Stephen
A cousin and I have been working on this line for what seems like forever. We have found a lot of good information ... and a lot of information we've disproven. These are my husband's great-great-great grandfather and grandmother.
 
1 Stephen Valentine1
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Birth: 10 Sep 1803, New York2,3,1,1
Death: 19 Nov 1879, Nebraska, Polk County4
Buried: Blue Ridge Cemetery near Gresham, NE
Married: In New York, before 1827
Spouse: Mary Rebecca Stewart7,1
Birth: 10 Jun 1807, Connecticut2,7,1,1,1
Death: 26 Jun 1876, Illinois1,8,9
 
Children: Eliza Maria (1827-1914)see note
  Rebecca (1836-1898) see note
 Samuel Preston (1832-1880)(see note)
 Laurena J. (1835-)
 Sarah I. (~1842-)
 Rose Ann (1849-1892)
 Son, name unknown see note
 Son, name unknown see note
 
1.1 Eliza Maria Valentine10
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Birth: 8 Jun 1827, New York11,12
Death: 17 Aug 1914, Polk County, Nebraska11,13,12 (Blue Ridge   Cemetery  near Gresham, Nebraska)
Burial: Polk County, Nebraska13
Spouse: Alanson Fuller14,10
Birth: 1817, Ohio, Washington County; Marietta15,10
Death: 1887, Polk County, Nebraska11,13,10 (Blue Ridge    Cemetery near Gresham, Nebraska)
Father: Samuel Fuller (1792-1859)
Mother: Huldah Reckard (Rickard) (1796-1886)
Marr:  14 Feb 1845, Warren County, Illinois16,12,1,17,10
Children of Eliza and Alanson:
Hulda Belle (1866-1951)
Marion (1857-1954)
Kate Carroll (1863-)
Olive Gertrude (1873-)
Cora (1860-1951)
Samuel W. (1852-)
 
1.2 Samuel Preston Valentine1,18,6  See Family Stories
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Birth: 2 Jun 1832, Washington County, Ohio
Death: 24 Oct 1880, Polk County, Nebraska
Burial: Oct 1880, Blue Ridge Cemetery; Polk County, NE
Spouse: Hannah Edmunds1,18
Birth: 4 Apr 1835, Ohio18
Death: 9 Sep 1891, Polk County, Nebraska
Father: Ira Edmunds (1809-1853)
Mother: Anna aka Nancy Cox
Marr:  6 Oct 1853, Warren, Henderson Co., Illinois1
Children of Samuel and Hannah:
Arthur Prescott (1869-1934)
Henry Ellsworth (1861-1941)
John M. (1856-1930)
Lula M. (1874-1916)
Lewis J. (1855-1861)
Charles (~1851-<1870)
 
1.3 Laurena J. Valentine1
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Birth: 1835, Ohio1
Buried: Blue Ridge Cemetery near Gresham, NE
Spouse: William H. Marsden
Birth: 1837, Cheshire, Chester County, England1
Buried: Blue Ridge Cemetery near Gresham, NE
Marr:  18591
Children of Laurena and William:
Ulyses L. (1866-)
John E. (1868-)
Isaac R. (1870-)
Louella (1872-)
Lourinda V. (1874-)
Ernest A. (1876-)
Thomas W. (1860-1931)
Stephen H. (1862-)
Mary H. (1864-)
 
1.4 Rebecca Valentine1
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Birth: 6 Jul 1836, Washington County, Ohio; Marietta
Death: 7 May 1898, Stratton; Hitchcock County, NE
Burial: May 1898, Blue Ridge Cemetery; Polk County, NE
Spouse: Marion Frances Gudgel
Birth: 23 Nov 1834, Lard, Jefferson County, IN
Death: 23 Aug 1918, Gresham, Nebraska
Marr:  19 Jan 1858, Terre Haute, Henderson Co., Illinois
Children of Rebecca and Marion:
John William (1858-1900)
Elizabeth (1861-1861)
Francis Marion (1862-1951)
Stephen Andrew (1864-1949)
Martha Lucina (1867-1953)
Lillian May (1868-1869)
Emma Florence (1870-1957)
Allen Reynold (1875-1902)
 
1.5 Sarah I. Valentine
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Birth: abt 1842, Ohio
 
1.6 Rose Ann Valentine
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Birth: 1849, Illinois15
Death: 23 Apr 1892, Hackberry Precinct; Polk Co.,     Nebraska15,6,6
Spouse: Henry G. Burgess20,6
Birth: 6 Apr 1849, Illinois15,6
Death: 191415
Marr:  25 Dec 1869, Effingham, Effingham, Illinois20
 
 
 
Sources:
1. "Latter Day Saints on line website."
2. 1885 Polk County census
3. Eliza's Fuller's death certificate
4. Nebraska 1880 Mortality Schedule; Accelerated Indexing Systems; Bountiful, NY
5. 1870 Effingham County, Illinois census.
6. Beulah Smith, Valentine Family Research Source; Colorado.
7. Eliza's Fuller's death certificate
8. 1860 Census, Warren County, Illinois.
9. 1870 Census, Warren County, Illinois.
10. Jennings, William H., A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families in  England and America, II.
11. 1900 US Census, Polk County, NE.
12. Gresham Gazette, 8/21/1914 obituary of Eliza
13. Polk County Cemeteries - Listing on US GENWEB Project -
14. "IGI 3.02 North America, LDS."
15. Blue Ridge Cemetery, Marker, Polk County, Nebraska
16. Marriage license
17. Edwin H. Snow, Descendants of William Snow, Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. in 1635, 1908.
18. Norquest, Brenda; descendant of Stephen & Eliza through Samuel Preston   Valentine.
19. 1870 Census; Henderson County, Ill.
20. Effingham County Illinois Marriages; 1833 - 1877.
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