Individual Details

Married Ella J. Lewallen, 29 March 1877, Stanislaus, CA. John was 24, lived in Grayson. Ella was 19, lived in Hills Ferry. Married by W. F. Compton, MG. Wit: Elton Baker, Ben Weir

1880 Census. Perche, Boone Co, MO, Hh 199
John Stevenson, 26, b. MO
Ella, 22, wife, b. MO
Milton, 2, son, b. MO

19 Sep1898 - John Thompson Stevenson of Stockton was on the Voter Registration List. Saloonkeeper, age 45. 5'8" tall, blue eyes, gray hair, Scar under right eye, b. Missouri

1904 - San Joaquin Co Voter List: John Thompson Steven, age 50, of Stockton.

1910 Census. Stockton Ward 1, San Joaquin Co, CA, Hh 30
J. F. Stevenson, 56, married once for 34 years, b. MO, liquor dealer
Emily, wife, 4 children - 3 living, b. MO
Clarence T., son, 19, b. MO, chauffeur, doctor
Stella Waller, Boarder, 18, b. CA

1920 Census. Stockton Ward 1, San Joaquin Co, CA, Hh 233 John T. Stevenson, 66, Watchman, City
Ella J., wife, 62

Marriage Record. San Joaquin Co, California.
John T. Stevenson, native of Missouri, age 68, resident of Stockton, San Joaquin Co. to Maude I. Knock, born in California, age 45, also a resident of Stockton - married 29 Jun 1922. Witnesses were
Jno. L. Aratto and Margaret O'Dair of Stockton. Shirley R. Shaw, Minister of the First Christian Church of Stockton performed the ceremony.
This was John's 3rd marriage. He was a Deputy Sheriff. His father was Milton A. Stevenson, his mother Edith A. Bruton, both born in Kentucky.
Maude had also been married three times. Her occupation listed as housekeeper. Her father was William B. Fisher, born in Missouri; her mother was Margaret McDonald, born in Vermont.

1930 Census. Stockton, San Joaquin, CA, Hh 83
121 S. Sutter St
Milton A. Stevenson, 51, married at age 37, b. CA, Manager, Apartments
Elizabeth A., wife, 52, married at age 38, b. NY (parents b. Irish Free State)
John T., Lodger, 76, married at age 25, b. MO, Deputy Sheriff, San Joaquin County

Sailed on the S.S. Manoa, 29 Oct 1930 from San Francisco to Honolulu, arriving 5 Nov 1930.
John Stevenson, age 77, b. 5 Aug 1853 in Hallsville, Missouri, of Stockson, CA.

California Death Certificate #442
John T. Stevenson died at the Dameron Hospital, Stockton, San Joaquin Co, on 12 Dec 1933 of heart disease. He was widowed from the late Ella Stevenson and was a retired deputy sheriff. He was born 5 Aug 1853 in Missouri. His father was Milton Stevenson; his mother Edith Burton, both born in Kentucky. He had lived at his residence, 121 S. Sutter in Stockton for 3 years; had been in California for 50 years. M. A. Stevenson of 121 S. Sutter was the informant. Buried Rural Cemetey, on Dec 14th.

Unidentified newspaper clipping:
John T. Stevenson, Former San Joaquin Deputy Sheriff Dies at Hospital
John T. Stevenson, for 10 years deputy sheriff during the term of William H. Riecks as sheriff, died today at Dameron Hospital, where he had been taken yesterday by his son, M. A. stevenson. He had been ill two weeks.
....Stevenson was born more than 80 years ago in Missouri. He came to California when 21 years of age and practically 50 years of his life in California had been devoted to the dutires of police officer. When he first came to California he settled at Hills Ferry on the San Joaquin River, near Newman. He had lived in Stockton 40 years and is widely know here and highly regarded.
Father of Three
He was the father of Mrs. J. L. Aratta and M. A. Stevenson, both of Stockton, and C. T. Stevenson of Honolulu. He was the grandfather of Harold Gofield, Stockton; Mrs. G. H. Taylor of New York, Mrs. B. W. Kaskel and Gladys Brey of San francisco, Campbell Stevenson and Lois Stevenson of Honolulu, and the great-grandfather of Gerald Brey, Jr. of Los Angeles.

Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, Stockton, CA, 28 Sep 1951, Friday, p.8
Services Set for Mrs. Margaret Aratta
Mrs. Margaret E. Aratta, 68, wife of Jon L. Aratta of 1725 S. Stanislaus, will be buried here Saturday at 2 pm after services in the Chapel of the Palms. She died in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Monday.
In the south recovering from an extended illness, Mrs. Aratta was taken to a hospital a week before her death, following a relapse.
Born in Stockton, her father was John T. stevenson, a sheriff's deputy for a number of years. She was a sister of the late Milton A. Stevenson, also a deputy sheriff, and Clarence to. Stevenson, who served in the US Narcotics Burear and who, at the time of his death, was warden of the Hawaian Penitentiary.
Surviving, besides her husband, are a daughter, Mrs. Herbie Taylor and a grandson, Lee Taylor, of Beverly Hills; and a son, Harold Gofield, of Stockton.

Death	12 Dec 1933	Stockton, San Joaquin County, California
Birth	5 Sug 1853	Missouri

Father	Samuel Milton Stevinson (1826 - 1912)
Mother	Edith Anderson Bruton (1830 - 1912)
Sibling	Isaac Stevinson (1856 - 1941)
Sibling	Israel Bruton Stevinson (1858 - 1910)
Sibling	Pierson B. Stevinson (1861 - 1914)
Sibling	Samuel Milton Stevinson Jr. (1862 - 1948)
Sibling	Ella G. Stevinson (1864 - 1932)
Sibling	William H. Stevinson (1866 - 1929)
Sibling	Rebecca Grant Stevinson (1869 - 1959)
Sibling	Leonidas Brown "Lee" Stevinson (1872 - 1936)
Sibling	Leslie Combs Stevinson (1874 - 1954)