Individual Details

In the 1860 Census, Henry is living with his brother Hiram in Chemung, McHenry County, Illinois indexed under the surname Severns, family 2109, dwelling 2178.
Henry enlisted as a Private in the Civil War at Shumway, Effingham County, Illinois. He entered the service on 28 September 1861 at Chemung with Company F, 45th Illinois Infantry for a period of three years but served until 1865. On 6 January 1894 Rachel Dillon is issued a Civil War Veteran's Widow pension.
The 1870 Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin census, Henry is living with his sister Abigail and her husband Peter McKellar, and is working in a sawmill.
In the 1880 Census he is living in Fairview, Lincoln, Dakota Territory (South Dakota) with wife Rachel (see notes under Eliakum Stevens) and two children, Francis E., 3, and Lily May, 1. Francis E. is Elmer, whose father is Eliakim, Henry's brother.
Rachel marries Thomas Dillon about 1885 [Note: this is from 1900 Census but marriage date was probably 1886 or later based on documents on the death of Henry]. Neither Henry, Rachel, Elmer, or Lily; or surname Dillon are in the Dakota Territory or Nebraska 1885 Census reports.

Birth	Abt 1844	Ohio
Marriage	8 Jun 1878	Lloyd, Dickinson County, Iowa - Rachael (Rachel) Emily SMITH
Death	31 Jan 1886	Murdered by neighbor. - Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska
Burial	2 May 1886	Minnechaduza Cemetery, Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska

Spouse	Rachael (Rachel) Emily SMITH (1837 - 1925)
Child	Lily May STEVENS (1879 - )

Father	Henry STEVENS (1798 - 1855)
Mother	Hannah JONES ( - )
Sibling	Eliakim (Eliakum) STEVENS (1827 - 1902)
Sibling	Hiram STEVENS (1833 - 1865)
Sibling	Melissa STEVENS (1837 - 1886)
Sibling	Abigail STEVENS (1840 - 1923)

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