Isabel M. Stevens
b: 9 Nov 1844
d: 5 Apr 1870
Biography
CENSUS:
1860 Grafton, Lorain, Ohio

Lorain Probate Death Record copy V. I
Aug 1870 (followed by May 1871)
p32, line 650
Stevens, Arabella Miss, d. 1870, age 23, Grafton, Poison, Grafton

But Lorain Constitutionalist newspaper, 20 Apr 1870 states
"Suicide -- Isabelle Stevens, aged 25 years, residing with her mother at Grafton Center, this county, commited suicide a short time since by taking sugar of lead and bichromate of potash. She died in a few hours after taking the poisonous preparation. At the time of taking the dose she was suffering under a fit of insanity. The occurrence took place several days since, but there seemed to be no one in that vicinity enterprising enough to report the affair to us in time for last week's issue."

Also Elyria Independent Democrat, 13 Apr 1870, states: Suicide of a Young Lady - We are pained to record the death by suicide of Miss Isabella Stevens of Grafton, which occurred on the 5th inst. at the residence of her mother. We have not learned the details of this said affair, other than the fact that she took a preparation of potash which had been used for coloring purposes, with the delibrate intention of destroying her life, and died a few hours thereafter, aged 26 years. She was living alone with her mother, and was a lady of unblemished character, beloved by her acquaintances. What cloud of sorrow or trouble overshadowed her mind and led to her tragical death by suicide, ks known to few if any of her friends."
Facts
  • 9 Nov 1844 - Birth - ; prob Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
  • 5 Apr 1870 - Death - ; Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
Ancestors
   
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Charles Stevens
12 Oct 1809 - 25 Apr 1862
  
  
  
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Isabel M. Stevens
9 Nov 1844 - 5 Apr 1870
  
 
  
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Lucinda Jones
28 Jun 1810 - 14 Apr 1891
  
  
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Charles Stevens
Birth12 Oct 1809, , Massachusetts
Death25 Apr 1862 Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
Marriage24 Oct 1836to Lucinda Jones at , Portage, Ohio
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Lucinda Jones
Birth28 Jun 1810Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death14 Apr 1891 Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
Marriage24 Oct 1836to Charles Stevens at , Portage, Ohio
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FMary Ann Stevens
Birth3 Jun 1840Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
Death26 Oct 1925Farmington, Trumbull, Ohio
Marriage25 Aug 1862to Herman Curtis Hatch at , Lorain, Ohio
FIsabel M. Stevens
Birth9 Nov 1844prob Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
Death5 Apr 1870Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
FArabel M. Stevens
Birth10 Nov 1845prob Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
Death12 Oct 1925Grafton, Lorain, Ohio
Marriageto Chapin M. Bannister
Evidence
[S13]US Census 1860
[S169] Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio
[S245] Elyria Independent Democrat
[S517] Lorain Constitutionalist