The Stevens’ came to Indianola, Calhoun Co.,Texas from Indiana.  Obadiah/Obediah Stevens died in Calhoun County in 1852.  His wife Mary C. Stevens went to live with one of her children and is buried in the Hochheim Cemetery. The brothers and sisters and spouses are listed below.  Please notify me of any errors you find in this data.  It will be corrected. Also any additions which you submit will be added.  The relationships following the names are their kinships to me the writer, Nancy Stevens Page, daughter of Madison (M.)“Roy” Stevens.

 

 

Obediah STEVENS, GG Grandfather

  b. 9 Oct 1787, Beasontown,Pennsylvania

  d. 11 Nov 1852, Indianola, Calhoun Co., TX

& Mary CARBAUGH(?), GG Grandmother

  b. 8 Jul 1792, KY

  d. 28 Jun 1881, Hochheim, DeWitt Co, TX

  m. ca 1820, ca  Dearborn Co., IN

|    Eliza STEVENS, GG Aunt

|      b. 28 Apr 1822, Ripley Co. IND

|    & Joseph HAMILTON

|      m. 19 Sep 1841, Ripley Co. IND

|    Christena W. STEVENS, GG Aunt

|      b. 26 Feb 1824, Ripley Co. IND

|      d. 29 Nov 1903

|    & Samuel D. CLARK

|      b. 4 Sep 1825, Indiola, Calhoun Co., TX

|      d. 8 Dec 1880, Hochheim, Dewitt Co, TX

|      m. 29 Oct 1850, Port Lavaca, Calhoun Co., TX

|    Fidelia Bertha STEVENS, GG Aunt

|      b. 3 Oct 1826, Ripley Co. IND

|      d. 10 Oct 1908, Yoakum, Dewitt Co., TX

|    & William Johnson GLASS, Sr.

|      b. 1824

|      d. 5 Nov 1905, Hochheim, Dewitt Co, TX

|      m. 10 Jul 1850, Indianola, Calhoun Co., TX

|    Obediah Truax STEVENS Jr., GG Uncle

|      b. 21 Apr 1829, Ripley Co. IND

|      d. 25 Sep 1917, Sidney,  Fremont Co., IA

|    & Mary Ann DAUGHTERS

|      b. 1 Dec 1829, Moscow, Clermont Co., OH

|      d. 29 Nov 1911, Milan, Ripley Co., IN

|      m. 29 Apr 1852

|    Sarah H. STEVENS*, GG Aunt

|      b. 12 Sep 1831, Ripley Co. IND

|      d. 6 Mar 1904

|    & William ROBERTSON

|      m. 12 Jun 1854, Indianola, Calhoun Co.,, TX

|    Sarah H. STEVENS*, GG Aunt

|      b. 12 Sep 1831, Ripley Co. IND

|      d. 6 Mar 1904

|    & Matthew SURMA

|    Charles STEVENS, GG Uncle

|      b. 8 Jan 1834, Ripley Co. IND

|      d. 23 Dec 1919, Port Lavaca, Calhoun Co., TX

|    & Caroline BRUSWITZ

|      b. 15 Feb 1845, Frankenstein, Selisia, Germany

|      d. 14 Sep 1939, Port Lavaca, Calhoun Co., TX

|      m. 31 May 1867, Indianola, Calhoun Co., TX

|    Samuel STEVENS, G Grandfather

|      b. 11 Jan 1837, Ripley County, Indiana

|      d. 27 Oct 1907

|    & Amanda Matilda DOOLITTLE, G Grandmother

|      b. 6 Jul 1839, Gonzales Co., Colorado River, TX

|      d. 16 May 1908

|      m. 7 Feb 1864, Gonzales, Co., TX

|   

 

This last child, Samuel, is my great grandfather.  He married Amanda Doolittle who had inherited quite a lineage.  Since she was orphaned at 12 years of age she was probably unaware of all the history of her family.  For over twenty years I have complied her story which was part of the Dewitt Colony.

 

Beriah DOOLITTLE, Amanda’s father, came to Texas in 1834 while it was still a province of Mexico.  He for some reason used the name Berry when he got here.  He had been married (2Mar 1830) to Massau White while in Hancock Co., IL.  In 1836 he fought in the Battle of San Jacinto.  In his military file at the Texas Archives is this physical description of him: He was five feet, eight inches in height; was of dark complexion and had dark eyes and brown hair.  By occupation he was a clothier.

