Van Buren County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Stevens, James 
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Cemetery:           Colburn Cemetery
Name:               James Stevens

Date Of Photograph: May 24, 2011
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Colburn Cemetery Arlington Twp. Van Buren Co. Michigan
Revolutionary Patriot James Stevens, whose American Revolutionary service was 
in Connectcut, and rank was Private. He was born August 10, 1757, in 
Glastonbury, Connectcut, and died July 8, 1847, Arlington, Van Buren County, 
Michigan. Spouses were (1)Honor Talcott and (2) Esther Darrow. His gravesite 
was marked in 1915 by the Algonquin Chapter. Buried in Colburn Cemetery, near 
Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan.
James Stevens was one of the pioneers of 1840, having emigrated in that year 
with his wife from Livingston Co., N. Y., and made his home with Allen Briggs, 
whose stepfather he was. He was an octogenarian, and was accorded the 
privilege of naming the township. Mr. Stevens possessed a prouder claim to the 
regard of his friends in that he was one of the bravest soldiers of the 
Revolution, having served for six years and seven months under Washington's 
immediate command. Nor did he lay down his musket until the last gun was fired 
and the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown insured not only victory but peace 
to the infant republic. With the entertaining reminiscences of the conflict 
fresh in his recollection, it may be imagined that Mr. Stevens was always a 
central figure in the family group during the long winter evenings devoted to 
social intercourse. He died in 1847, much esteemed by all. (History of Berrien 
and Van Buren Counties, DW Ensign &Co. 1880)

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