THIRD GENERATION


23. Ruth W. Stephens was born on Aug 5 1893 in McDonald County, Missouri. Ruth was born on a Saturday. She is listed in the 1905 Census of Galena, Kansas as being 11 years old. She died on Dec 18 1979 in Cook County, Ilinois. Ruth is buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Elmhurst, Cook County, Illinois according to Patricia Hudson Stephens. Ruth is listed as Mrs. David Morgan of Western Springs, Illinois in the obituary of her brother Rev. Thaddeus L. Stephens. Ruth was also previously married to a man named Kincaid who died December 18, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois.

According to Grace Stephens Marquis, Ruth had a son by her second husband David Morgan that died. Bev Shea, member of the Billy Graham crusade team, sang at the child's funeral.

She was married to David Morgan in Illinois. Ruth W. Stephens and David Morgan had the following children:

child32 i. Katherine Morgan was born in Cook County, Ilinois. Katherine married a nephew of Rev. Vernon Link, former pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Elgin, Illinois. Katherine's uncle Thaddeus Stephens was also a pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church.

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