He married Susan Ann BLAIR (Susannah/Susanna is sometimes used, but every legal document I have found in Gonzales County lists her as Susan.) Susan was the daughter of George BLAIR (1789-1840) and Sarah Ann LOCKHART FULTON BLAIR. (1794-ca1865).  Susan’s mother Sarah was the daughter of Byrd LOCKHART I*mine (the Indian Fighter1750-ca1813).  Byrd I had died at Fort Russell, Madison Co., IL ca 1812 or 13.  Byrd’s wife, also named Sarah, was brought to Texas by her son the Surveyor Byrd LOCKHART II* mine. The famous letters of Catherine Wise BARTON LOCKHART  are written from Texas to her mother in Missouri during the Republic and they detailed the hardships that they faced against weather and Indians.  For more in depth information on the LOCKHART family go to the Sons of DeWitt Colony Website at http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/dewitt.htm.  Select People, then Andrew LOCKHART which will take you to the whole family.

Berry received a Headright certificate on Feb 5, 1838 for a league and labor of land by the Gonzales County Board.  However in his short lifetime he seems to have lived on the LOCKHART land of his wife.  His heirs after his death in 1849 received Bounty Certificate #539 for 320 acres for his service in Republic of Texas Army (1 Mar 1836-23 May 1836)  He was part of W. W. Hill’s Company of Volunteers.

As stated before, Beriah married Susan in 1838.  They had 3 children who are recorded in  probate:  Amanda Matilda DOOLITTLE b. 6 Jun 1839, George William DOOLITTLE b. 17 Mar 1843, and Mary Jane DOOLITTLE b.3 Jun 1845.  Amanda was born as the Texans fled for their lives during the Runaway Scrape.  She stated that she was born in a wagon close to the Colorado River.  Her middle name, Matilda, came from her cousin Matilda LOCKHART who was kidnapped by the Comanche Indians in 1838, was tortured, and released in San Antonio at the Council House Fight of 1840.  Here is Catherine’s letter (Yanaguana Society of San Antonio) about this incident.

LETTER ABOUT MATILDA LOCKHART
Pecan Fort, Texas
April 9th 1840

Dear Mother,

I again write you not having received no letter from you for several months.  I am happy to inform you that Andrew LOCKHART at last has succeeded in getting his daughter from the Indians.  They brought in a little boy to Bexar who was taken at the same time she was, and proposed a treaty to which the whites agreed on condition they would fetch in all the prisoners in their possession. They Returned to their camps and in a few days returned with Matilda Lockhart only.  The American officers met them in the Council house, and the Indians being informed that they were to consider themselves prisoners until all were brot in, they drew their bows and arrows which they had concealed under their buffalo skins and commenced using of them.  The Americans being quite unarmed were obliged to use rock axes or   anything they could get hold of.  There were six Americans and about thirty Indians killed, and twenty one squaws kept to let them know the result.  Since which time they have returned with two American children and seven Mexicans.  They exchange equal number and will retain the wrest until they are all brot in- or as many as they have in their possession.  A Mrs. Webster made her escape about the same time Matilda Lockhart left,  carrying with her a doughter four years old a sickly child and living on prickly pear apples and being twelve days in reaching Bexar.  We still look forward to the time when we will be at peace with all our enemies and our country free.  Love from each to you all.

Affectionately your daughter
Catherine W. Lockhart.

  Beriah died before 1848, so he and Susan were only married around ten years.  He is buried somewhere near Lockhart, Caldwell Co., TX.
Susan remarried in 1850 to Robert E. ROSS and the 3 DOOLITTLE orphans were often the subject of the Gonzales County and District Court.  Amanda’s mom, Susan BLAIR DOOLITTLE ROSS had 4 children by Mr. ROSS in 7 years from 1850 until her early death at 38 years of age in 1857.  Her DOOLITTLE orphans ended up with their grandmother, her mother Sarah Ann Lockhart BLAIR as noted on Gonzales Co., Census Records and in court documents.  The four Ross children of Susan moved with their father to Mills County, TX.

