Stevens, Walter Joshua, 1856-1912

Walter Joshua Stevens (1856-1912) was a Mormon farmer in Mexico. He was killed during the Mormon exodus from Mexico in Pacheco, Chihuahua on August 26, 1912.

Walter Stevens (1883-1959) was a Mormon farmer and stock raiser in southern Utah. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during 1908, serving in the cities Avenida, Ozumba, Tecalco, Toluca, and Tlalpam.

From the description of Walter Joshua Stevens and Walter Stevens journals, 1901-1908. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 159957377

Walter Joshua Stevens Sr. (1856-1912) married twice. He had fourteen children with his first wife and one with his second wife. He was killed during the Mormon Exodus.

Walter Joshua Stevens Sr. was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah on December 21, 1856. He married Elizabeth Alma Kenney on September 25, 1879 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they had fourteen children: Phebe Elizabeth (1881-1934), Walter Joshua Jr. (1883-1959), Rebecca “Becky” (1885-1968), John Alma (1886-1890), Ella Stevens (1889-1955), William Alden (1891-1969), Ammon Cannon (1893-1978), Emma (1895-1976), Abigail Elizabeth (1897-1979), Elmina Gloria (1898-1970), Vivian (1900-1978), Daniel Edward (1902-1976), Brigham Ezekiel “Brig” (1903-1988) and Marian Joseph (1907-1975). He also married a Sarah Ellis Hawley (later divorced) on November 30, 1900 in Colonia Garcia, Old Mexico. Walter Stevens Sr. and Sarah had one daughter, Grace Hawley, on September 5, 1901 in Colonia, Garcia, Old Mexico. He was killed during the Mormon Exodus from Mexico in Pacheco, Chihuahua on August 26, 1912.

Walter Joshua Stevens was born 27 February 1883 in Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico. He served an LDS mission in Mexico in 1908. He married Cora Alzenia Sweat on May 1910 in Holden, Millard, Utah. Walter died May 1959 in Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado.

From the guide to the Walter Joshua Stevens and Walter Joshua Stevens account books and journal, 1901-1908, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)