Lydia Sutherland and Byron Eugene Stephenson

BYRON EUGENE STEPHENSON was born September 7, 1865 in Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin,⁷⁷¹¹ and died March 16, 1947 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁷⁷¹¹ He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.^{7711, 456}

He married LYDIA SUTHERLAND on December 23, 1888 in Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin,⁷⁶⁹³ daughter of CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH BALL and DR. ARICK SUTHERLAND. She was born April 26, 1870 in Wisconsin,⁷⁷¹³ and died June 16, 1965 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁷⁷¹³ She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lydia Sutherland)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lydia Sutherland)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Lydia Sutherland)

Children of LYDIA SUTHERLAND and BYRON EUGENE STEPHENSON:

1. LEON STEPHENSON.
2. CLAYTON LOUIS STEPHENSON, b. June 15, 1891, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;^{7090, 7718} m. GENEVIEVE BROUGHTON on March 24, 1921 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin⁷⁷¹⁸; d. August 4, 1956, Brodhead, Green, Wisconsin.⁷⁷¹⁸
3. OLIVE IRENE STEPHENSON, b. July 8, 1893;⁵⁶ m. WILLIAM H. PETERSON in 1914 in Brodhead, Green, Wisconsin⁷⁷²⁰; d. June 24, 1982, Green County, Wisconsin.⁵³⁶⁵
4. ETHEL M. STEPHENSON, b. September 13, 1895, Green County, Wisconsin;⁴⁵⁶ m. FRANK SCHWERIN in 1919 in Evansville, Rock, Wisconsin⁷⁷²¹; d. June 8, 1978, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
5. ROSS DUDLEY STEPHENSON, b. February 28, 1898, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. HELEN ABEY on December 25, 1925 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin⁷⁷¹²; d. January 6, 1956, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁷⁷¹⁷
6. BYRON SPENCER STEPHENSON, b. August 5, 1901, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;⁷³⁷⁷ m. MABEL HILDA ANDERSON on December 21, 1924 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin⁷⁷¹⁴; d. June 13, 1977, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin.⁵³⁶⁵
7. WILMA STEPHENSON, b. September 2, 1904, Wisconsin;⁴⁵³² m. STANLEY H. ROSS on July 24, 1926 in Rock County, Wisconsin⁴²¹; d. March 28, 1998.⁴⁵³²

Marriage Announcements and News

Albany Vindicator, December 27, 1888⁷⁶⁹³

Married, at the parsonage in Sylvester on Dec. 23, by Rev. William T. Hill, Byron E. Stephenson and Lydia M. Sutherland, both of Sylvester.

Obituaries

Monroe Evening Times, March 17, 1947⁷⁷¹¹

Byron E. Stephenson Dies at 81 in Albany

Albany—(Times Special Service)—Byron Eugene Stephenson, Sr., 81, died at his home here last evening at 6:30 after a week illness. He was born Sept. 17, 1865, in Sylvester, son of Nathaniel and Nancy Harris Stephenson and was married Dec. 23, 1888, to Lydia Sutherland, with whom he farmed until moving into the village 18 years ago.

Mrs. Stephenson survives, as do three sons, Clayton, Ross and Byron Jr., Albany; three daughters, Mrs. Olive Peterson, Mrs. Ethel Schwerein, Albany and Mrs. Wilma Ross, Janesville, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Sharer funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 2 with Rev. W. F. Snow, Brooklyn, officiating and burial in Hillcrest cemetery. Pallbearers will be Henry Rhyner, Baltz Bagley, Fred Schultz, Robert Smiley, Claude Mathems and Frank Steindorf.

Janesville Daily Gazette, June 17, 1965⁷⁷¹³

Mrs. Byron Stephenson

ALBANY—Mrs. Byron Stephenson, 95, Albany's oldest resident, died at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at her home here.

The former Lydia Sutherland, daughter of Eric and Charlotte Ball Sutherland, pioneer settlers of Sylvester Township, was born April 26,2 1870. She was married to Byron Stephenson, Dec. 23, 1888. They farmed in the Albany area before retiring and moving to the village.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Olive Peterson and Mrs. Ethel Schwerin, Albany, and Mrs. Wilma Ross, rural Janesville; one son, Byron Jr., of Albany; five grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Her husband and three sons, Clayton, Ross and Leon, predeceased her.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Sharer Funeral Home, the Rev. Dennis Hahn, First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday afternoon and evening.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 1, 18704815	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Arick Sutherland Charlotte Elizabeth Ball Louis A. Sutherland Lydia Sutherland
June 11, 18804816	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Arick Sutherland Charlotte Elizabeth Ball Louis A. Sutherland Lydia Sutherland Nellie Sutherland Justus Sutherland Mary Jane Sutherland
19007153	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Byron Eugene Stephenson Lydia Sutherland Clayton Louis Stephenson Olive Irene Stephenson Ethel M. Stephenson Ross Dudley Stephenson
April 16, 19107154	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Byron Eugene Stephenson Lydia Sutherland Clayton Louis Stephenson Olive Irene Stephenson Ethel M. Stephenson Ross Dudley Stephenson Byron Spencer Stephenson Wilma Stephenson
January 12, 19207155	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Byron Eugene Stephenson Lydia Sutherland Clayton Louis Stephenson Ross Dudley Stephenson Byron Spencer Stephenson Wilma Stephenson