The Ancestors and Relatives of William Addams Reitwiesner
Part XIV
The Descendants of Henry Lewis Stephens and Charlotte Ann Wevill



Descendants of Henry Lewis Stephens and Charlotte Ann Wevill
                   
1. HENRY LEWIS STEPHENS, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 11 Feb. 1824, d. Bayonne, N. J., 13 Dec. 1882, son of William Stephens and of Maria Sophia Picard,
m. ... 12 July 1853,
CHARLOTTE ANN WEVILL, b. ... , Pa., 3 Nov. 1825, d. ... [Montclair, N. J.?], 21 Oct. 1900, dau. of George Wevill and of Harriet Cozens.
Issue (surname Stephens):
2 a. William Picard, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 5 Aug. 1854, d. Bayside, N. Y., 10 May 1946.
3 b. Edith Harriet, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 7 Feb. 1857, d. Westfield, N. J., 26 Aug. 1942.
4 c. George Francis (Frank), b. Rahway, N. J., 28 Dec. 1859, d. Gilpin Point (near Denton), Md., 16 June 1935.
5 d. Henry Granville, b. Elizabeth, N. J., 4 Sept. 1862, d. Bryn Mawr, Pa., 18 Jan. 1946.



Generation II


2. William Picard Stephens, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 5 Aug. 1854, d. Bayside, N. Y., 10 May 1946, son of Henry Lewis Stephens [number 1] and of Charlotte Ann Wevill,
m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 27 Oct. 1886, Ellen Maria Pike, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 22 July 1860, d. Bayside, N. Y., 28 Sept. 1927, dau. of ... Pike [b. N. Y.] and of ... [b. N. Y.].
Issue (surname Stephens):
6 a. Kenneth, b. Bayonne, N. J., 16 Oct. 1887, d. Douglaston, N. Y., 6 Nov. 1954.
b. Marjorie, b. Bayonne, N. J., 6 Dec. 1888 (twin), d. ... (around 1890).
c. Harold, b. Bayonne, N. J., 6 Dec. 1888 (twin), d. ... (around 1890).
d. Amy, b. Bayonne, N. J., 8 Feb. 1890, d. ... (young).
7 e. Herbert, b. Bayonne, N. J., 14 March 1891, d. ... 1963.
f. Edith Hazel (Hazel), b. Bayonne, N. J., 11 Oct. 1894, d. Arden, Del., 13 Aug. 1964.
g. Eleanor Pike, b. Bayonne, N. J., 13 March 1899, d. Old Lyme, Ct., 29 Feb. 1992 [SSDI 081-03-9699].


3. Edith Harriet Stephens, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 7 Feb. 1857, d. Westfield, N. J., 26 Aug. 1942, dau. of Henry Lewis Stephens [number 1] and of Charlotte Ann Wevill,
m. ... 8 Nov. 1877, Charles Eddy, b. New Bedford, Mass., 22 July 1855, d. Westfield, N. J., 22 June 1941, son of Job A. T. Eddy and of Emily Antoinette Taylor.
Issue (surname Eddy):
8 a. Henry Stephens, b. Rahway, N. J., 31 Dec. 1878, d. Nantucket, Mass., 9 Aug. 1944.


4. George Francis Stephens (Frank), b. Rahway, N. J., 28 Dec. 1859, d. Gilpin Point (near Denton), Md., 16 June 1935, son of Henry Lewis Stephens [number 1] and of Charlotte Ann Wevill,
m. (1) ... 14 June 1884, Caroline Eakins, b. ... 1 Feb. 1865, d. ... Nov. 1889, dau. of Benjamin Eakins and of Caroline Cowperthwaite,
m. (2) ... 29 Nov. 1905, Elenor Getty, b. ... , Pa., 6 Jan. 1864, d. Arden, Del., 11 Feb. 1950, dau. of ... Getty (b. Ire.) and of ... (b. Va.).
Issue by first wife (surname Stephens):
9 a. Margaret Eakins, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 2 May 1886, d. ... , Del., 16 Oct. 1916.
b. Donald, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 30 Apr. 1887, d. Arden, Del., 22 Jan. 1971.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.
c. Roger, b. Germantown, Pa., 12 July 1889, d. Wilmington, Del., 11 Dec. 1955.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.
Issue by second wife: none.


