Benjamin Lloyd Stevens
b. 28 July 1874, d. 14 December 1956
- Father: John Benjamin Stevens
- Mother: Lucinca C. Brown
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens was born on 28 July 1874 in Alabama.
- He married Julia Ann Burnett on 26 April 1894 in Winston County, Alabama.
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens and Julia Ann Burnett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Van Zandt County, Alabama. Also in the household were their children Joseph (age 4) and Roxy (3), not yet recorded.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens and Julia Ann Burnett appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, at Ben Wheeler Road. Also in the household were their children Clayton (age 14), Roxie (13), Jennie (9), Isaac (6) Annie (5), Clarence (2) and Effie (10/12), not yet recorded.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens became a widower at the 17 November 1911 death of his wife Julia Ann Burnett.
- He married Rosa Leland Geddie on 29 March 1914 in Van Zandt County, Texas.
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Van Zandt County, Texas, while living with his wife Rosa at 4 RFD, Canton, self-employed there farming.
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens and Rosa Leland Geddie appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, at Pacific Avenue. Also in the household were their children Elvie (4-4/12) and Lora Fay (1-6/12) Stevens, Benjamin's children Isaac (age 16), Annie (14), Clarence (12) Stevens, and widowed daughter Roxie Rainey (22), and her daughter Oleta (2-8/12), and Rosa's daughter Zola Patterson (15).
- He was proprietor of a hotel, according to the 1920 census.
- He married Mary Lela Ward, daughter of Oscar Zenella Ward and Martha A. Moore, on 14 April 1927 in Wichita County, Texas, with W. L. Hicks, MG, officiating.
- He married Carrie Love Sullivan, daughter of Charles L. Sullivan and Elizabeth Laird.
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens and Carrie Love Sullivan appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt County, Texas. Other members of the household included Charles L. Sullivan.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1940 census.
- At the time of his death Benjamin Lloyd Stevens was living in Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt County, Texas.
- Benjamin Lloyd Stevens died on 14 December 1956 at age 82 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, at Medical Center Hospital.
- He was interred at Corinth Cemetery, Oakland, Van Zandt County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 15 December 1956 in The Dallas Morning News: (Tyler) Benjamin L. Stevens, 82, retired farmer of Ben Wheeler died Friday in a Tyler hospital after 11 days' illness.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Ben Wheeler's First Baptist Church with burial in Corinth Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife; seven daughters, Mrs. N. L. King of Grand Saline, Mrs. A. N. White of Kaufman, Mrs. Dan Strong of Velasco, Mrs. Perry Floyd and Mrs. Emanuel Amato, both of Dallas, Mrs. Louie Newburn of Martins Mill and Mrs. Jimmie Todd of Kansas City, Kan.
- Last Edited: 27 Oct 2012