Ancestry of
John Paul Stevens

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

James William Stevens

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• • Grandfather of John Paul Stevens — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Socrates Stevens 
  • Mother:
  • Amanda Jane Stevens   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 May 1853 
  • Birth Location:
  • Colchester, McDonough, Illinois 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 May 1936 
  • Death Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jessie Louise Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Feb 1874 
  • Marriage Location:
  • McDonough County, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Ernest James Stevens (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • James W. Stevens was the builder of the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, said to be the world's largest at the time. It cost approximately 15 million dollars in 1927. He also built the Hotel LaSalle in 1908.

• Additional marriages for James William Stevens

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  • Spouse:
  • Alice Marie Bradley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Jan 1905

• Sources for James William Stevens

  • ¹ Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), 15 MAY 1936, p. 4, Obituary for James W Stevens.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/04/2020).
  • ³ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for James William Stevens.
  • ⁴ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for spouse Jessie Louise Stevens.
  • ⁵ Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920, Marriage record for James W Stevens and Jessie L Smith.
  • ⁶ The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois), 12 SEP 1905, p. 3, Obituary for mother Amanda Stevens.
  • ⁷ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 25 MAY 1921, Application for spouse Alice M Stevens.
  • ⁸ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR No. 60828, Membership application for Ernest Street Stevens.
  • ⁹ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR No. 49419, Supplemental application for Ernest James Stevens.
  • ¹⁰ Ghaston, Mary Stevens, Genealogy of the Stevens and Tripp and Allied Families from 1520 to 1906, n.p.: n. p. (1906), THIS SOURCE IS UNRELIABLE, VERIFY WITH OTHER SOURCES, 13.
  • ¹¹ Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed., The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago, Chicago: A.N. Marquis and Company (1911), 644.