5. Henry Granville Stephens, b. Elizabeth, N. J., 4 Sept. 1862, d. Bryn Mawr, Pa., 18 Jan. 1946, son of Henry Lewis Stephens [number 1] and of Charlotte Ann Wevill,
m. Staten Island, N. Y., 9 May 1889, Adeline Iucho Seaman (Addie), b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 10 March 1867, d. Devon, Pa., 15 Nov. 1948, dau. of Billopp Seaman and of Adeline Stansbury Iucho.
For issue, see Part VII.



Generation III


6. Kenneth Stephens, b. Bayonne, N. J., 16 Oct. 1887, d. Douglaston, N. Y., 6 Nov. 1954, son of William Picard Stephens [number 2] and of Ellen Maria Pike,
m. Hastings on Hudson, N. Y., 25 June 1918, Inda Gascoigne Graef, b. New York, N. Y., 4 July 1887, d. Manhasset, N. Y., 12 Aug. 1965, dau. of Francis Savior Graef and of Ada Caulfield.
Issue (surname Stephens):
a. Patricia Gascoigne, b. Yonkers, N. Y., 14 March 1919, d. ... 11 June 2003.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.
b. Kenneth Picard, b. Bayonne, N. J., 6 May 1922, d. ... 30 Oct. 1988.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.


7. Herbert Stephens, b. Bayonne, N. J., 14 March 1891, d. ... 1963, son of William Picard Stephens [number 2] and of Ellen Maria Pike,
m. Cincinatti, Ohio, 28 Aug. 1917, Doris Dawn Mills (Dawn), b. ... , Ky., 3 May 1888, d. Arden, Del., ... Aug. 1978 [SSDI 221-50-5913]. dau. of ... Mills and of ... .
No issue.


8. Henry Stephens Eddy, b. Rahway, N. J., 31 Dec. 1878, d. Nantucket, Mass., 9 Aug. 1944, son of Charles Eddy and of Edith Harriet Stephens [number 3],
m. Bayonne, N. J., 17 Apr. 1901, Catherine Day Cleveland, b. Plymouth, Ct., 8 Apr. 1880, d. London, England, 1 June 1952, dau. of Alexander Cleveland and of Nora Ryan.
Issue (surname Eddy):
a. Catherine Edith (Edith), b. Sewaren, N. J., 19 June 1903, d. Sarasota, Fla., 24 Feb. 1997.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.


9. Margaret Eakins Stephens (Peggy), b. Philadelphia, Pa., 2 May 1886, d. ... , Del., 16 Oct. 1916, dau. of George Francis Stephens [number 4] and of Caroline Eakins,
m. ... 6 Sept. 1912, as his first wife, Harold Maskell Ware (Hal), b. Woodbury, N. J., 19 Aug. 1889, d. Harrisburg, Pa., 13 Aug. 1935 [he later m. (2) ... 5 Aug. 1917, Clarissa Smith, b. ... Mass., ... (1893), d. ... 27 Sept. 1923, and later m. (3) New York, N. Y., 17 Jan. 1925, Jessica Smith, b. Madison, N. J., 29 Nov. 1895, d. ... 17 Oct. 1983 (SSDI 091-01-9504)], son of Lucien Bonaparte Ware and of Ella Reeve.
Issue (surname Ware):
10 a. Robert S ... (Robin), b. Arden, Del., 19 Sept. 1913, d. Laurel, Md., 24 Nov. 2006.
b. Nancy Stephens, b. Arden, Del., 29 Sept. 1916, d. Washington, D. C., 11 Apr. 1979.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.
Husband's issue by second wife (surname Ware):
c. Judy, b. Arden, Del., 19 Sept. 1919.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.
Husband's issue by third wife (surname Ware):
d. David A ... , b. ... 1928, d. ... 1989.



