Edgar E. Stevenson (1860-1944)

Edgar E. Stevenson was born September 5, 1860 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.  He was the son of John Edgar Stevenson and Mary Ann Scholes.  Edgar was raised in Covington.

Edgar married Mary Belle Gaston on September 25, 1895 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.  He was 35 years old and she was 34 years.  Belle was born July 21, 1861 in Kenton County, Kentucky, the daughter of James Gaston and Matilda Ann McCollum.

After their marriage, Edgar and Belle lived in a home on Western Avenue in Covington, where he worked as a carpenter.

Edgar and Belle divorced sometime between 1910 and 1920.  After their divorce, Belle moved to a house on East 8^th Street in Covington, and Edgar stayed in the house on Western Avenue.  Neither remarried.

By 1940, Edgar’s brother, Charles, had moved in with him in his house on Western Avenue.

Edgar E. Stevenson died on September 4, 1944 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Kenton County, Kentucky.  He was 84 years old at his death.  Edgar was buried in Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky. 

Mary Belle Gaston Stevenson died a year and a half later, on May 14, 1946.  She passed away due to heart failure at the age of 84 years.  She was buried in Independence Cemetery in Kenton County, Kentucky.

Notes for Edgar E. Stevenson

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Marriage:  "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4W1-D4B : accessed 25 Aug 2014), Edgar E. Stevenson and Mary B. Gatson, 25 Sep 1895; citing Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 551101.

Residence in 1900:  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.  Year: 1900; Census Place: Covington Ward 3, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: 535; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1240535.

Residence in 1910:  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.  Year: 1910; Census Place: Covington Ward 3, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: T624_488; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1374501.

Residence in 1920:  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.  Year: 1920; Census Place: Covington Ward 3, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: T625_583; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 100; Image: 855.

Residence in 1940:  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Year: 1940; Census Place: Covington, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1323; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 59-17.

Notes for Mary Belle Gaston

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Residence in 1880:  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.  Year: 1880; Census Place: Union, Boone, Kentucky; Roll: 403; Family History Film: 1254403; Page: 521D; Enumeration District: 031; Image: 0246.

Residence in 1930:  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.  Year: 1930; Census Place: Covington, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: 761; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0004; Image: 570.0; FHL microfilm: 2340496.