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S. C. Stevenson, senior
member of the firm which compose the S. C.
Stevenson Monument
Works of Moberly, is one of the enterprising and
progressive business men
of Randolph County. Mr, Stevenson is a na-
tive of Missouri. He was
born in Shelby County, December 30, 1868, and
is a son of Samuel J. and
Emily C. (Calvert) Stevenson.
Samuel J, Stevenson was
born in Woodford County, Ky., July 20,
1826. He was the son of
William Stevenson and his mother's maiden
name was Gardner.
William Stevenson and his wife were both natives
of Kentucky. Samuel j.
Stevenson came to Marion County with his
parents in 1830. He was
about four years old when the family settled
in Marion County and was
there reared to manhood. In 1850 he crossed
the plains to California and
after remaining there about two years. he
returned to Marion
County, Mo., where he remained until 1867, when
he removed to Shelby
County and was engaged in farming there until
1880 when he retired and
spent the remainder of his days in Shelbina.
He died in 1904. His wife,
Emily C. Calvert, was born in Marion County,
Mo., in 1838, and died in
1911. She was a daughter of Ziba Calvert,
whose wife bore the
maiden name of Ferguson and they were natives of
Virginia.
S. C. Stevenson is the
fifth in order of birth in a family of eight
children born to his
parents. He was educated in the public schools and
learned the marble and
granite cutter's trade at Shelbina, Mo., and
for six years was engaged
in that business at Shelbina, In 1895 Mr.
Stevenson came to
Moberly and succeeded the English Brothers and con-
ducted the business alone
until 1912. His son Paul then became a part-
ner in the business, which
has since been conducted under the firm
name of S. C. Stevenson
Monument Works. Their place of business 11
located at 514 Reed street,
and they employ three men to assist in the
work. They do an
extensive business, and have a well equipped plant.
Their display room is
23x7O feet, and granite which is the product of the
best quarries throughout
the United States is here displayed.
S. C. Stevenson was
married to Miss Irene Martin. of Shelby County.
She was born Dec. 19,
1870, and is a daughter of W, P, and Martha
(McClintiC) Martin. One
child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Steven-
son, Paul, who was born
at Shelbina, Mo., Jan. 19, 1894. He was edu-
cated in the public schools
and graduated from the Moberly High School
in the class of 1912, and
since that time has been engaged in the monu-
ment business with his
father, with whom he learned the trade. He
was married in 1915 to
Miss Florence Wight, a daughter of J. W. Wight,
a prominent attorney of
Moberly, a sketch of whom appears in this
volume.
Paul Stevenson is
secretary-treasurer of the Missouri Retail Monu-
ment AssociatiOn, of
which he was a charter member, he was elected
secretary-treasurer in
1917. This association now has 75 members.
S C Stevenson is a
member of the Moberly Chamber of Commerce,
and holds membership in
the independent Order of Odd Fellows and
Paul Stevenson is a
member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. |