Wayne County Biographies



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Spencer Stephens

Spencer Stephens, deceased, was a native of Virginia, but when a young man, went to North Carolina. He was married there, and in 1814 came with his family to Indiana and located in what is now Abington Township, Wayne County. They had a family of nine children, five of whom are living — William, of Union County, Ind.; Sampson; Humphrey, of Decatur County, Ind.; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Wright, of Hancock County, Ind., and Robert. Susan, Anna, Spencer, and Isom, are deceased. Mr. Stephens died in 1839, aged seventy years. His wife died in 1852, aged eighty-one years. Their son, Sampson, was born in North Carolina, March 22, 1806. He was married March 22, 1846, to Catherine, daughter of Jacob Plessinger, of Ohio, and settled on the old homestead. He has a fine farm of 270 acres, a part of which his father entered from the Government. Robert Stephens was born in what is now Union County, Ind., May 16, 1816. He was married Jan. 1, 1843, to Sarah, daughter of Jacob Plessinger, and has since resided in Abington Township, where he owns a fine farm of 115 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stephens have had seven children; four are living — Jacob E., William A., Harriet C., and Sarah E. Sophia A., Spencer S., and an infant are deceased.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2