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biography
W.
T. Stevenson
is
buried in
Oak
Hill Cemetery in Sandy Lake Township |
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W.
T. Stevenson, of this
well-known firm [Devore & Stevenson] died
May 24, 1887, of erysipelas and pneumonia, after about two weeks’ severe
illness. If medical skill and careful nursing could have prolonged his
life, he would have been spared, as he had the best of both. Mr. Stevenson
was a native of Mercer County, having been born at Mercer, Penn., in 1843.
When a young man he worked at the printing trade in the Franklin
Spectator office, for one year, when his eye-sight failed, compelling
him to quit. Subsequently he volunteered in and served as a soldier of the
Union army during the Rebellion. After the war he engaged with his uncle, William
Devore, in the mercantile business at Cooperstown, Venango County,
and thence removed their extensive business to this town, about fifteen
years ago. Mr. Stevenson was a careful accountant, a popular salesman and
successful merchant, and liked by all for his sociability. He was married
October 7, 1873, to Harriet Egbert, a native
of this county. She blessed him with four children: Sarah
D., Edgar T., Mary M. and Harry, all of whom survive. The parents
of Mrs. Stevenson were James
and Harriet J. Egbert, natives of this county, and who had two
children: Jane and Harriet. Her mother died
September 3, 1855, and her father went west, and Mrs. Stevenson was reared
by her grandparents, Egbert. In politics Mr.
Stevenson was a pronounced Republican. In religion he had been for many
years a member and trustee of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of Sandy Lake, to which organization his estimable
widow is attached.
History
of Mercer County,
1888, page 1050
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