Stevens, Abel
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 19, 1815, in Philadelphia.
He is a methodist clergyman of New York city of prominence as a writer, and long connected with the Methodist Book Concern. He is the author of History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States; History of Methodism; Life of Madame de Staël; Life of Nathan Bangs; Character Sketches; Women of Methodism; Christian Work and Consolation; Church Polity; and Tales from the Parsonage.
STEVENS, ALEXANDER HODGDON, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 4, 1789, in New York city. He was a surgeon of New York city, whose chief works are, Inflammation of the Eye; Lectures on Lithotomy; and First Lines of Surgery.
He died March 30, 1869, in New York city.