General Leonard STEPHENS

Birth:
8 Mar 1791
Orange, Virginia
Death:
8 Mar 1873
Marriage:
19 Aug 1813
Notes:
                   according to Uncle Robert Sandford's notes Leonard Stephens married Katherine Sanford, daughter of Richard and Winnifred Sanford, August 19, 1813  (from the bible record of Jack L. Stephens, Dallas , Texas)    Leonard was reared on his father's farm in Kenton, then Campbell County, Kentucky, which he acquired at his father's death and to which he added in acreage until he owned over 2,000 acres.  It was Benjanmin Stephens purpose to locate in Fayette County when he first reached the state of Kentucky, but after a short stay near Bryan ' Station he moved to Kenton County by way of the Old Turkey Foot Road and located three miles west of Independence, where he reared a large family ( as above numerated and where he is buried)   The record on his tombstone reads:
          Benjamin Stephens
          died September 4, 1839
          aged 86 years
          settled here when this was an
          unbroken forest
Leonard Stephens died with considerable wealth and prominence but better still, left behind him an unsmirched name, a high reputation for high moral dealings with his fellowman.

This General Leonard Stephens is the brother of Nancy Stephens Sanford who married Thomas Sanford

(Notes from Uncle Robert SAndford)

General Leonard Stephens came to Kentucky when a boy from Orange County, Virginia, where he
was born March 10, 1791.  His father, Benjanin Stephens, is in all probability a direct descendent of the Richard Stephens of James City County , Virginia.  He was a member of the House of Burgesses; and of the Governor's Council; and was also a Colonel in the Virginia Militia.  In fact, he was a leading citizen and facotr in Virginia about the years 1625-1636.  It will require further search of the Virginia records to establish his connection, but Genjanim Stephens appears to have been a great-grand-song of Richard.  Benjamin Stephens married , as shown by bible records, and record on the tomb-stone, "Dorothy Jemima Waller"  She was a daughter of Colonel John Waller .  (Uncle Robert Sandford's notes)
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Birth:
Pedigree
Notes:
                   She married Leonard Stephens brother of Nancy Waller Stephens
Leonard and  Catherine were married in 19 Aug 1813
Thie children were
1.  Napolean born in 1814 who married Rebecca Hughes

2.  Statera (Slatera)Stephens  1817  who married Reuben Louis Brestain (Brestow)

3.  Lucien B Stephens -   1819  who married Harriet Riddell

4.  Lucy Wallen     1825   who married Harriet Mc Donald   in 1847
Children
Marriage
1
Napoleon B. STEPHENS
Birth:
24 Aug 1814
Kenton, Kentucky
Death:
3 Jul 1886
Rebecca HUGHES 
Marr:
18 Oct 1838
of Campbell, Kentucky 
Notes:
                   married Rebecca P. Hughes on the 18th of October, 1838

Napoleon spent most of his life in the City of Covington.

IGI says his middle name is Bonaparte and he was born in Campbell, Kentucky
Notes:
                   The hand writting was hard to read and so I don't know for sure on the name   Carol Hartwig
3
Lucien B STEPHENS
Birth:
1819
Death:
Notes:
                   I don't know for sure if the male and female are right in this marriage --- Carol Hartwig
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General Leonard Stephens - Blocked

General Leonard Stephens was born at Orange, Virginia 8 Mar 1791. His parents were Benjamin Stephens and Dorothy Jemina Waller.

He married Blocked 19 Aug 1813 .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Napoleon B. Stephens born 24 Aug 1814.
Slatera Stephens born 1817.
Lucien B Stephens born 1819.
Lucy Wallen Stephens born 1825.

General Leonard Stephens died 8 Mar 1873 .