Fourteenth Generation

3719. Olive Augusta Washburn was born on 1 August 1839 in Clinton, Greene Co., Alabama, USA. She lived in Pike Co., Mississippi, USA in 1880. She died on 15 January 1918 at the age of 78 in Shreveport, Caddo Co., Louisiana, USA. Olive was buried in Magnolia Cmtry., Augusta, Richmond Co., Georgia, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 77489329
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She was the wife of Capt. James Holmes Stevens and is buried beside him.
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Olive Augusta Washburn Stevens had light brown hair and blue eyes, according to her daughter, Annie Olive Stevens Jones, who reported that on page 88 of her book, Stevens-Washburn With Related Lines (Ozark Guide Press, 1945).
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Olene A. Stevens in household of James H. Stevens, "USA Census, 1880"
Event Place: Beat 5, Pike, Mississippi
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keeping House
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Alabama
Birth Date: 1846
Spouse's Name: James H. Stevens
Spouse's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia

Olive Augusta Washburn and James Holmes Stevens Sr were married on 12 October 1859. James Holmes Stevens Sr, son of Auguston Stevens and Sarah Ann Hill Armstrong, was born on 31 December 1835 in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He lived in Pike Co., Mississippi, USA in 1880. He died on 22 April 1902 at the age of 66 in Magnolia, Pike Co., Mississippi, USA. James was buried in Magnolia Cmtry., Magnolia, Pike Co., Mississippi, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 77488489
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James Holmes Stevens was the son of Auguston Stevens and Sarah Ann Hill Armstrong. He moved with his family to Bastrop, Louisiana, sometime around 1845. He served as a Captain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, in the Morehouse Stars, Company F, 12th Louisiana Infantry. By 1870 he had moved his own family to Pike County, Mississippi, where he operated a lumber mill.

James' daughter, Annie Olive Stevens Jones, on page 83 of her book, Stevens-Washburn With Related Lines (Ozark Guide Press, 1945), described her father as a "stalwart giant, [with] blue eyes".
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USA Census, 1870
Name: James H Stevens
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 35y
Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Event Place: Mississippi
Household Gender Age Birthplace
James H Stevens M 35y Pennsylvania
Olive Stevens F 31y Alabama
Augustus W Stevens M 9y Louisiana
James H Stevens M 7y Louisiana
William M Stevens M 5y Louisiana
Margaret Stevens F 4m Mississippi
Sally Harrison F 16y Tennessee
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USA Census, 1880
Name: James H. Stevens
Event Place: Beat 5, Pike, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer & Miller
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 1836
Spouse's Name: Olene A. Stevens
Spouse's Birthplace: Alabama
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Page: 504
Page Letter: B
Entry Number: 6296
GS Film number: 1254662
Digital Folder Number: 004241791
Image Number: 00414
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self James H. Stevens M 44 Pennsylvania
Wife Olene A. Stevens F 34 Alabama
Son Augustus W. Stevens M 19 Louisiana
Son James H. Stevens M 18 Louisiana
Son William H. Stevens M 15 Louisiana
Dau Anna Olene Stevens F 9 Mississippi
Son Clarence H. Stevens M 6 Mississippi
Dau Marcy E. Stevens F 4 Mississippi
Dau Sarah May Stevens F 1 Mississippi

Olive Augusta Washburn and James Holmes Stevens Sr had the following children: