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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Censuses:
1880 US: Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, June 1880, p. 446C:
Reuben L. Stevens, carpenter, M, 41, MO, OH, NY.
Lydia A., keeping house, dau., M, 15, UT, MO, IL.
Abigail A., dau., 10, UT, MO, IL.
Lucy L., dau., 5, UT, MO, IL.
Phebe E.R., dau., 3, UT, MO, IL.
2. Obituary in the Deseret Evening News of May 7, 1886, of Reuben's father Lyman Stevens who was a Mormon Battalion veteran (my copy is from the Journal History of the LDS Church): "A Veteran Gone. By letter from Wm. Taylor, Jr., of Ferron City, Emery County, we learn that Father Lyman Stevens of that place, one of the earlest members of the Church, passed from life on the 18th ult. He was the son of Jonathan and Olive Hoyt Stevens, and was born in Danby, Tompkins County, New York, February 7, 1812. He embraced the Gospel during the second year of the Church's existence, being baptized on the 27th of May, 1831. He was ordained an Elder on the 9th of May, 1836, his certificate to that effect, which is still in existence, bearing the signatures of Joseph Smith Jr. and F.G. Williams. Another certificate in possession of the family shows that he was ordained a High Priest, May 11, 1843. He shared in the persecutions of the Saints from the time he became connected with the Church, and after being driven out of Illinois served as a member of the 'Mormon Battalion.' For some time he lived in Shonesburg, Kane County, where his wife died in 1874. He was the father of nine sons and one daughter, and had 61 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, the number of posterity at present living being 64. He was faithful unto the end, and like a shock of grain fully ripe was gathered into the garner of the Lord."
3. FHL film 1035515, item 16, p. 68: "A Profile of Later-day Sints of Kirtland, Ohio and Members of Zion'a Camp": "Lyman Stevens b. 7 Feb 1812 at Danby, Tompkins, NY, m. 21 Jan 1836 at Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, d. 18 Apr 1886 at Ferron, Emery, Utah, parents are Jonathan Stevens and Olive Hyatt. Spouse is Martha Durfee b. 17 Nov 1811 at Lennox, Madison, NY, d. 2 Nov 1874 at Shonesburg, Washington, UT, parents are Edmond Durfee and Magollans (Laney) Pickle."
MARRIAGE:
1. Marriage to Lydia Ann Gribble may have been before the marriage sealing date of 12 Oct 1869 considering oldest daughter in 1880 census is Lydia A. Stevens born in abt. 1865.
BURIAL:
1. Buried on the same lot in Parowan as his brother Hyrum Smith Steven (and wife and daughter). No tombstone.
SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book: "The Ebenezer Hanks Story," author Kerry William Bate; 1982; Address: Kerry Bate, 543 East 600 South, SLC, UT, 84 102.
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