Stevens, Evarts Cornelius

Abt 1832 - 1925  (~ 93 years)    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Stevens, Evarts Cornelius
  Born	Abt 1832	, , Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	1850	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, USA
  J D Stevens52 Ester H Stevens32 J Dwight Stevens19 Evarts C Stevens17 Julia A Stevens14 Henry A Stevens10 Salsame E Stevens7 Edwin H Stevens2
  Military Service	Aft 12 Feb 1864
  Civil War, Company B, 1st Wisconsin
  He was a veteran of the Civil War enlisting in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, where he was Village Clerk, February 12, 1864, with Company B, 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Heavy Artillery. He was discharged and promoted November 30, 1864 to Second Lieutenant with Company F, 12th Regiment U.S.C.H.A. (U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery) organized at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. His name is displayed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington D.C., plaque No. B-27. (Note: marker inscription 52nd U.S.H.A. is incorrect.)
  1880 Census	1880	Durand, Winnebago, Illinois, USA
  Evarts C. Stevens48 Henry E. Stevens18 Maud Stevens16 Matie G. Stevens13 Paul B. Stevens2
  Died	1 Sep 1925	Towner, McHenry, North Dakota, USA
  Obituary	Aft 1 Sep 1925
  E.C. was born at the Stockbridge Mission settlement near what is now Kaukauna Wisconsin on the Fox River abt 22 miles southwest of Green Bay. At the time of his birth his father, Jedediah, was a ABCFM foreign missionary to the Stockbridge Munsee Indians who came from New York and settled in the area. The Stevens family resided there from 1828 to 1833. His mother was Julia Eggleston Stevens who died March 7, 1845 in Platteville, Wisconsin, burial location unknown. [From the Jedediah Stevens diary, Minnesota State Historical Society, he wrote: "Evarts Cornelius. Born 27 Sept 1832 at the Mission in Statesburgh, Michigan Territory". Note: The Wisconsin Territory was created in 1836.] He was a Masonic veteran, joining as a young man first in Mineral Point Wisconsin Lodge No. 1, later belonging to lodges at Elkhorn No. 17 where he received his Royal Arch degree in 1861, and Delavan. Upon moving to Durand Illinois he joined the Durand Masonic Lodge No. 302 where he was Worshipful Master 1870-1881. He received his orders of Knighthood in Freeport Commandery No. 7, Illinois. After moving to North Dakota he joined Minnewaukan Lodge No. 21 of Devils Lake and when Cyrene Commandery No. 7 was organized in 1893, he was a charter member and believed to be the first Captain General. Upon moving to Towner, McHenry County, he served as the first high priest of Mystic Chapter No. 13, and was the first Master of Mouse River Lodge No. 43 when it was organized in 1893. In 1897-98 Evarts became the 9th Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Masons and he was Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Masons North Dakota from 1904-05. He was a member and Illustrious Master of a Council of Royal and Select Masters organized in Towner. He also held membership in the Scottish Rite Bodies and was a charter member in the Sylvan Chapter No. 21 Order of the Eastern Star formed July 13, 1895. He was also a life long Presbyterian. He was a veteran of the Civil War enlisting in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, where he was Village Clerk, February 12, 1864, with Company B, 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Heavy Artillery. He was discharged and promoted November 30, 1864 to Second Lieutenant with Company F, 12th Regiment U.S.C.H.A. (U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery) organized at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. His name is displayed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington D.C., plaque No. B-27. (Note: marker inscription 52nd U.S.H.A. is incorrect.) He was an agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad in Durand, Winnebago Co. Illinois and after moving to Towner, North Dakota, was engaged as a druggist there. As his father wrote in a July 1876 letter "my second son (Evarts) not liking farming, left". Evarts first married Phebe A. Lawson, Sept 3, 1856, in Elkhorn, Walworth Co. Wisconsin. He died at Towner at the age of 93. His body was returned to Durand, Illinois for burial.
  Reference Number	98
  Person ID	I300166	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Stevens, Jedediah,   b. 25 Mar 1798, Hamilton, Madison, New York, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1877, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Eggleston, Julia,   b. 7 Jun 1807,   d. 7 Mar 1845, , , Wisconsin, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F200062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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