JOHN STEPHENS, farmer; was born in the Parish of Peyrdinzabuloe, Cornwall, England, Nov. 11, 1797. He came to Platteville, Wis., in 1841, and took up a farm near town, now within the city limits. His twin brother, Michael, came over the next year with all the other brothers but one, and his brothers-in-law and their families, fifty-two persons in all, and all settled in the vicinity of Platteville. All the Stephens brothers were married in the same parish church in England, and now, all the sisters and sisters-in-law are buried side-by-side in the cemetery at Platteville. John Stephens was married Jan. 22, 1826, to Miss Catharine Repper; she died at Platteville; they have had seven children - Ann, now Mrs. William Laughton; Catharine, who died in 1864; Elizabeth, now Mrs. H. H. Jacobs; Thomas, living in Placerville, Cal.; Jane, now Mrs. Walsh, also in California; John R., living at Yankton, Dak.; Mary L., now Mrs. Hockett. Mr. Stephens had a stroke of paralysis in 1879, since which, he has not been able to attend actively to business, and his daughter, Mrs. Jacobs, has moved back to the old homestead, where he lives with her. Mr. Stephens has been a member of the Town Board of Platteville several terms, and has held other town offices.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.