Edward Thomas STEVENSON[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
1855 - 1943 (88 years)
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Name Edward Thomas STEVENSON Birth 16 Aug 1855 Jasper, Texas, United States 
[1, 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15] Gender Male Residence 1860 Bell, Texas, United States [10] Residence 1880 Williamson, Texas, United States [9] Residence 1900 Williamson, Texas, United States [11] Residence 1910 Scurry, Texas, United States [14] Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head Residence 1920 Alvord, Wise, Texas, United States [13] Age: 63; Marital Status: Widowed; Marital Status: Widow; Relationship: Head Court 4 Dec 1934 Williamson, Texas, United States [18] services rendered by Edward Stevenson for Texana Stevnson widow of W G Stockton Possessions Lawler Community, Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States [19] donated land for Residence 1935 Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States [15] Residence 1940 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States [15] _COLOR 1 _UID E942F93AF06F4A55A59A7862C3A3A91CA05F Death 12 Dec 1943 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States [4] Burial Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States [4] Address:
Florence CemeteryPerson ID I5 Stockton Last Modified 16 Dec 2017
Family Frances Ethalinda STOCKTON, b. 12 Nov 1858, Guadalupe, Texas, United States d. 12 Apr 1919, Chico, Wise, Texas, United States (Age 60 years) Marriage 10 Oct 1875 Williamson, Texas, United States [1, 20] Children 1. William Thomas STEVENSON, b. 21 Aug 1882, Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States d. 5 Feb 1959, Hermleigh, Scurry, Texas, United States (Age 76 years)2. Earl Doyle STEVENSON, b. 1 Apr 1885, Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States d. 13 Sep 1963, Austin, Travis, Texas, United States (Age 78 years)3. George Leslie STEVENSON, b. 29 Sep 1890, Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States d. 8 Jan 1951, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States (Age 60 years)4. Zula B. STEVENSON, b. 11 Mar 1895, Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States d. 3 Sep 1963, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 68 years)5. Ruthie Lee STEVENSON, b. 25 Feb 1897, Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States d. 13 Oct 1955, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 58 years)6. Lillie Florence STEVENSON, b. 6 Aug 1901, Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States d. 27 Dec 1940, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States (Age 39 years)Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Oct 2024
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1940 Edward Thomas Stevenson Stevenson ET Grave A Stevenson ET Grave B 1895 ET StevensonA 1895 ET StevensonB ET Stevenson 1943 Tombstone
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Notes - Funeral homes checked for ET's service Foleys Funeral Home & Niday Funeral Home
Ist Baptist Church phone 254-793-2221
ET's father died in 1899, prior to his death he moved back and forth between his sons ET and one of his other sons houses. During this time a new will was signed and caused there to be a falling out between the brothers. This caused ET to move to Hermleigh in Scurry Co, TX.
Sometime after 1901 ET & Frances Stevenson sold every thing they had and loaded up 9 wagons and buggies to move to Roscoe, TX. ET and Frances drove the buggy. Frances sewed all the money they had into a footstool. This footstool was watched closely during the trip.
No land was found so they went on to Hermleigh, TX next. Sometime after this move, ET and the family moved to Chico, TX, where they had family. They were in Chico by 1913 when George Leslie got married. ET, Earl, George were picking cotton and George announced he was going back the Hermleigh. Everyone knew he was returning there to get Eva and to get married. While living in Chico George Leslie worked for a man named Curtner Every morning at 5 am he would leave with a wagon to go down to the rock crusher to pick up Mexican farm workers to bring back to work in the fields.
Frances died in 1919 and the entire family moved back to Hermleigh by 1922.
ET went to Hermleigh to work cotton on the "Wempken Place" there was a crop failure and they moved to Chico.
ET supposedly met a lady on the bus going between Hermleigh and Florence and decided to marry her around 1933 causing a scandal in the family. A few years later she showed up with cancer and died. The fact that they were married has not been confirmed (looked in Howard and Extor Counties). His son William would not speak to him after the marriage
ET and his daughter Lillie lived in Alvord, TX for a while. per Iris Benn Stevenson
When his sister Texana's husband W. G. Stockton died ET did wood cutting, splitting, and sawing which he applied to W. G.'s estate for payment.
