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From: "Lisa VonLanken" <>
Subject: Re: [RUSSELL COUNTY, KY] Re: Andrew J. Stephens
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:34:20 +0000
In-Reply-To: <000001c6656d$e19f9350$76ec6e0c@betty1139>


That's funny! William George and Mary Elizabeth Stephens were my
great-great grandparents. My line continues through Luther's sister, Lelar.
It's a small world!

Thanks again for the info!

Lisa VonLanken
Russell County, Ky - Bennett, Coffey, George, Holt, Powell, Rumbo, Smith,
Stephens
www.geocities.com/lvonlanken/Russell_Co_Ky.html





>From: "Fred Putnam" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: [RUSSELL COUNTY, KY] Re: Andrew J. Stephens
>Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:02:20 -0500
>
>Hi Lisa,
>
>I know what you mean about numbering people with the same names.
>
>No, I am not directly related to these Andrew Jackson Stephens. I'm sure
>this info was furnished to me by a Blankenship relative. Andrew J.
>Stephens Sr. & Lucy Stephens have a daughter Mary Elizabeth Stephens, who
>married William George. They had a son, Luther George who married Olga Lee
>Blankenship. Olga was the daughter of James Moore Blankenship & Ellen Lee
>Wade. Ellen Lee Wade was a sister to my great grandfather, James Seth
>Wade. Ellen Lee Wade died really young and James M. Blankenship married
>someone else and had another family. One of his sons was Gilbert
>Blankenship and he had a daughter, Karen. They lived in the same small
>town in Illinois that we lived near and we were good friends. Karen is the
>one that filled me in on the family tree. I put it in my files, even
>though they were no direct relation to me.
>
>I know this is about as clear as mud. Let me know if you need any of the
>info on the Blankenships.
>
>Betty
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa VonLanken" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 8:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [RUSSELL COUNTY, KY] Re: Andrew J. Stephens
>
>
>>Thanks for the info Betty. Yes, this is "My" Andrew Stephens line. Are
>>you connected to this line as well? You did fill in a couple of blanks
>>for me. I can tell you that William Dudley was born on Oct. 13, 1861.
>>
>>Still trying to figure out the "other" Andrew Stephens. (Gonna have to
>>start numbering these guys soon!)
>>
>>Thanks again!
>>
>>Lisa VonLanken
>>Russell County, Ky - Bennett, Coffey, George, Holt, Powell, Rumbo, Smith,
>>Stephens
>>www.geocities.com/lvonlanken/Russell_Co_Ky.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Fred Putnam" <>
>>>Reply-To:
>>>To:
>>>Subject: Re: [RUSSELL COUNTY, KY] Re: Andrew J. Stephens
>>>Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:30:11 -0500
>>>
>>>Hi Lisa,
>>>
>>>I have Andrew Jackson Stephens, b. Aug. 6, 1837 MS, d. Apr 23, 1920, m.
>>>Lucy Stephens on Apr 25, 1858. She was b. Dec. 16, 1842, d. Jun 14,
>>>1928.
>>>Children:
>>>William Dudley Stephens, b. abt. 1862 KY, m. Ella Dockery abt. 1889; Mary
>>>Elizabeth Stephens, b. Sep. 1864, d. abt. Feb. 1905, m. William George
>>>Nov. 3, 1889; George Howard Stephens, b. May 13, 1866 KY, d. Jan 1, 1918,
>>>m. Sarah J. Coffey abt. 1889; Cornelius Stephens, b. Oct. 1870, d. Apr
>>>18, 1932, m. Sarah Flanagan June 4, 1906; Cortez Stephens, b. Jan. 6,
>>>1873 KY, d. Apr 25, 1947, m. Essie Tarter abt. 1897; Andrew J. Stephens,
>>>Jr., b. Mar 10, 1875 KY, d. Feb. 11, 1954, m. Lola Tarter Feb. 28, 1892;
>>>Uriah Stephens, b. June 13, 1877 KY, d. Aug. 21, 1961, m. Laura Ellen
>>>Bennett abt. 1909; Garfield Stephens, b. Mar. 1879 KY - no other info;
>>>Armilda Jane Stephens, b. June 1881, d. 1933, m. Thomas Aaron
>>>
>>>Hope this helps.
>>>Betty Putnam
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: <>
>>>To: <>
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:10 PM
>>>Subject: [RUSSELL COUNTY, KY] Re: Andrew J. Stephens
>>>
>>>
>>>>This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
>>>>
>>>>Surnames: Bennett, Coffey, Ellis, George, Rumbo, Smith, Stephens
>>>>Classification: Query
>>>>
>>>>Message Board URL:
>>>>
>>>>http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XBB.2ACE/1865.1.1
>>>>
>>>>Message Board Post:
>>>>
>>>>Oh dear, wouldn't you know it's another Andrew Stephens? Yes, my Andrew
>>>>is the son of William and Dorothy and he had a son named Andrew who
>>>>married Lola Tarter.
>>>>For the "other" Andrew, there is no other marriage listed in the pension
>>>>file besides Martha and Victoria, so this could be a match, or just
>>>>another Andrew! I've been trying to find census records for an Andrew
>>>>and Martha or Andrew and Presha or Susan, and I found a listing with
>>>>Martha for 1880 in Russell County, but I don't think that helps me much.
>>>>Thanks for the input!
>>>>
>>>>Lisa
>>>>
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