*Amanda Melissa Stephen
born October 2, 1841 Belmont County, Ohio
died
November 28, 1924 Bridgeport, Lawrence County, Illinois
buried Solsberry, Green
County, Indiana
father:
*Francis "Frank"
D. Stephen
born 1814 Seneca Township, Monroe County, Ohio
mother:
*Tamizone
Bunting
born 20 September 1816 Greene County, Pennsylvania
died 3 November
1910 Solsberry, Greene County, Indiana
buried 10 November 1910 Solsberry, Greene
County, Indiana
siblings:
Marian Stephan
Asbury Stephan
Sarah
E. Stephan
Andrew J. Stephan
spouse:
*Thomas
Jefferson Mercer
born 12 February 1836 Calais?, Somerset Township(?),
Belmont County, Ohio
(1840, 1850, 1880 census say born Virginia)
died August
29, 1911 West Point, Mississippi
married 8 May 1859 Noble County, Ohio
children:
John
Mercer b. 1860, d. 1882 in Kentucky
Campsadella
Mercer b. December 25, 1862
*Julia Alberta
Mercer b. March 9, 1866, d. June 10, 1906
d. Emma Mercer, b. January
26, 1868, d.
e. Horrace Mercer, b. April 28, 1870, d.
f. Oliver
Perry Mercer, b. January 28, 1872. d.
g. Frank R. Mercer, b. September
22, 1873, d. 1948
h. Sadie Mercer, b. 1875, d. quite young
i. Louella
Mercer, b. January 24, 1877, d. March 1974
j. Bertha Mercer, b. September
15, 1881, d.
notes:
*Francis D. Stephen was first cousin
to Alexander Hamilton Stephens vice-president of the Confederacy.