Generation IV


10. Robert S ... Ware (Robin), b. Arden, Del., 19 Sept. 1913, d. Laurel, Md., 24 Nov. 2006 [SSDI 309-05-9726], son of Harold Maskell Ware and of Margaret Eakins Stephens [number 9],
m. ... , Margery FitzStephens Taylor (Marge), b. Manlius, N. Y., 13 July 1915, d. Laurel, Md., 22 Nov. 2006 [SSDI 005-18-0101], dau. of Albert Ernest Taylor and of Margery S ... .
No issue.








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS


The spellings of the names are as found in the census schedules. 


1850 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Spruce Ward, mechanically numbered page 359 verso, line 37, continued on page 360

William Stephens   60 M   Carpenter    4000     New Jersey
Sophia    "        52 F                           Pa
William   "        32 M   Lawyer                  Pa
Henry     "        27 M   Clerk                   Pa
Louis     "        22 M     "                     Pa
Virginia  "        20 F                           Pa
Emma      "        14 F                           Pa
Mary Conwell       11 F                           Pa
Mary Finney        16 F                         Ireland

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1850 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Cedar Ward, page 162, line 17

George Wevill   48 M     Upholsterer     ---   Penna
Harriet    "    46 F                           Washington
Olivia     "    26 F                           Penna
Charlotte  "    24 F                             "
Richd H    "    22 M     Druggist                "
Chas       "    13 M                             "

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1860 New Jersey, Union Co., Rahway, page 84, line 15

Henry Stevens     35      M     Artist      ----   400      NJ
Lewis      "      25      M        "                        PA
Susan      "      30      F                                 PA
William P  "       5      M                                 PA
Harriet Weavell   56      F                                 DC
Edeth Stevens      3      F                                 PA
Geo F      "         5/12 M                                 NJ
   (two servants, one boarder)

The "color" column is unmarked for Whites

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1870 New Jersey, Union Co., Rahway, page 50, line 14

Stevens Henry L      45 M W    Artist     ----   ----      PA
        Charlotte    42 F W                                PA
        Wm P         16 M W                                PA
        Edith H      13 F W                                PA
        Frank        10 M W                                NJ
        Henry G       7 M W                                NJ
Weaval Harriet       60 F W    At Home                     DC
   (three servants)

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1880 New Jersey, Union Co., Rahway, ED 187, page 46, line 28

Stephens Henry L       W M 56           Artist             PA NJ PA
         Charlotte A   W F 55     W     Keeping House      PA PA DC
         William P     W M 25     S     Student            PA PA DC
         George F      W M 20     S     Student            NJ PA DC
         Henry G       W M 17     S     At School          NJ PA DC
Eddy Charles           W M 24           Lithographer       MA MA MA
     Edith H           W F 23     W     Boarder            PA PA DC
     Henry S           W M  1     S     At Home            NJ PA DC
   (one servant)

The birth locations do not correlate, but that's what the schedule says

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1900 New Jersey, Essex Co., Montclair, ED 204, sheet 11B, line 78

Eddy Charles            H        W M Jul 1865 44 M  22       MA MA MA      ...
     Edith H            W        W F Feb 1857 43 M  22 1 1   PA PA PA
     Henry S            S        W M Dec 1878 21 S           NJ MA PA     Artist
Stephens Roger          Nephew   W M Jul 1889 10 S           PA NJ PA     At School
         Charlotte A    MiL      W F Nov 1825 74 Wd    4 4   PA PA DC
   (one servant)

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1900 New Jersey, Hudson Co., Bayonne, ED 7, sheet 13B, line 99, continued on sheet 14A