 

Amanda Doolittle, my orphaned great grandmother, married first Sanford H. Chamblee, 5 May 1860, in Victoria Co., TX.  Unknown to Amanda, Mr. Chamblee at the time had 2 or 3 other living wives and 2 other families.  When Amanda’s family discovered this, I imagine the family probably bid him adieu at gunpoint.  There is no record of divorce or annulment.

Samuel STEVENS returned from the Civil War from serving in Waul’s Texas Legion and soon thereafter 7 Feb 1864, Amanda M. Doolittle married him in Gonzales Co., TX.  She bore him 9 children, four of whom did not live to adulthood.  Their 5th child was my grandfather Texas Hulen STEVENS.  After my research, I now understand why Amanda Matilda DOOLITTLE named my grandfather Texas.  The name Texas Stevens is still carried on in our family.  Their home was in the Terryville/Fortran area of DeWitt County.

 

 

 

Here is my family:

 

 

Samuel STEVENS, G Grandfather

  b. 11 Jan 1837, Ripley County, Indiana

  d. 27 Oct 1907

& Amanda Matilda DOOLITTLE, G Grandmother

  b. 6 Jul 1839, Gonzales Co., Colorado River, TX

  d. 16 May 1908

  m. 7 Feb 1864, Gonzales, Co., TX

 

Their Children:

 

     Samuel Sylvester STEVENS, G Uncle

|      b. 15 Dec 1864, DeWitt Co. TX

|      d. 1 Mar 1935

|    & Mandana Paralee FUDGE

|      b. 4 Nov 1868, Grimes Co., TX

|      d. 11 Jul 1940

|      m. 22 Oct 1890

|    |    Lenora Alwinda STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. 27 Aug 1891

|    |      d. 1984

|    |    & C. Lyle FOSTER

|    |      d. Aug 1928

|    |      m. 1911

|    |    Leslie Curtis STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 30 Sep 1892

|    |      d. 3 Nov 1967

|    |    & ESTELLE FINCH

|    |    Ruth Vida STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 9 Apr 1894

|    |    & A. Jason MIDGETT

|    |    Julia Ethel STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 26 Jun 1895

|    |      d. 14 Aug 1980

|    |    & William H. CLARK

|    |    Beulah Nellie STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 12 Nov 1896

|    |    & R. Lewis KLEINEKE

|    |    Olive Viola STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 5 Jan 1898

|    |      d. 13 Mar 1923

|    |    & Andrew McCURRY

|    |    Alfred Dacosta STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 16 Apr 1899

|    |    & Verna GWINN

|    |    Chloe Virgea STEVENS***, 1C1R

|    |      b. 1 Mar 1901

|    |      d. 11 Sep 1980

|    |    & Jesse Hughlan STEVENS, Uncle

|    |      b. 8 Feb 1897

|    |      d. 5 Nov 1949

|    |      m. 1 Jun 1918, Cuero, Dewitt Co., TX

|    |    Chloe Virgea STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. 1 Mar 1901

|    |      d. 11 Sep 1980

|    |    & Joseph Edgar BYARS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 15 Oct 1902, Yoakum, DeWitt Co., TX

|    |      d. 21 Dec 1970, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX

|    |    Vena Oswald STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 31 Mar 1902

|    |      d. 31 Mar 1967

|    |    & Gertrude SPARKS

|    |    Fannie Estella STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 15 Dec 1903

|    |    & Bryan LINNEY

|    |    Ovie Lee STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. 18 Jul 1905

|    |    & Lloyd JOHNSON

|    |    Ovie Lee STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. 18 Jul 1905

|    |    & Peter L. KORBEL

|    |    Dora D. STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 9 Sep 1906

|    |      d. 27 Mar 1987, Victoria Co., TX

|    |    & W. T. COLLINS

|    |      b. 17 Sep 1905

|    |    Girtue Virgil STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 25 Feb 1908

|    |      d. 30 Aug 1972, Grayson Co., TX

|    |    & Maude May WHITTEN

|    |      b. 15 Sep 1913

|    |    Lois Lorena STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. 16 Feb 1911

|    |      d. 12 Nov 1975

|    |    & Leroy MAYNE?

