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Susan Ann Foster Stevens
In Illinois, the Stevens family is said to have lived at Raleigh in Saline County, on Beaver Creek in Bowlesville township, Gallatin County, and on Tucker Hill, near Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois. Susann was a charter member of the Christ Church at Rock Creek Illinois in 1880. Jim became a member on the date of their marriage. The Church record book shows that Jim withdrew his membership in 1891 but there is no record as to whether Susann withdrew.
In the fall of 1898, Jim and Susann, with their seven children, joined Jim's brothers, Will, Charles and John Stevens, on a journey by covered wagon to establish a new home in Arkansas. In those days, it was a very difficult trip, taking six weeks to accomplish and during the trip, they lost their six year old son John who died in Clay County, Arkansas right before they reached their destination.
Jim was a farmer and Justice of the Peace. Originally, the family settled on Jones Ridge in Greene County, Arkansas. In 1900, Jim Stevens owned his farm in Crowley township.
In the great swine flu epidemic of 1918-1919, Jim Stevens, his daughters, Cordelia Rice, and Mary Ann Robinson, his son in law, Will Robinson (husband of his daughter Lily May) and his son Austin (Dolph)Stevens died.
The flu epidemic of 1918-1919 is still remembered as the worst scourge to ever hit the middle western states. At the time of his death, Jim Stevens owned a farm at Evening Star. Susann died at the age of 38 on 25 Apr 1902 in Greene County, Arkansas, and was buried in an unmarked grave at Beech Grove Cemetery, Beech Grove, Clay County, Arkansas. Jim died in Jan 1919 at Evening Star, Green County, Arkansas and was buried in an unmarked grave at Beech Grove Cemetery, in the same row as his first wife, Susann.
BIOGRAPHY: (1) Charlene Rainwater Johnson (2) Venita Stevens Amick
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