Stephens William    H      W M Aug 1854 45       M 13        PA PA PA     Editor
         Ellen M    W      W F Jul 1861 38       M 13 7 4    NY NY NY
         Kenneth    S      W M Oct 1887 12       S           NJ PA NY     At School
         Herbert    S      W M Mar 1891  9       S           NJ PA NY     At School
         Hazel      D      W F Oct 1894  5       S           NJ PA NY     At School
         Eleanor    D      W F Mar 1899    15 mo S           NJ PA NY
Pike Edith          SiL    W F Aug 1875 24       S           NY NY NY
     Gardiner       BiL    W M Nov 1881 18       S           NY NY NY     M Clerk
   (one servant)

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1900 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Co., Philadelphia, ED 166, sheet 5A, line 27

Stephens Frank       H          W M Apr 1860 40 Wd    NJ PA PA     Manufacturer
         Margaret    D          W F May 1886 14 S     PA NJ PA     At School
         Donald      S          W M Apr 1887 13 S     PA NJ PA     At School
Getty Ellen          Boarder    W F     1866 34 S     PA PA PA     Book-Keeper
   (one servant)

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1900 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Co., Philadelphia, ED 904, sheet 8A, line 3

Stephens Henry G      H   W M Sep 1862 37 M 11        NJ PA PA     Mfr Artificial Marble
         Addie        W   W F Mch 1867 33 M 11 4 4    NY NY KY
         Kortright    S   W M Sep 1890  9 S           PA NJ NY     At School
         Edith        D   W F Aug 1892  7 S           PA NJ NY     At School
         Henry        S   W M Jun 1894  5 S           PA NJ NY
         Home'        D   W M May 1897  3 S           PA NJ NY
   (two servants)

Home' is also described as a servant

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1900 New Jersey, Essex Co., East Orange, ED 170, sheet 16B, line 92

Cohen Louis        Head     W M Jul 1875 24      M  3        NY R  A     Laundry
      Ella R       Wife     W F Jul 1863 36      M 15 7 5    NY NJ NY
Ware Grace         StepD    W F Dec 1885 14      S           NJ NJ NY    At School
     Helen         StepD    W F Sep 1887 12      S           NJ NJ NY    At School
     Harold M      StepS    W M Aug 1889 10      S           NJ NJ NY    At School
     Hamilton D    StepS    W M May 1892  8      S           NJ NJ NY    At School
Cohen Victor H     Son      W M Jul 1899    1/12 S           NY NY NY
   (one boarder)

A = Austria, R = Russia

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1910 New Jersey, Hudson Co., Bayonne, ED 15, sheet 15B, line 58

Stephens William P   H      M W 56 M1 23        PA PA PA        ...
         Ellen       W      F W 49 M1 23 7 4    NY NY NY
         Kenneth     S      M W 22 S            NJ PA NY       ...
         Herbert     S      M W 19 S            NJ PA NY        Clerk    Lithographer
         Edith E     D      F W 15 S            NJ PA NY
         Elenor      D      F W 11 S            NJ PA NY
Pike Edith H         SiL    F W 30 S            NY PA NY

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1910 New Jersey, Somerset Co., North Plainfield, ED 118, sheet 17A, line 31

                                                          Father's       Mother's
                   Rel   Age  Status       Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace 
Eddy Charles       H     54   M1 32        Massachusetts  Massachusetts  Massachusetts
     Edith         W     53   M1 32  1 1   Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania
     Henry S       S     31   M1  9        New Jersey     Massachusetts  Pennsylvania
     Catherine C   DiL   30   M1  9  1 1   Connecticut    New York       Connecticut
     Catherine E   GD     6   S            New Jersey     New Jersey     Connecticut
Sephens Rogers     Neph  20   S            Pennsylvania   New Jersey     Pennsylvania

Henry was an Artist
Rogers was a Salesman

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1910 Delaware, New Castle Co., Rep Dist 6 Elec Dist 1, ED 71, sheet 2A, line 23

                                                             Father's      Mother's
                       Rel   Age  Status       Birthplace    Birthplace    Birthplace 
Stephens George Frank   H    50   M2 10        New Jersey    Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania
         Elenor         W    43   M2 10  0 0   Pennsylvania  Ireland       Virginia

George Frank was a Sculptor, Arts

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1910 Delaware, New Castle Co., Rep Dist 6 Elec Dist 1, ED 71, sheet 2A, line 25

                                                        Father's      Mother's
                     Rel   Age  Status    Birthplace    Birthplace    Birthplace 
Stephens Margarete   H     29   S         Pennsylvania  New Jersey    Pennsylvania
         Donald      Bro   22   S         Pennsylvania  New Jersey    Pennsylvania

Donald was listed as "Own Income"

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1910 Delaware, New Castle Co., Rep Dist 6 Elec Dist 1, ED 71, sheet 2B, line 61

                                                      Father's       Mother's
                 Rel   Age  Status     Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace 
Ware Lucien B     H    55   D          New Jersey     New Jersey     New Jersey  
     Harold M     S    20   S          New Jersey     New Jersey     New Jersey  
     Hamilton D   S    17   S          New Jersey     New Jersey     New Jersey  

Lucien was a Clerk, R R Office

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1910 Pennsylvania, Delaware Co., Haverford, ED 141, sheet 11A, line 11

Stephens Harry G        H    M W 45 M1 20        NJ NJ NJ     Manufacturer     Artificial Marble
         Addie I        W    F W 39 M1 20 4 4    NY NY NY
         Kortright L    S    M W 19 S            PA NJ NY     Ranch Work       Own Ranch
         Edith E        D    F W 17 S            PA NJ NY
         Henry L        S    M W 15 S            PA NJ NY
         Home C         D    F W 13 S            PA NJ NY
   (one servant)

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1920 New Jersey, Hudson Co., Bayonne, ED 17, sheet 6A, line 44

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                       Rel   Age  Sta    Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace 
Stephens William P      H    64    M     Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania
         Ellen M        W    59    M     New York       New York       New York
         Eleanor        D    20          New Jersey     Pennsylvania   New York
Pike Edith             SiL   40          New York       New York       New York

William was an Editor, Book

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1920 New York, Westchester Co., Greenburgh, ED 43, sheet 11B, line 56

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                       Rel   Age  Sta    Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace 
Graef Francis G         H    64    M     New Jersey     Germany        Germany
      Ada G             W    63    M     New York                      England
      Robert F          S    37          New York       New Jersey     New York
      Elizabeth         D    35          New York       New Jersey     New York
      Dorothy           D    25          New York       New Jersey     New York
Stephens Kenneth       SiL   33    M     New York       New Jersey     New Jersey     
         India G        D    33    M     New York       New Jersey     New York
         Patricia G    GD   6/12         New York       New York       New York

Francis was an Artist

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1920 Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Watertown, ED 517, sheet 16A, line 46

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                       Rel   Age  Sta    Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace 
Stephens Herbert        H    28    M     New Jersey     Pennsylvania   United States
         Doris D        W    26    M     Kentucky       Maryland       Maryland

Herbert worked for a Lithograph Co

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1920 District of Columbia, Washington, Washington, ED 63, sheet 6A, line 49

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                       Rel   Age  Sta    Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace 
Stephens Edith H    Boarder  25    S     New Jersey     Pennsylvania   New York

Edith was a Clerk, Federal Govt

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1920 Pennsylvania, Chester Co., West Bradford, ED 86, sheet 6B, line 75

                                                   Father's       Mother's
                  Rel   Age  Sta    Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace 
Ware Harold M      H    30    M     New Jersey     New Jersey     New Jersey
     Clarissa      W    27    M     Massachusetts  Massachusetts  Massachusetts
     Robert        S     6          Delaware       New Jersey     Massachusetts
     Nancy         D  3 3/12        Delaware       New Jersey     Massachusetts
     Judith        D    3/12        Pennsylvania   New Jersey     Massachusetts