|    |    Lois Lorena STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. 16 Feb 1911

|    |      d. 12 Nov 1975

|    |    & Welcome ANDERSON

|    Mary Alwilda STEVENS, G Aunt

|      b. 7 Sep 1866

|      d. 31 Mar 1868

|    Geo.RuffusGarrett STEVENS "Gat", G Uncle

|      b. 26 Jan 1868

|      d. 7 Jan 1947

|    & Annie Rosetta GREEN

|      b. 11 Jun 1871, MS

|      d. 20 May 1954, Fordtran

|      m. 23 Jun 1889

|    |    Mary A. (Willie) STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 16 Aug 1892

|    |      d. 31 Jan 1895

|    |    Sterling George STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 27 Dec 1893

|    |      d. 10 Jun 1992, Hebron

|    |    & Malinda Elizabeth (Bettie) THOMPSON

|    |      b. 30 Sep 1897, Claiborne Parish, LA

|    |      d. 16 Aug 1989, Yoakum, Dewitt Co., TX

|    |      m. 1 Aug 1915

|    |    Bertha A. STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 22 Jan 1896

|    |      d. 18 Feb 1897

|    |    Ward Earlin STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 28 Nov 1897

|    |      d. 7 Jan 1987, Runge

|    |    & Mary Ethel FUDGE

|    |      b. 4 Sep 1902

|    |      d. 25 May 1993, Onalaska

|    |    Sarah "Sallie"Addie STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 9 Aug 1899

|    |      d. 24 Mar 1975

|    |    & Sidney Ervin FUDGE

|    |      b. 11 Dec 1896

|    |      d. 1999

|    |      m. 24 Dec 1919, DeWitt Co. TX

|    |    Pearlie Musetta STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 19 Oct 1901, Dewitt Co. TX

|    |      d. 26 Jan 1995, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX

|    |    & Everett E. RHODES

|    |      b. 10 Jan 1901, Hochheim, Dewitt Co, TX

|    |      d. 28 Apr 1976, Yoakum, Dewitt Co., TX

|    |    Irvin "Billy" Florin STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 1903

|    |      d. 30 Aug 1973, Houston, Harris Co., TX

|    |    & Mary Alfair (Dolly) VICK

|    |      b. 13 Sep 1903

|    |      d. 22 Dec 1995

|    |      m. 29 Sep 1923, Dewitt Co. TX

|    |    Lillie "Jane" STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 1905

|    |      d. 5 Sep 1976

|    |    & Raymond CARROLL

|    |      b. 21 Mar 1902, 3/21/02

|    |      d. 20 Oct 1945

|    |    Barney Wofford STEVENS, SR., 1C1R

|    |      b. 14 Mar 1907, Fortran, DeWitt Co., TX

|    |      d. 19 Jun 1979, Beaumont, TX

|    |    & Ruby WEBSTER

|    |      b. 9 May 1910, Corpus Christi, TX

|    |      m. 11 Sep 1926

|    |    Walter Sam STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. ca 1909

|    |      d. ca 2001

|    |    & Maurine

|    |      b. 2 Apr 1922, Livingston

|    |      d. 6 Oct 1992

|    |      m. 10 Aug 1974, Bryan, Tx

|    |    Walter Sam STEVENS*, 1C1R

|    |      b. ca 1909

|    |      d. ca 2001

|    |    & Bessie Mae HAILEY

|    |    Nellie Virdie STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 1912

|    |      d. ca 1990

|    |    & Ben Frank (Mann) VICK

|    |      d. 1970

|    |    Lodemia Amanda STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. ca 1914

|    |      d. 20 Feb 1987

|    |    & Kenneth FUDGE, 2C1R*

|    Amanda Jane Lodemia STEVENS, G Aunt

|      b. 4 Oct 1869

|      d. 13 Jun 1872

|    Texas Hulen STEVENS, Grandfather

|      b. 27 Mar 1872, DeWitt Co. TX

|      d. 4 Apr 1932, Yoakum, TX   Oak Grove Cemetery

|    & Nancy Elizabeth BYARS, Grandmother (Through my Grannie Nancy I am kin to the Goodes, Hollans .Fatherees and Granberrys.  Ggrandfather William H. Byars married Elizabeth (Jenny) Goode.)

