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| James Stephens, farmer, resident on sec. 34, Hinton Tp., (P.O. Lakeview), is a son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Vincent) Stephens. They settled in Canada, where James was born Jan. 25, 1836. There he resided until December 1865, and lived in Ottawa Co., Mich., for two years. In the summer of 1867 he bought 80 acres of wild land, of which he has since sold 40 acres, with 18 of the remaining 40 under tillage and on which he lives. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Stephens was married in Canada, Nov. 10, 1864, to Annie, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Barton. The father was born in England, and the mother is a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Stephens was born in Canada, May 21, 1844. The five children of whom she is mother are all living, born in the following order: Sarah, April 7, 1867, Jesse M., Nov. 30, 1868, Abigail, Dec.23, 1870, Ebenezer J., Nov. 18, 1873, Allen J., Dec. 21, 1881. |