Harold was a Farmer, General Farm

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1920 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ED 535, Sheet 5A, Line 50 (continued on 5B)

Rodman Clarence W   H    M W  40      M   PA ME ME      Chemist         Steel Co.
       Edith S      W    F W  33      M   PA NJ NY
       Peter        S    M W   4 6/12 S   PA PA PA
Stephens Henry G    FiL  M W  56      M   NJ NJ PA      Salesman        Wood Blocks
         Addie I    MiL  F W  50      M   NY NY NY
Homie Catherine S   SiL  F W  23      S   PA NJ NY      Stenographer    Publishing House
   (1 servant)

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1930 New York, Queens Co., Queens, ED 270, Sheet 4B, Line 61

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                     Rel   Age  Status  Birthplace      Birthplace     Birthplace 
Stephens William P    H    75    M 32   Pennsylvania    Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania
         Eleanor      D    31    S      New Jersey      Pennsylvania   New York
Pike Edith H         SiL   51    S      New York        New York       New York

William was an Editor + Writer, Yachting
Eleanor was a Secretary, Yacht Club

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1930 New York, Queens Co., Queens, ED 956, Sheet 4A, Line 1

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                     Rel   Age  Status  Birthplace      Birthplace     Birthplace 
Stephens Kenneth      H    41    M      New York        New Jersey     New York
         Inda         W    39    M      New York        New Jersey     New York
         Patricia     D    11    S      New York        New York       New York
         Kenneth      S     7    S      New Jersey      New York       New York

Kenneth (the elder) was a Marine Underwriter, Marine Insurance

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1930 Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Arlington, ED 160, Sheet 6A, Line 37

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                     Rel   Age  Status  Birthplace      Birthplace     Birthplace 
Stephens Herbert      H    39    M 27   New Jersey      Pennsylvania   New York
         Dawn D       W    35    M 23   Kentucky        Maryland       Maryland

Herbert was a Manager, Lithographer

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1930 New Jersey, Union Co., Scotch Plains, ED 148, Sheet 7A, Line 4

                                                      Father's       Mother's
                   Rel   Age  Status  Birthplace      Birthplace     Birthplace 
Eddy Charles        H    74    M 23   Massachusetts   Massachusetts  Massachusetts
     Edith H        W    73    M 20   Pennsylvania    Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania
     Henry S        S    51    M 23   New Jersey      Massachusetts  Pennsylvania
     Catherine     DiL   50    M 21   Connecticut     Connecticut    Connecticut
  (1 servant)

Henry was an Artist

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1930 Delaware, New Castle Co., 6th District, ED 2-83, Sheet 10A, Line 16

                                                      Father's       Mother's
                   Rel   Age  Status  Birthplace      Birthplace     Birthplace 
Stephens George F   H    71    M 23   New Jersey      New Jersey     New Jersey
         Eleanor G  W    66    M 30   Pennsylvania    Ireland        Ireland

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NOTES




1 -- For biographical information about Henry Lewis Stephens, see NCAB 5:411, Appleton's Cyc Bio 1888, p. 666. He was art editor of Vanity Fair 1859-1863, and is often, and incorrectly, called a "transplanted Englishman".



2 -- William Stephens was a historian of yachting and was Editor of Lloyd's Register of American Yachts. At his death he was the oldest subscriber to the Metropolitan Opera, having been a subscriber since its first season in 1883. See The New York Times, 11 May 1946, p. 23.



3 -- See The New York Times, 27 Aug. 1942, p. 19.



4 -- In 1900, Frank Stephens, a sculptor, Will Price, an architect, and Joseph Fels, a soap manufacturer, purchased 162 acres of land in North Wilmington, Del., and called it Arden. The community there was to be run communally under the single-tax theories of Henry George (1839-1897) and implementing the Arts and Crafts principles of William Morris (1834-1896). See http://www.theardens.com for further details.

