Individual Details

Samuel married Mary Virginia "Mollie" Shobe, 30 Oct 1890, Boone Co MO. She was born 12 Jun 1862, Boone Co MO and died 5 May 1951, Sedalia, Pettis Co MO. She is buried with her husband in Columbia. Mollie was the daughter of Solomon Shobe and Susan Callaway.

1900 Census. Columbia, Boone Co, MO, Hh 208
Samuel M. Stevenson, b. Sep 1862, 37, married 10 years, Farmer
Mary V., wife, b. Jun 1862, 38, 2 children
Lilly F., da, b. Aug 1892, 8
Susan, dau, b. Dec 1893, 6
Soloman Shobe, Father-in-law, b. Apr 1828, 72, widow, Landlord
Larkin Strobe, brother-in-law, b. Oct 1858, 41, Stock Dealer
William Lewis, Servant, Black, b. Mar 1876, 24, Farm Labor
Hamley Lewis, servant, Black, female, b. May 1882, 18, Domestic servant

1910 Census. Columbia Ward 1, Boone Co, MO, Hh 292
403 Christian College Ave
Samuel M. Stevinson, 46, married once for 19 years, Secretary, Insurance
Mollie, wife, 47, 2 children
Lillie, dau, 18
Susan, dau, 17
Willard Leach, Boarder, 22, Saleman, Retail Hardware
Gray Henry, Boarder, 23, Salesman, Retail Clothing
Edgar Henry, Boarder, 20, Saleman, Retial Hardware
Foster Thurston, Boarder (no age stated), Bookkeeper, Bank
Shlenna Mead, Boarder, 18, Bookkeeper, Bank
Louis H. Neimoun, Boarder, 19, Clerk, Post Office
Malinda Cross, Servant, Black, 50

1920 Census. Columbia Ward 1, Boone Co, MO, Hh 38
315 Christian College Street
Samuel Stephenson, 57, Agent, Life Insurance
Mollie, wife, 57
Susan, dau, 27, Bookkeeper, Bank
Michael Bright, Lodger,70

1930 Census. Columbia, Boone, MO, Hh 388
403 Christian College Ave
Samuel M. Stevinson, 67, married at age 28, Insurance
Mollie, wife, 67, married at 28

1940 Census. Columbia, Boone, MO, Hh 4
403 Christian College - same house in 1935
S. M. Stevinson, 77, Insurance
Mollie, wife, 77
Alice, Peck, Lodger, 35, b. Kansas, lived in same place in 1935, Maid
William E. Bedford, lodger, 29, b. MA, lived in Pittsfield, MA in 1935, Teacher, College

He is buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone Co, MO.

Biographical Sketches of Prominent Boone Countians -- 1895
From the Boone County Historical Society collection. Donated by Warren Dalton. Columbia Missouri Herald, Historical Edition, E.W. Stephens, Proprietor. Walter Williams, Editor. Columbia, Mo. 1895.
SAMUEL M. STEVINSON, of the firm of Stevinson & Guitar, grocerymen, was born in Boone county, September 29, 1862, the son of Maj. S.M. and E.A. Stevinson. Educated in the district schools, he has been a grocery merchant twelve years, pushing and sturdy. He married Miss Mollie Shobe, of this county, October 30, 1890. They have two children, Lily and Susan. In politics Mr. Stevinson is a democrat and in religion a member of the Christian church. [See p. 61 for photo of S.M. Stevinson.]

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
University Missourian, Columbia, Boone Co, MO 6 Mar 1911
S. M. Stevinson Makes Largest Single Purchase in Milk Factory.
Another $500 worth of stock in the proposed condensed milk factory in Columbia was subscribed this morning by Samuel M. Stevinson, a candidate for councilman from the First Ward. This is the largest single subscription. The Commercial Club began the sale of stock with the idea of distributing it among farmers and townspeople and small shares were encouraged....

