History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 964, Woodland Township
Geo. W. Stevens, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 22; P. O.,
Summum; was born in Fulton Co. in 1844. His father, James Stevens, was
born in Kentucky, where he married Margaret Peck, by whom he had 11
children. George, the 7th child, grew up in this county. In 1870 he
went to Oregon, where he became the owner of 160 acres of good land,
and where until recently he has been extensively engaged in
sheep-raising; he also owns a valuable farm in this tp. in ’79 Mr.
Stevens married Miss Ellen Pemleton, a sister of Judge Pemleton, of
Rushville. James Stevens died leaving some 300 acres of valuable land,
and his family well provided for. Mrs. Stevens survived her husband
about two years.
Note: Brother, William's bio in the Portrait and Biographical
Album of Fulton County, Illinois; Biographical Pub. Co., Chicago, IL;
1890 gives the surname spelling as Stephens. Ellen's maiden name
is Pemberton and her brother was Ephraim J. Pemberton, children of
Thomas Pemberton and Deborah Moore.
