Stephens, Andrew Baskins

1782 - 1826  (43 years)

• Name	Stephens, Andrew Baskins
  Born	12 Jul 1782	Duncannon, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	07 May 1826	, Oglethorpe, Georgia
  Person ID	I5900	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2004

  
  

  Family	Grier, Margaret,   b. Abt 1782, , , Georgia ,   d. 12 May 1812, , , Georgia  (Age 30 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1806	Georgia
  Children	1. Stephens, Mary   2. Stephens, Aaron Grier,   b. 1810, Crawfordville, Greene, Georgia ,   d. Abt 1843, , , Georgia  (Age 33 years)  [Birth]   3. Stephens, Alexander Hamilton,   b. 11 Feb 1812, Crawfordsville, Taliaferro, Georgia ,   d. 04 Mar 1883, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia  (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F2620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Family of Andrew Baskins Stephens as outlined in his letter to Aaronand Jane Grier parents of Margaret Grier asking for her hand in marriage: Andrew Baskins Stephens was born in Pennsylvania in Cumberland County 1782 of "poor parentage" because his father's mother was a widow. His father left home at an early age perhaps due to a"domineering stepfather." He became a "resident among Northern Shawnee Indians" and spent a considerable amount of time there. Later, he became a Captain in the American Revolution. In 1806, he states that his father is "on the border of eighty and possessed of more sprightliness than many of fifty." Andrew's mother was "the eldest daughter of James Baskins, who in his life, kept a ferry above Harris's on the Susquehannah River. Her life was exemplary and the Christian manner of her death in 1794 a joy to every dutiful child that survived her." Andrew Baskins Stephens was one of ten children,tow of whom died at an early age. In the 1806 letter, he goes on to state that "the others are muchly scattered. My eldest sister and myself (the oldest and the youngest) with our father are the only remains of a once flourishing family. One sister lives within three miles of us."