There is a historical marker in the cemetery at Lawler Baptist Church (where Texana is buried) noting "Ed" Stevenson
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HERMLEIGH, TEXAS. Hermleigh is on U.S. Highway 84 ninety-six miles southeast
of Lubbock in southeastern Scurry County . It was surveyed in 1907 on land donated by
R. C. Herm and Harry W. Harlin, and the nearby community of Wheat moved to the
new site when the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway built through in 1907-08. The
new settlement was named Hermlin for the land donors, but postal officials objected to
its similarity to Hamlin, the name of another Texas town. The Santa Fe Railroad
reached Hermleigh in 1911, and the town became a trading center for area ranchers.
The community had a school by 1913. For a time Hermleigh had its own newspaper,
the Hermleigh Herald. During World War Iqv the town's name was temporarily
changed to Foch in honor of the French general. Growth slowed during the Great
Depression.qv In 1980 Hermleigh had a post office, at least five businesses, and an
estimated population of 725. In 1990 the population was 200, and in 2000 the
community had 393 inhabitants and eighteen businesses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Scurry County Historical Survey Committee, Historical Markers in
Scurry County (Snyder, Texas, 1969).
- Funeral homes checked for ET's service Foleys Funeral Home & Niday Funeral Home
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Sources - [S9] Family Bible, Edward Thomas Stevenson.
- [S5] County Court Record, Williamson County, Texas Will # 1081 David Y Stevenson.
- [S8] Death Certificate, New Mexico 1940 Certificate 911 Lillie Florence Smith.
LillieFlorenceStevensonDC - [S8] Death Certificate, Texas 1943 Certificate # 55868 Edward T Stevenson.
Edward T Stevenson Death Certificate - [S8] Death Certificate, Texas 1959 Certificate # 10191 William Thomas Stevenson.
WilliamThomasStevensonDC.jpg - [S8] Death Certificate, Texas 1963 Certificate # 60307 Earlie Doyle Stevenson.
- [S8] Death Certificate, Texas 1963 Certificate # 57773 Zula B Mincy.
ZulaBStevensonDC.jpg - [S8] Death Certificate, Texas 1934 Certificate # 43075 Texana Stockton.
SarahTexanaStevensonDC.jpg - [S166] 1880 United States Federal Census, Precinct 4, Williamson, Texas; Roll: 1332; Family History Film: 1255332; Page: 497C; Enumeration District: 159; Image: .
Record for Edward T. StevensonEdward T. Stevenson - 1880 United States Federal Census - [S60] 1860 United States Federal Census, Bell, Texas; Roll: ; Page: 333; Image: 194.
Record for D Y StephensonD Y Stephenson - 1860 United States Federal Census - [S190] 1900 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 4, Williamson, Texas; Roll: T623_1679; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 128.
Record for David Y StevensonDavid Y Stevenson - 1900 United States Federal Census - [S183] Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982.
Record for Earlie Doyle StevensonTexas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 - Earl Doyle Stevenson - [S168] 1920 United States Federal Census, Alvord, Wise, Texas; Roll: T625_1860; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 149; Image: 141.
Record for E T Stevenson1920 United States Federal Census - Edward Thomas Stevenson
Year: 1920; Census Place: Alvord, Wise, Texas; Roll: T625_1860; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 149; Image: 141 - [S167] 1910 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 5, Scurry, Texas; Roll: T624_1588; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0236; FHL microfilm: 1375601.
Record for Edward Q Stevenson1910 United States Federal Census - Edward Thomas Stevenson
Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Scurry, Texas; Roll: T624_1588; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0236; FHL microfilm: 1375601 - [S181] 1940 United States Federal Census, Edward T Stevenson, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Edward Thomas Stevenson 1940 Census - [S8] Death Certificate, Rebecca Reeves Stevenson; Texas 1931, Certificate # 24377.
Rebecca Wood Stevenson Death Certificate - [S8] Death Certificate, George Leslie Stevenson, Texas 1951, Certificate # 226.
Georg Leslie Stevenson Death Certificate - [S5] County Court Record, Williamson County, Texas WG & Texas Stockton estate claim by Edward Stevenson.
ET Stevenson Claim on WG and Texana A ET Stevenson Claim on WG and Texana B ET Stevenson Claim on WG and Texana C ET Stevenson Receipt From GA Stockton a ET Stevenson Receipt From GA Stockton b - [S21] Cemetery, Lawler Cemetery, Florence, Texas.
Lawler Cemertery.JPG Lawler Cemetery Plaque.JPG - [S5] County Court Record, Williamson Co, TX Marriage License.
ET Stevenson Marriage a ET Stevenson Marriage b Stevenson - Stockton Marriage License a Stevenson - Stockton Marriage License b
- [S9] Family Bible, Edward Thomas Stevenson.