simpson, Mahala, Maria C., and Henderson Stephens.
It took Simpson and his family one yr. to make the trip from NC to Indian Territory in an ox wagon; Simpson worked along the way to pay for their expenses. They lived at Evansville, AR, for some months, then moved to Stillwell, I.T. where he built many of the homes that were destroyed during the Civil War. Simpson went into hiding during the Civil War as he did not believe in fighting and killing; when he returned at the end of the War, he moved his family to AR, and built a mill there and stayed there for 2 years. They then moved back to the Flint Dist. of the Cherokee Nation, IT, and located at Peavine, near Stilwell.
In 1878, Simpson and Wilson Ryder (his daughter Nancy's husband) opened the first meat market on Main Street in Muskogee, OK.
Simpson Stephens was born in NC or VA; he lived in NC until 1855, then migrated to Indian Territory. He was a mechanic, a millwright, and a carpenter.
Simpson married on 11 Mar 1847 in Madisonville, Monroe Co., TN, Mahala Clayton of NC; they had the following children: John, Elijah, Elizabeth Taylor, William Henderson, Nancy Jane Stephens Ryder (buried at Holland Cem., Cherokee Co., OK), Munt, Simpson, Mahala, Maria C., and Henderson Stephens.
It took Simpson and his family one yr. to make the trip from NC to Indian Territory in an ox wagon; Simpson worked along the way to pay for their expenses. They lived at Evansville, AR, for some months, then moved to Stillwell, I.T. where he built many of the homes that were destroyed during the Civil War. Simpson went into hiding during the Civil War as he did not believe in fighting and killing; when he returned at the end of the War, he moved his family to AR, and built a mill there and stayed there for 2 years. They then moved back to the Flint Dist. of the Cherokee Nation, IT, and located at Peavine, near Stilwell.
In 1878, Simpson and Wilson Ryder (his daughter Nancy's husband) opened the first meat market on Main Street in Muskogee, OK.
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