Caroline Eakins was a sister of the noted painter Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins (1844-1916), whose career was destroyed on 9 Feb. 1886, when Frank Stephens accused him (Eakins) of bestiality and incest (with a different sister).

Biographical material on Frank Stephens can be found at http://jnjreid.com/cdb/stephens.html and at Mark Taylor, "Utopia by Taxation: Frank Stephens and the Single Tax Community of Arden, Delaware, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 126, no. 2 [April 2002], pp. 305-325, available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/20093532.



8 -- Henry Stephens Eddy was an artist of some fame. See The New York Times, 11 Aug. 1944, p. 15.



9 -- This marriage provides a link to a family which has long been prominent in the history of American progressives, subversives, and entertainers.

For instance, Harold Ware (who died as a consequence of a car crash on 9 Aug 1935 on the Gettysburg Pike, near York Springs, Pa. [Obit Washington Times, Tue 13 Aug 1935, p. 11]), was the founder of the Soviet espionage cell ("the Ware group") which included Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss (and others). For biographical information on Harold Ware, see New York Times, 4 Jan 1925, Section VIII, p. 7, Lement U. Harris, Harold M. Ware (1890-1935), agricultural pioneer USA and USSR [American Institute for Marxist Studies Occasional Paper no. 30 (1978)], and the testimony of Whittaker Chambers before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Aug. 3, 1948.

Harold Ware's mother, Ella Reeve, known as "Mother Bloor", was a member of the Central Committee of the American Communist Party 1922-1948. See her autobiography, We are many [New York: International Publishers, 1940].

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Ella Reeve, from ... 1906 called "Mrs Richard Bloor", b. Staten Island, NY, 8 July 1862, d. Richlandtown, Pa., 10 Aug. 1951, bur. Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ, dau. of Charles Reeve and of Harriet Amanda Disbrow,
m1. Cumberland Co., N. J., 2 Feb. 1882, div. ... [ca. 1894], Lucien Bonaparte Ware, b. Cumberland Co., N. J., 31 Jan. 1855, d. ... , son of Dan Ware and of Cornelia Stites,
m2. ... [ca. 1896], div. ... [ca. 1902], Louis Cohen, Jewish Socialist activist, b. ... , NY, ... July 1875, d. ... , son of ... Cohen and of ... ,
m3. ... 1932, Andrew Omholt, South Dakota farmer and Communist activist, b. ... 19 Nov 1883, d. ... Aug 1969 [SSDI 185-30-5396], son of ... Omholt and of ... .

Issue by first husband (Ware):

  1. Pauline Stites, b. Salem, N. J., 4 May 1883, d. ... 11 Jan. 1886.

  2. Charles Reeve ("Charlie"), b. Salem. N. J., 15 Oct. 1884, d. ... 10 Jan. 1886.

  3. Grace, b. Haddonfield, N. J., 20 Dec. 1885, nurse.

  4. Helen, b. Woodbury, N. J., 9 Sept. 1887, d. ... [living 1952], violin teacher, Dupont Circle, where the espionage ring met
    m. (1) Budapest 1 May 1912, ... Schwartz ("Laddie"), b. ... , d. ... , nephew of Bela Mery,
    m. (2) ... , Clarence C. Cappel, manager of the United States Marine Band and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, b. Bellefontaine, Ohio, 25 March 1887, d. Baltimore, Md., 16 April 1948

    Issue by first husband:

    1. Andor Ware Schwartz, b. 5 Oct. 1915, later "Andor Ware Cappel" [Washington Post 12 Oct 1940 p. 23], d. Feb. 1983 [SSDI 068-24-9345]

    2. Herta Schwartz, later "Herta Ware", actress ("Yvette Gessard", Maman Picard, Star Trek TNG), b. Wilmington, Del., 9 June 1917, d. Topanga, Cal., 15 Aug. 2005 [SSDI 131-10-5860]
      m. (1) 17 Oct 1938, div. 1954, William Aughe Ghere, changed name in 1930s to "Will Geer", actor ("Zebulon Walton", in The Waltons), founder of Theatricum Botanicum, b. Frankfort, Ind., 9 March 1902, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 22 Apr 1978 [SSDI 086-03-7015], son of Roy Aaron Ghere and of Katherine Aughe
      m. (2) ... , David Marshall, b. ... , son of ... Marshall and of ... .

