Stevens, Jedediah b. 25 Mar 1798 Hamilton, Madison, New York, USA d. 29 Mar 1877 Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

1798 - 1877 (79 years) Has no ancestors but 2 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	Stevens, Jedediah
Born	25 Mar 1798	Hamilton, Madison, New York, USA
Gender	Male
Book	Stevens, Jedediah Diary Collection
This collection is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center, Green Bay, WI 54311. The microfilm is also available in Madison. Negative Reel 1 : MAD 1V/Mss Box 88A; Call No. Green Bay Micro 52 Micro 270; Format 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Typescript diary of Jedediah Dwight Stevens, 1827-1830 and 1841, with reminiscences back to the first decade of the 1800s, edited and with additional information and reminiscences by daughter Salome E. Williams. Also included is genealogical information about the Stevens family and about Jedediah's wife Julia's family, the Egglestons. The genealogies include information from about 1776 to 1936. Stevens was a teacher/missionary to the Stockbridge Munsee Indians.The diary details Stevens' early life in Hamilton, N.Y.; his decision to become a missionary; work at Mackinac Island (Mich.); and later work in Wisconsin. The 1827-1830 diary was written while he was in Green Bay and Kaukauna, Wis. An excellent storyteller, his descriptions of the areas in which he lived, his work, and his view of Indian culture are vivid. Morality and the problem ofintemperance occupy much of his thoughts. Stevens later worked in Platteville, Wis. (which is not covered by the diary), although the 1841 diary details a trip he made from Wabaska to Galesburg, Ill. Available only on microfilm. Microfilmed by the Karrman Library, University of Wisconsin - Platteville.
Find A Grave	From Jedediah's Unpublished Diary "My birth was on the Christian Sabbath, the 25th of March 1798 in the town of Hamilton, Madison County, State of New York. Was named Jedediah Dwight. Was baptized by the Elder Dr. Badger, father of Dr. Milton Badger, one of the first secretaries of the A.M.H.S. [American Home Missionary Society]. My father Deacon Jonathan Stevens was a native of Massachusetts, Town of Southwick, Berkshire County. My mother whose maiden name was Lucy Berry was a native of Meriden, Connecticut. They married in 1781 and lived together 53 years. They had 10 children, three sons and seven daughters." ------------------------------------------------- J.D. married 1st Julia Eggleston. She was born June 7, 1807 in Stafford, Genesee Co., New York, and died March 7, 1845 in Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin of pneumonia. Burial location in Grant county unknown. Seven children were born of this union. Three sons, J. Dwight, Henry G., and Evarts C. served the Union during the Civil War. J. Dwight and Henry G. died of disease. J.D. married 2nd Esther Humphrey Nov 22, 1845 in Rock Co. Wisconsin. To this union were born five children, four of whom reached adulthood. According to Oakwood cemetery records Jedediah died in Rockford, Illinois and was interred there (place unknown) until July 3, 1912 when he was removed to Oakwood Cemetery in Beloit. However, daughter Salome wrote in her diary that he died in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Reference Number	98
Died	29 Mar 1877	Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA
Person ID	I300168	1FamilyTree
Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

Family Eggleston, Julia, b. 7 Jun 1807, d. 7 Mar 1845, , , Wisconsin, USA (Age 37 years)

Children

	1. Stevens, Evarts Cornelius, b. Abt 1832, , , Wisconsin, USA , d. 1 Sep 1925, Towner, McHenry, North Dakota, USA (Age ~ 93 years)
	2. Stevens, Salome, b. 10 Nov 1842, Prairie Du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, USA , d. 19 Jan 1938, , , North Dakota, USA (Age 95 years)

Last Modified 26 Sep 2016

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