W.
T. Stevenson, of this well-known firm [Devore & Stevenson] died May
24, 1887, of erysipelas and pneumonia, after about two weeks’ severe
illness. If medical skill and careful nursing could have prolonged his
life, he would have been spared, as he had the best of both. Mr.
Stevenson was a native of Mercer County, having been born at Mercer,
Penn., in 1843. When a young man he worked at the printing trade in the
Franklin Spectator office, for one year, when his eye-sight failed,
compelling him to quit. Subsequently he volunteered in and served as a
soldier of the Union army during the Rebellion. After the war he
engaged with his uncle, William Devore, in the mercantile business at
Cooperstown, Venango County, and thence removed their extensive
business to this town, about fifteen years ago. Mr. Stevenson was a
careful accountant, a popular salesman and successful merchant, and
liked by all for his sociability. He was married October 7, 1873, to
Harriet Egbert, a native of this county. She blessed him with four
children: Sarah D., Edgar T., Mary M. and Harry, all of whom survive.
The parents of Mrs. Stevenson were James and Harriet J. Egbert, natives
of this county, and who had two children: Jane and Harriet. Her mother
died September 3, 1855, and her father went west, and Mrs. Stevenson
was reared by her grandparents, Egbert. In politics Mr. Stevenson was a
pronounced Republican. In religion he had been for many years a member
and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Sandy Lake, to which
organization his estimable widow is attached.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1050
Additional Note: W. T. Stevenson is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Sandy Lake Township.
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