      Issue by first husband:

      1. Kate Geer, b. ... [ca. 1939], m. Larry Linville, actor (1939-2000)

      2. Ellen Geer, actress, b. New York, NY, 29 Aug 1941,
        m1. div. 1970 Ed Flanders, actor, b. Minneapolis, Minn., 29 Dec. 1934, d. Denny, Cal., 22 Feb. 1995 [SSDI 473-34-2374]
        m2. Peter Alsop, b. 1946 http://www.peteralsop.com

        Issue by first husband:

        1. Ian Flanders, b. ca. 1964


        Issue by second husband:

        1. Megan C. Alsop, b. Los Angeles Co., Cal., 22 April 1977.

        2. Willow Geer-Alsop, actress, b. Los Angeles Co., Cal., 2 March 1981.


      3. Thad Stevens Geer, b. Los Angeles Co., Cal., 15 April 1950


      Issue by second husband:

      1. Melora Marshall, actress, b. ... 15 Jan. 1956.


    Issue by second husband:

    1. Helen C. Cappel, b. Washington, D. C., 20 Jan. 1927, d. Walpole, N. H., 7 April 2004 [SSDI 213-26-9544]

    2. E. Dan Cappel, b. Washington, D. C., 1 March 1929, d. Wilton, Conn., 12 Oct. 2007 [SSDI 222-18-0867]


  5. Harold Maskell, b. Woodbury, N. J., 19 Aug. 1889
    (see above)

  6. Hamilton Disbrow (Buzz), b. Woodbury, N. J., 4 May 1892, d. Arden, Del., ... Jan. 1968 [SSDI 221-18-5570]
    m. Edith C ...

    Issue includes:

    1. Joan Ware, b. Arden, Del., 1 March 1919, d. Newark, Del., ... Apr. 1993,
      m. ca. 1943, Thomas E. Colgan, b. 1 June 1918, d. Manor Care Nursing Home, Wilmington, Del. 10 Jan. 2003.

    2. James Hamilton Ware, b. ca. 1925.

    3. John L. Ware, b. ca. 1925.


Issue by second husband (Cohen, from 1902 Reeve):

  1. Victor H ... , later Richard (Dick), b. East Orange, N. J., 29 July 1898, d. ... Sept. 1969 [SSDI 562-22-2409]

  2. Carl, b. ... 12 Oct. 1900, d. ... Feb. 1980 [SSDI 195-12-4467],
    m. 1925 June Croll, later known as "June Gordon", when she was deported in 1960 as a Communist [New York Times 1960 Aug 6 p. 3, and 1960 Oct 26 p. 43].


Issue by third husband: none.

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Jessica Smith, Harold Ware's widow, was a daughter of Walter Granville Smith, who called himself "Walter Granville-Smith" (1870-1938), an artist, by his wife Jessie May Stout. Jessica was editor of Soviet Russia Today, and later (by 1937) married John J. Abt, b. 1 May 1904, d. 10 Aug. 1991 [SSDI 061-12-6145], general counsel of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and later the legal representative of the Communist Party, USA. See Abt's autobiography, Advocate and Activist : Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer [Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1993]. On pp. 39-40, Abt reports that he was recruited to the Communist Party by Harold Ware, and, on p. xvii, Abt reports that he did not publicly acknowledge his Party membership until the 1980s. Abt's parents were Jacob Abt and Mildred Shire. John Abt's sister, Marion Bachrach (1898-1957), was spokeswoman for the CPUSA.









William Addams Reitwiesner


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