Horace Wilson STEVENS ²

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Suzanne Krogh

INFO FROM DAISY WICKHAM STEVENS: Horace attended high school in Kahoka, MO. In 1912 he took a train to Henry County, IA to find a job.

1910 MO CENSUS, Clark Co, Lincoln Twp:
Horace Stevens, 19, single, b. MO, parents b. IA, laborer, home farm.
He was living with his parents, Charles M. & Mary A. Stevens. and his siblings.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Horace Wilson Stevens, 26, resided Mt. Union, IA; b. Aug. 3, 1890 in Kahoka, MO; farmer as tenant, for self, in Mt. Union, IA; married; claimed exemption from draft to support wife and child; medium height and build, brown eyes, black hair.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Horace Wilson Stevens
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 51
Birth Date: Aug 1890
Birth Place: Kahoka, Missouri, USA
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Mount Union, Iowa, USA
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relative: Mrs. Daisy Stevens
Occupation: Self-employed farmer
Height: 5 8
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray
Weight: 160
Complexion: Ruddy

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Horace Wilson Stevens
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1890
Birth Place: Clark County (Clark), Missouri, United States of America
Death Date: 8 Mar 1976
Death Place: Winfield, Henry County (Henry), Iowa, United States of America
Cemetery: Trinity Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Mount Union, Henry County (Henry), Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Charles M. Stevens
Mother: Mary Agnes Stevens
Spouse: Daisy Belle Stevens

OBIT: The Mt. Pleasant News (IA): Horace Wilson Stevens, 85, of Winfield died Monday evening, March 8, 1976, at Sunrise Terrace Nursing Home.
The son of Charles M. and Mary Wilson Stevens, he was born Aug. 3, 1890, near Kahoka, Mo. He as married to Daisy Wickham on Jan. 20, 1916, at Kahoka, Mo. His entire married life was spent in the Winfield-Mt. Union area. He was a member of the United Winfield Church, Winfield.
Surviving are his widow: tow sons, Robert and Charles, both of Mt. Union; one daughter, Mrs. Frances Seyb of Winfield; one brother, Collier of Mediapolis; three sisters, Ruth Stevens and Eunice Doey, both of Grand Junction, Colo., and Helen Stevens of Washington, Iowa; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. One grandchild and one great-grandchild preceded him in death.
Services will be Thursday, March 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the United Methodist Church, Winfield. The Rev. Harold E. Schirm will officiate with interment in the Trinity Cemetery near Mt. Union.
A memorial to the church and the library has been established. Friends may call as they desire at Barton-McKasson Funeral Home, Winfield.

SSDI: Horace Stevens, b. Aug. 3, 1890; d. Mar. 1976;
issued IA; last residence: Winfield, Henry Co, IA.

Horace married Daisy Belle WICKHAM, daughter of John William WICKHAM and Nellie Mae SMITH, on 20 Jan 1916 in Kahoka, Clark Co, MO.^{1 2} (Daisy Belle WICKHAM was born on 20 Mar 1894 in Kahoka, Clark Co, MO,^{4 5} died on 11 Feb 1979 in rural Winfield, Henry Co, IA ^{4 5} and was buried on 14 Feb 1979 in Trinity Cem, near Mt. Union, Henry Co, IA ^{4 5}.)