|      b. 12 Sep 1876, DeWitt Co, TX

|      d. 1 May 1960, San Antonio, TX

|      m. 15 Nov 1893, DeWitt Co, Cuero, TX

|    |    Laura Virginia"Lid" STEVENS*, Aunt

|    |      b. 24 Nov 1893, Fortran, TX

|    |      d. 16 Dec 1987, Houston, TX

|    |    & Rufus Clark DOWLEARN

|    |      b. 15 Nov 1893, DeWitt Co., TX

|    |      d. 7 May 1947, Victoria, TX

|    |    Laura Virginia"Lid" STEVENS*, Aunt

|    |      b. 24 Nov 1893, Fortran, TX

|    |      d. 16 Dec 1987, Houston, TX

|    |    & DAMERON

|    |    Jesse Hughlan STEVENS**, Uncle

|    |      b. 8 Feb 1897

|    |      d. 5 Nov 1949

|    |    & Chloe Virgea STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 1 Mar 1901

|    |      d. 11 Sep 1980

|    |      m. 1 Jun 1918, Cuero, Dewitt Co., TX

|    |    Madison"Roy" STEVENS, Father

|    |      b. 27 Jan 1899, Victoria, TX

|    |      d. 18 Aug 1968, Freeport, TX

|    |    & Hallie Mae BENTON, Mother

|    |      b. 14 Feb 1904, Nicholasville, KY

|    |      d. 3 Jan 1997, Madisonville, TX

|    |      m. 14 Dec 1919, Beasley,Fort Bend Co., TX

|    |    Myrtle Jane"Myrt" STEVENS*, Aunt

|    |      b. 26 Dec 1900

|    |      d. 24 Mar 1985, San Antonio, TX

|    |    & Parks McLARTY

|    |      m. 10 Feb 1937

|    |    Myrtle Jane"Myrt" STEVENS*, Aunt

|    |      b. 26 Dec 1900

|    |      d. 24 Mar 1985, San Antonio, TX

|    |    & Jim SLAUGHTER

|    |      d. 8 Aug 1976, Bexar Co., TX

|    |      m. 31 Jul 1957, Lubbock, TX

|    |    Esli "Paul" STEVENS, Uncle

|    |      b. 26 Aug 1902

|    |      d. 16 Mar 1978

|    |    & Eunice Larae HILBURN

|    |      b. 1904

|    |      d. 18 May 1997, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX

These brothers married sisters!

     John (J.) Leonard STEVENS, G Uncle

|      b. 14 Jan 1875

|      d. 13 Sep 1945, Hebron Cemetery, DeWitt Co., TX

|    & Annie Eliza BYARS, G Aunt

|      b. 31 Jan 1878, DeWitt Co, TX

|      d. 25 Feb 1964

|      m. 7 Oct 1896

|    |    Laura Lee (Jackie) STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    & HOFFNER

|    |    Sarah Frances STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    Carrie Elizabeth STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    & William Sephus (Bill) SPARKS

|    |    Irmer Bell STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    & Wendell PHILLIPS

|    |      b. 1898

|    |      d. 1987

|    |    Samuel Oren STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    Jessie STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    & BIRDWELL

|    |    Iva STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    Emmit Joel (EJ) STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |      b. 14 Dec 1908

|    |      d. 15 Nov 1979, Victoria, TX

|    |    & Ione Bertha SHERROD

|    |    Delila Jan STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    Maud Low STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    Jerry? STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    & CRAWFORD

|    Charles Phillip Travis STEVENS, G Uncle

|      b. 26 Feb 1877

|      d. 29 Nov 1884

|    Wm. Johnston (Jonce) STEVENS, G Uncle

|      b. 10 Aug 1880

|      d. 1963

|    & Ora Ella TIPTON

|    |    Amanda Elizabeth STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    Lyle Lavert STEVENS, 1C1R

|    |    Eunice Evelyn STEVENS, 1C1R

|    Sarah Caroline Mandana STEVENS, G Aunt

|      b. 26 Dec 1883

|      d. 28 Feb 1885