Genevieve Broughton and Clayton Louis Stephenson

CLAYTON LOUIS STEPHENSON, son of LYDIA MARIE SUTHERLAND and BYRON EUGENE STEPHENSON, was born June 15, 1891 in Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin,^{7090, 7718} and died August 4, 1956 in Brodhead, Green, Wisconsin.⁷⁷¹⁸ He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.^{7718, 456}

He married GENEVIEVE BROUGHTON on March 24, 1921 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁷⁷¹⁸ She was born June 25, 1902 in Attica, Green, Wisconsin,⁴⁵⁶ and died April 21, 1985 in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Clayton L. Stephenson)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Clayton L. Stephenson)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Clayton L. Stephenson)

Children of GENEVIEVE BROUGHTON and CLAYTON LOUIS STEPHENSON:

1. EVA MAE STEPHENSON, b. November 27, 1922, Albany, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁵⁶ m. LUDELL SWENSON on April 5, 1941 in Dubuque, Iowa⁷⁶⁴⁹; d. June 4, 2003, Brodhead, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
2. DONALD ROSS STEPHENSON, b. 1924;⁴⁵⁶ d. 1929, Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin;^{456, 7719} bur. Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶



Obituaries

Janesville Daily Gazette, August 6, 1956⁷⁷¹⁸

Clayton Stephenson

ALBANY — Clayton L. Stephenson, 65, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the home of his son-in-law, Ledell Swenson near Brodhead. He had suffered a heart ailment.

The son of Byron and Lydia Sutherland Stephenson, he was born July 15, 1891, in the Town of Sylvester. He was married to Genevieve Broughton March 24, 1921, in Albany. They lived on a farm west of here for 26 years before moving to the village 10 years ago. At the time of his death he was employed by the Baker Mfg. Co., Evansville.

Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Ledell Swenson; his mother, Mrs.Lydia Stephenson, Albany; a brother Byron, of Albany; three sisters, Mrs. Stanly Ross, rural Janesville, Mrs. Olive Peterson and Mrs. Frank Schwerin Albany, and two grandchildren. A son preceded him in death.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Sharer Funeral Home, the Rev. Burton Moore, First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Arthur Maikow, Evansville, O. D. Grenswald, Elmer Maurmann, John Sucharski, A. H. Meinert and Lawrence Dunphy, all of Evansville. Truman Olin, Brodhead will give the song service, accompanied by Mrs. T. E. Sharer. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening.

Janesville Gazette, April 22, 1985¹²²⁵⁵

Mrs. Genevieve "Grandma Gen" j. Stephenson, 82, of Brodhead, died Sunday in Pleasant View Nursing Home, Monroe.

Born June 25, 1902, in Attica, the former Genevieve Broughton married Clayton Stephenson on March 24, 1922, in Albany. He died Aug. 4, 1956. Prior to moving to Albany in 1950, Mrs. Stephenson and her husband farmed. She was formerly employed as a homecare giver and cleaned for various private and nursing homes.

Surviving are a daughter, Eva Swenson of Brodhead; three grandchildren; four great-granddaughters; a brother, David Broughton of Albany; and a sister, Helen Sellnow of Brodhead.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Gohike's Sharer Funeral Home, Albany, with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Capital Times, May 23, 1929⁷⁷¹⁹

Albany Boy, 4, Dies of Ruptured Appendix

ALBANY—A ruptured appendix operation proved fatal to Donald Ross Stephenson, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Stephenson, in Mercy Hospital, Janesville.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
19007153	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Byron Eugene Stephenson Lydia Marie Sutherland Clayton Louis Stephenson Olive Irene Stephenson Ethel Mae Stephenson Ross Dudley Stephenson
April 16, 19107154	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Byron Eugene Stephenson Lydia Marie Sutherland Clayton Louis Stephenson Olive Irene Stephenson Ethel Mae Stephenson Ross Dudley Stephenson Byron Spencer Stephenson Wilma Stephenson
January 12, 19207155	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Byron Eugene Stephenson Lydia Marie Sutherland Clayton Louis Stephenson Ross Dudley Stephenson Byron Spencer Stephenson Wilma Stephenson
April 15, 19307715	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Clayton Louis Stephenson Genevieve Broughton Eva Mae Stephenson
April 15, 19307716	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Clayton Louis Stephenson Genevieve Broughton Eva Mae Stephenson