Doctor Walter Augustus Stevens

1830 - 1907  (76 years)

• Name	Walter Augustus Stevens
  Title	Doctor
  Birth	19 Apr 1830	Honeoye, Ontario County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Apr 1907	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Burial	Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Notes	Dr. Walter A. Stevens Dead Pioneer Chicago Dentist and Thirty-third Degree Mason Expires When 77 Years Old. Dr. Walter Augustus Stevens, who had practiced dentistry in Chicago more than forty years, died yesterday at his residence, 2631 Wabash Avenue. He was born in Honeoye, N.Y., April 19, 1830, and was graduated from the high school at Palmyra, NY, and the Genesee Wesleyans Seminary, Lima NY. The facility of Rush Medical college gave him an honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine Feb. 15, 1887. When 27 years old he went to eastern Missouri, establishing himself as a civil engineer. He served as postmaster at Bird's Point under President Buchanan. He came to Chicago in 1861, and Sept 2, 1862, he married Elnora V. Richards of Lenox, Mass. Dr. Stevens was thirty-third degree Mason, and a founder and charter member of the Mariam family, which later became the Order of the Eastern Star. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Genevieve I., and a son, Dr. Wirt A. Stevens. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow in the asylum of Apollo commandery, 78 Monroe Street. (Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, April 16, 1907)
  Person ID	I51997	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Stevens,   b. Abt 1790, Massachusetts d. 16 Apr 1843, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Lucy Osgood,   b. 13 Jan 1804, Sullivan, Cheshire County, New Hampshire d. 17 Nov 1869, Richmond, Ontario County, New York (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1827	Almond, Allegany County, New York
  Family ID	F14318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elnora V. Richards,   b. 1838   d. 1930 (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. Genevieve I. Stevens,   b. 1872   d. 14 Jul 1954, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 82 years) > 2. Wirt Allen Stevens,   b. 25 Mar 1878, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 1941 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F18947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

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