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
University Missourian, Columbia, Boone Co, MO 19 Jun 1916
2 County Churches Give Basket Dinners
All-Day Picnic Affairs Are Held at Old Cedar and Huntsdale
Attendance is 2,500
Many Columbians Attend - Several Talks Made at Both Places
Many Columbians, residents and former residents of Boone County were present at basket dinners given by the Old Cedar Baptist Church, twelve miles from Columbia, and by the Huntsdale Baptist Church at Huntsdale, yesterday.
...Elder Archie Brown preached at the annual basket dinner of the Old Cedar Church once of the most widely known and oldest churches in Missouri. It is at the edge of Callaway County on the Columbia & St. Charles roads. Residents who live within a radius of 100 miles of the church, however, assemble once a year for the basket dinner.
More than 1,500 persons were present at this gathering. Among the Columbians present were: Samuel Stevinson and family...

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
The Evening Missourian, Columbia, Boone Co, MO, 26 Aug 1920.
Fire Insurance Company Elects.
John Glenn was elected president of the Boone County Mutual Fire Insurance Company at the annual election of the company yesterday. Other officers elected were: vice-president, A. H. Shepherd; secretary, Samuel M. Stevinson; treasurer, M. F. Thurston.

The Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, MO, 9 May 1948, Sunday, p.4
Samuel Milton Stevinson, 85, died at 7:45 o'clock Saturday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank T. Armstrong, 725 West Seventh Street.
Mr. & Mrs. Stevinson had been visiting with their son-in-law and daughter since March 25th.
Mr. stevinson was born a Hallsville, MO, and had been a lifelong resident of Columbia and Boone counties. He had been in business in Columbia since he was 17 years of age, first in the grocery business and for the last 50 years, in the insurance business. He was a deacon in the First Christian Church in Columbia
Mr. & Mrs. Stevinson recently sold their home in Columbia, which they had built in 1921, to Christian College for the president's home.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Virginia stevinson, one daughter, Mrs. Armstrong, a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Coons of Columbia, a brother Leslie Stevinson of Hallsville and three grandchildren, R. S. Mead of Kansas City, Frank Armstrong, Jr., a student in Westminster College in Fulton, and Mrs. Mary Virginia Harms of Sedalia.
A daughter, Mrs. Lillian O'Hara, died in 1942.
The body is at the McLaughlin Funeral Chapel.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Parker's Chapel in Columbia. Rev. Clarence E. Lemmon, pastor of the First Christian Church in Columbia will officiate.
Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia.

The Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, MO, 8 Jun 1975, Cunday, p.4
DEATH NOTICES
Mrs. Susan Ann Armstrong
Mrs. Susan Ann Armstrong, 82, 725 West Seventh, died at 6:10 pm Saturday at the Lutheran Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Concordia, Mo., where she had been a patient for two and one-half years.
She was born Dec 24, 1892, in Columbia, MO., daughter of Samuel and Mary Virginia Shobe Stevinson. She married Frank Armstrong, Oct 6, 1923, in Columbia. Mr. Armstrong, former Pettis County Magistrate Judge, died Nov 23, 1973.
Mrs. Armstrong was a graduate of the old Christian College High School Academy. She also graduated in 1913 from Columbia College. She lived in Sedalia since 1923, and before her illness was a member of the First Christian Church, SWF and Group 2. Mrs. Armstrong was also a member of the Sorosis-Osage Chapter of the DAR and Sedalia Garden Club No. 2. She was a Red Cross nurse's aide during and after World War II.
She is survived by one son, Frank T. Armstong, Clayton, MO.; one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Harms, 725 West Seventh; two grandson; two granddaughters; one great-granddaughter; and one nephew, Robert S. Mea, Weston, Mo.
The body is at the McLaughlin Funeral Home where funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Birth	29 Sep 1862	Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri
Marriage	30 Oct 1890	Boone County, Missouri - Mary Virginia "Mollie" Shobe
Death	8 May 1948	Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri

Spouse	Mary Virginia "Mollie" Shobe (1862 - 1951)
Child	Lillian Freeda Stevinson (1892 - 1942)
Child	Susan Stevinson (1892 - 1975)

Father	Samuel Milton Stevinson (1826 - 1912)
Mother	Edith Anderson Bruton (1830 - 1912)
Sibling	John Thompson Stevinson ( - 1933)
Sibling	Isaac Stevinson (1856 - 1941)
Sibling	Israel Bruton Stevinson (1858 - 1910)
Sibling	Pierson B. Stevinson (1861 - 1914)
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)