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81. Infant son, b. and d. Dec. 6, 1833.
82. ROBERT MORGAN EVANS, b. Oct. 15, 1834; m. Mary Tribble.
83. JOSHUA WING, b. Oct. 29, ----, d. unm., Feb. 20, 1843.
84. HENRY CLAY, b. Sept. 21, 1842; m. Caroline Renschler; d. Feb.
5, 1884.
MARY VANDEVER, (23), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born about 1802, in Ross County, Ohio; married John Wilson, of Virginia, about 1824; moved to Jefferson, Mo., about 1833; since which nothing definite has been heard from them. It is known that she had five children:
85. MATILDA.
86. Ha.s.sA HOPA.
87. ISAIAH.
88. JOSHUA.
89. ----.
CATHERINE VANDEVER, (24), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born in Ross County, Ohio, March 4, 1804; married Josiah Gaskill; they ultimately settled in Putnam County, Ohio; he was born Jan. 27, 1802, and died May 29, 1870; she died Nov. 3, 1845, and was buried at Bluffton, Ohio. She had six children:
90. SARAH, b. Sept. 7, 1829: d. Jan. 23, 1845, unm.
91. CALEB, b. Nov. 7, 1832; m. Julia Nelson.
92. JESSE T----, b. April 21, 1834; m. Isabella Nelson.
93. MINERVA, b. Feb. 19, 1837; d. unm. June 9, 1851.
94. JOSEPH C----, b. Oct. 16, 1839; m. Mary E. Hurley.
95. PHOEBE, b. Nov. 22, 1842; m. Wm. C. Cramer.
RACHEL VANDEVER, (25), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 9, 1809; married John Carnahan at Chillicothe, Jan. 4, 1830; died near Columbus, Ohio, December 3, 1850; John Carnahan was born Feb. 26, 1807; d. ----. She had seven children:
96. ELIZABETH C., b. Dec. 5, 1830; d. Aug. 30, 1831.
97. MARY WILSON, b. July 11. 1832; m. Oscar Mott.
98. JOSHUA VANDEVER, b. Oct. 30, 1834; m. Sarah Ward Dec. 24, 1856; d. in Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1857, sine prole.
99. JENNIE, b. Dec. 4, 1836; m. E. M. Deuchar.
100. JOHN JACKSON, b. April 28, 1840; d. unm. Dec. 2, 1862.
101. WILL ALLEN, b. Aug. 29, 1842; was living at Eagle Pa.s.s, Texas.
102. CATHERINE STEPHENS, b. Mar. 28, 1846; d. July 21, 1865, unm.
JOSHUA VANDEVER, (26), son of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born on Walnut Creek in Ross County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1812; married Susanna Burton May 31, 1837; she died Dec. 10, 1856; he died at Gettysburg, Darke County Ohio. ----; his eight children were:
103. ISAIAH WHITE, b. May 8, 1838; m. Lydia A. Martin.
104. SARAH ELLEN, b. Jan. 28, 1840; m. James B. Bell.
105. MARY CATHERINE, b. Jan. 18, 1842; m. J. O. Fuller.
106. MALISSA ALRIRLY, b. Oct. 16, 1844; d. 1847.
107. NANCY ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 29, 1846; lives unm. in Elkhart, Ind.
108. BASIL BURTON, b. May 4, 1848; m. Florence E. Gruea (?).
109. SHADRACH BURTON, b. July 4, 1853; m. Lucy B. Collins.
110. REBECCA ANN, b. March 25, 1855; d. Oct. 16, 1856.
SILAS McCLISH, (27), son of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was born in Ross County, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1804; accompanied his parents to Putnam County, of which he was the first judge, which position he held for over twenty years, and "was quite wealthy"; was married by James Lenox, Esq., Jan. 2, 1823, to Nancy Mellinger, daughter of David Mellinger, of Shelby County, Ohio; there were seven children:
111. LYDIA, b. Jan. 24, 1824; m. Daniel Ridenour.
112. THOMAS, b. Dec. 11, 1825; m. Susanna Curtis.
113. JOHN, b. Jan. 27, 1829; m. 3ts.; d. ----.
114. WILLIAM, b. April 24, 1823; m. Mary E. Wagoner.
115. HANNAH ELIZA, b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. Samuel Holt.
116. SARAH, b. Feb. 8, 1838; m. John Wilser.
117. DAVID, b. Aug. 29, 1841; d. Jan. 5. 1861, unm. falling off a gunboat into the Missippi River.
SILAS McCLISH, married secondly Mrs. Sallie (Carter) Hopkins about 1854, by whom he had no children. He died June 16, 1860.
ELIZA McCLISH, (28), daughter of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was born Dec. 25, 1806; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, Ohio; married John Bush in 1822; died Nov. 24, 1827; had two children:
118. ---- died young.
119. ---- died young.
JOSHUA BOWSEN STEPHENS, (32), son of John Stephens, (15), was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Jan. 4, 1812; accompanied his parents to Shelby County, Ohio; taught school; settled on Section 21, Turtle Creek Towns.h.i.+p, where he farmed till his death, Feb. 1 1891; married Nancy Creegan, (she was born Dec. 20, 1820) daughter of James and Eleanor Creegan, Feb. 16, 1843. (From him I obtained much valuable information about family history.) Their children were:
120. SARAH CLEMENTINE, b. Feb. 21, 1844; d. Dec. 21, 1847.
121. JOHN WESLEY, b. Sept. 5, 1845; is a gunsmith; lives in Sidney, Ohio.
122. DAVID HUMPHREYS, b. Sept. 5, 1847, d. unm. Aug. 6, 1878.
