HENRY H. STEVENS PASSES

Henry Hudson Stevens was born February 21, 1846 at New Fairfield, Connecticut, He departed this life July 14, 1936 at Crowell Memorial Home, Blair, Nebraska.

He was united in marriage with Sarah E. Pulling also of New Fairfield, Connecticut in the year 1868. To this union eight children were born five boys and three girls, of which six children are living.

Mrs. Stevens, the wife and mother, departed this life in 1923 at Denver, Colorado. Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stevens went to Western, Nebraska where in 1872 they homesteaded a claim in Saline county. Mr. Stevens was a great lover of fine horses, and along with his agricultural work, he was engaged in buying, raising and selling thoroughbred horses for a number of years. Many of these horses were sold to syndicates in Europe and elsewhere.

When a boy he joined the Methodist Episcopal church and was one of the charter members of the Methodist church when it was organized in New Fairfield, Connecticut. The Methodist Episcopal church at Western, Nebraska was organized and started at his home upon his homestead. He was intensely interested and active in the prohibition movement in the early days of Saline county, and was always found upon the side of prohibition, and for those things of which that movement stood.

Until just recently he had been a member of the Masonic lodge, and for a number of years was active as a member of that order.

Mr. Stevens was of English descent, and his ancestry goes back to those worthies who came to our shores in the Mayflower.

He was a man possessed of a very bright and intelligent mind. He was a very good student of the Bible, and had made himself acquainted with history and historical events by reading Lord’s Beacon Light of History and other historical books. He was also a reader of Shakespeare and the works of other great literary men.

About five years ago Mr. Stevens came to Crowell Memorial Home and has been a favored and much liked guest in the home by all of his other associates.

Those of the immediate family who remain are five sons: David R. Stevens of Chadron, Nebraska; Harry P. of Chicago, Ill.; Paul E. of Alhambra, California; George E. of Philadelphia, Pa.; Reed of Denver, Colorado; and one daughter, Mrs. Bessie McCoy of San Francisco, California. Mrs. McCoy, his only living daughter, had been with him at his bedside in the last days and hours of his life.

The funeral services were held at Crowell Memorial Home on July 16th conducted by Rev. D. A McCullough, pastor of the Blair Methodist Episcopal church, burial was in the Blair cemetery.