James Stevenson, A PATRIOT OF THE REVOLUTION
" James Stevenson, a native of Ireland, was born in 1750 and was brought to this country when a child. During the Revolutionary War, he served as a sergeant in the Pennsylvania regiment of Colonel Evans, was captured by the enemy, and held for a year in the notorious British prison ships.After the war, he married Hannah Bull, a daughter of Colonel John Bull, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolution. They removed to Lawrence County, Pa., Mr. Stevenson died in Poland, Ohio, in 1834. He left many descendants and society has been formed among them. It holds annual reunions.
Among his descendants may be mentioned: John H. Stevenson, of Allegheny; Prof. William M. Stevenson, of Pittsburg; Rev. Frank B. Stevenson, of New Castle; Dr. Silas Stevenson; James A. Stevenson and E. S. Stevenson, of New Castle; T. D. Stevenson, of New Bedford, Pa.; Mrs. Rebecca Stevenson Neal, of Pulaski, Pa.; Capt. Thomas S. Calhoun, of Georgetown, Pa.; Thomas S. McCready, of Manchester, Kas.; Homer A. McCready, of Hancock County, W. Va.; Thomas W. Stevenson, of East Liverpool, O.; William E. Stevenson, of Hookstown, Pa., and W. H. Stevenson, of Hookstown."