Individual Details

Served in the Union Army in the Civil War. He was listed as present at a Civil War Reunion held on the 30th & 31st of Aug in 1883 at Van Buren. Both Union and Confederate soldiers were honored. [VAN BUREN PRESS, Sept 1, 1883]
Married Elizabeth White.

John A. Stevenson was born November 29, 1828, in the Indian Territory,
a son of James G. and Jane (Wadkins) Stevenson [see sketch of Samuel
Stevenson]. He was taken by his father when a month old to Washington
County, Ark., reared on a farm there until twelve years old, and then
came to Crawford County, schools then being almost unknown, and
consequently he did not attend over four months. In 1850 he left home
and went across the plains to [p.1197] California, where he mined for
three years. In 1861, having returned home, he enlisted in an
independent company of the Arkansas State troops, and fought in the
battle at Wilson's Creek. The company was then ordered to enlist in
the regular Confederate service, which he refused to do, and in 1863
he joined Company L, Second Arkansas Cavalry, of the Federal army. He
was discharged at St. Louis at the close of the war, and has since
farmed and built cotton-gins. He now owns 172 acres, 120 being finely
cultivated, and is a successful man. In 1853 he married Elizabeth
White, who was born in Tennessee January 28, 1831, and accompanied her
parents to this county when a girl. Jackson White and his wife,
Elizabeth (Rider) White, were among the early settlers of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson have five children: William W., James G.,
Augusta M., Robert A. J., and Elizabeth F. A. Mrs. Stevenson is an
active member of the Christian Church. Mr. Stevenson is a Republican
in politics, a Mason, I. O. O. F. and K. of P.
SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Birth	1828
Death	1913

Father	James Graham Stevenson II (1803 - 1865)
Mother	Nancy Jane Wadkins (1808 - 1888)
Sibling	Mary Ann Stevenson (1824 - 1887)
Sibling	Samuel Stevenson (1826 - 1909)
Sibling	William Wilson Stevenson (1833 - 1854)
Sibling	Alexander Campbell Stevenson (1835 - )
Sibling	James Graham Stevenson III (1836 - 1884)
Sibling	Sarah Jane Stevenson (1840 - )
Sibling	Robert Wilson Stevenson (1842 - 1865)
Sibling	Amanda Stevenson (1846 - 1854)
Sibling	Ruannah Stevenson (1847 - 1937)