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John W. STEVERS  ‎(I2337)‎
Given Names: John W.
Surname: STEVERS

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 25 September 1871 25 19 -- Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death: 31 July 1966 ‎(Age 94)‎


Personal Facts and Details
Birth 25 September 1871 25 19 Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Marriage Edith Miami WAUGH - ‎[View Family ‎(F1085)‎‎]
20 January 1897 ‎(Age 25)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA


Shared Note: - By C. E. Roach 8-181
Biographical Notes 1920 ‎(Age 48)‎ Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA


Note: John 47yrs., was a merchant and owned his farm with a mortgage. Edith M. was 41 yrs. The oldest child, Eva E. was 21 yrs. and the youngest, Elizabeth N. was 1y 9m old.
Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: John William Stevers, a native of Gallia County, was born September 25, 1871, the eldest of ten children of John Lafayete Stevers ‎(1844-1934)‎ and Mariah Evans Stevers ‎(1852-1921)‎. His early years were spent in doing farm work and in going to school.

In 1896, John married Edith Miami Waugh, the daughter of Charles Waugh ‎(1845-1927)‎ and Elvira Gilmore Waugh ‎(1842-1904)‎. Edith's father was a blacksmith in Ohio Township. Her mother was the great-granddaughter of Anne Bailey, a famed Gallia County pioneer.

A few years after his marriage, Mr. Stevers established a general store at Platform in Lawrence County. In 1906, he moved his young family and his business to Swan Creek in Ohio Township. In 1910 he bought property in Mercerville, and built a store next the house which was to be his home for many years. Until the store was closed in the early 1940s, Mr. Stevers stocked nearly every item needed by a country family--including dry goods, hardware, shoes, and grocery staples.

Also in 1910 Mr. Stevers enrolled in Cincinnati CVollege of Embalming. when graduated, he passed th examination of the State of Ohio Board of Examiners and was issued a license to become a practicing mortician. With the help of his wife and growing family, he was able to maintain both businesses and to prosper.

In the earlyy years of his funeral directing his equipment was horse drawn. This was necessary because there were few improved roads. Some roads even followed the creek beds; the hill roads were steep and rutted. After a few years, he added a motor driven vehicle but continued to use the horses at times until the roads were improved.

After John Stevers retired, his son, F.L. Stevers, continued to operate a funeral home in Mercerville for many years.

Born to John and Edith Stevers were.....
Mr. Stevers had one son, Hugh, who served with the navy in WWII.....

A member of Ohio Valley Masonic Lodge No. 536 for seventy-two years, John Stevers served one term as Gallia County Commissioner. He was a member of the old Cherrington Chapel near Mercerville and, in his later years, attended church and Sunday school at victory Baptist Church. An avid gardener, Mr. Stevers continued to have his garden each year until just a few years before his death. John W. Stevers died July 31, 1966, just two months before his ninety-fifth birthday. He and his wife Edith, are buried in Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio.

Death 31 July 1966 ‎(Age 94)‎
Burial Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

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Parents Family  (F798)
John Lafayette Lafe STEVERS
1846 - 1912
Mariah EVANS
1852 - 1921
Maude STEVERS
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John W. STEVERS
1871 - 1966
Myrta G. STEVERS
1873 -
Edward C. STEVERS
1876 - 1960
Alta M. Allie STEVERS
1877 -
Charles Blain STEVERS
1880 -
Lester Albert Les STEVERS
1882 - 1960
R. Bert STEVERS
1887 - 1943
Oma STEVERS
1891 -
Frank Evan STEVERS
1893 - 1977

Immediate Family  (F1085)
Edith Miami WAUGH
1879 -
Eva A. STEVERS
1898 - 1936
Floyd Lee Bud STEVERS
1900 - 1975
Norma Bernice STEVERS
1902 - 1985
Tressa Lucille Tressie STEVERS
1903 - 1974
John S. STEVERS
1907 - 1940
C. Hugh STEVERS
1909 - 1952
Avanelle STEVERS
1911 - 1916
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