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George H. Stephens was born in Canisteo, on the place where he nowresides, June 19, 1803. His grandfather, Uriah Stephens was a native ofLitchfield County, town of Canaan, Conn.; married MarthaRathbone/Rathbun, a native of Stonington, Connecticut. Of this union wereborn before leaving that State: Benjamin, died in the Revolutionary war;Mrs. Solomon Bennett, Mrs. Daniel McHenry, Uriah Jr., John, Mrs. JudgeGeorge Hornell, Phineas, Elias, Elijah, William, and Benjamin. The familyleft Connecticut in 1766, and settled in Stillwater, N.Y.; afterwards inNorthumberland Co. PA, thence to Tioga Point; thence to Newtown, nowElmira, and in 1789 the father and his sons, Uriah and John, explored theCanisteo Valley, accompanied by his son-in-law, Solomon Bennett, andJames Hadley. That year, with others, they purchased the upper and lowerCanisteo, now Canisteo and Hornellsville, and the same year UriahStephens Sr., settled here with his family; the others settled thefollowing year.George H. Stephens has followed farming during his life onthe farm settled by his father on the Canisteo River. He married Harriet,daughtr of Daniel Baker, September 5, 1825. She was born September 6, 1802. Their children are George, Caleb, Paulina(deceased), Shirene, Elizabeth (deceased), Mary, Rhoda (deceased), Mrs.Edwin Foster, and Matthew. Like his father before him, Mr. Stephens is a staunch member of theDemocratic party, and for some fifteen years has served the people of histown as assessor. He was the first man who joined the Morning Star MasonLodge in Canisteo, and has been a member of that lodge for over half acentury. Mr. And Mrs. Stephens have lieved happily together for upwards of fiftyyears, and for some twenty years of that time have been members of theMethodist Episcopal Church, and contributors to that and kindredinterests. They are now among the old landmarks that point back to theearly days in the history of the town, and have lived to see schools andchurches established, railroads, the telegraph, and modern machinery taketheir places in advancing civilization. *The above information was obtained from the book, History of SteubenCounty, New York by Clayton (1879). Submitted by Pam Davis Notes for GEORGE H. STEPHENS: George H. Stephens (Uriah, Uriah, Uriah, Thomas, Henry) was born atCanisteo, New York, June 19, 1803, and died there January 10, 1888. Hemarried September 5, 1825, Hariet Baker, born September 6, 1802, and diedJune 20, 1888. She was a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Allen) Baker,.Mr. Stephens was a farmer, and lived on the farm settled upon by hisfather, Uriah Stephens, on the Canisteo, River. He was Town Assessor forfifteen years. Both he and his wife were Methodists. They were buried inthe Stephens Cemetery, Canisteo, New York. *The above information was obtained from the "Stephens/Stevens Genealogy"by Plowdon Stevens (1909). ------William Lackey Stephens;http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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