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Stephens, James Attison

lawyer, business man, was born Jan. 18, 1869, near Buchanan, Texas. He has had a very varied career, and is now a prominent lawyer of Benjamin, Texas, where he is also engaged in real estate, and is prominent in the public affairs of his city, county and state.

Stephens, John H

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Shelby county, Texas. He graduated from the law department of Cumberland university of Lebanon, Tenn., in 1872, and has practiced law since at Montague, Montague county, and Vernon, Wilbarger county, Tex.

He served as state senator in the twenty-first and twentysecond legislatures of Texas, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Stephens, John Phares

farmer, clergyman, legislator, author, was born Sept. 28, 1836, near Manilla, Ind. In 1860 he was ordained a pastor of the baptist church, and has since filled important pastorates in Ohio and Kansas; and is now filling a pastorate in the baptist church at Wellsville, Kan. In 1891 he served with distinction as a representative in the Kansas state legislature; is a prominent member of the Farmers' Alliance, and is the author of several works.

Stephens, Linton

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born July 1, 1823, in Crawfordsville, Ga. He represented the counties of Taliaferro and Hancock in the legislature for several years. In 1858 he was appointed to a vacancy in the supreme court of Georgia, and his decisions, contained in three volumes or the Georgia Reports, are characterized by their precision, perspicuity, and power of logic. He died July 14, 1872, in Sparta, Ga. man.

Stephens, Philander

congress- He was a member of the house of representatives in congress from Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1833. He died July 8, 1842, in Springfield, Pa.

Stephens, Thomas

author. He was the author of The Castle Builder, or the History of William Stephens, of the Isle of Wight.

Stephens, Uriah S

was born Aug. 3, 1821, near Cape May, N. J. He was one of the founders of the order of the Knights of Labor. He died Feb. 13, 1882.

Stephens, William

governor, was born Jan. 22, 1671, in England. He was a colonial governor of Georgia in 1743-50, who published a Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia. He died in August, 1753, in Georgia.

Stephens, William

lawyer, jurist, was a citizen of Georgia. In 1801 he was appointed judge of the United States district court for the district of Georgia.

Stephenson, Benjamin

congressman. He was a delegate in congress from Illinois territory from 1814 to 1816, when he was appointed receiver of public moneys at Edwardsville, Ill.

Stephenson, Isaac

merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born June 18, 1826, near Frederickton, N. B. In 1845 he moved to Milwaukee, Wis., and in 1858 removed to Marinette. He held various local offices, and was a representative in the state legislature in 1866 and 1868.

He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the forty-eighth congress; was re-elected to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.

Stephenson, James S

congressman, was born in York county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1829. He died Oct. 17, 1831, in Pittsburg, Pa.