DANIEL STEPHENS

Company "H" 11th W.Va. Infantry

Researched & Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty

Also spelled Stevens. Service Record: At age 23, joined for duty, enrolled & at Fishing Creek (or Bellton); mustered in at Bellton, Marshall County, Oct. 2, 1861. “Died at home at Fishing Creek, Wetzel County, Va. May 25, 1862 from effects of measles.”

W.Va. Adj. Gen. record: “Born in Wetzel County.”

Daniel was the son of Stacy Stephens (1804-1889) and Maria Cumberledge (1810-1866). At the time of the 1850 census of Wetzel County, the Stephens children were John, 15; Israel, 14; Daniel, 12; F. M., 10; Lucey, 8; Isaac, 4; James, 1 month.

The father applied for a Dependent Father’s pension in 1886 and received Certificate #255712. The soldier, his parents, and other family members are buried at Stephens Cemetery, Pine Grove, Wetzel County.


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