Kelsey, Levi

John M. Stevens was born in Connecticut in February 1822. He and his wife Martha lived in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, in 1870, where he worked as a tailor. Later that year, the Stevens family moved to Rosalia, Kansas, where they owned a farm. Their children included Esther, Dora, Ida, and Emma. John's Stevens's sister Emma and her husband, Levi Kelsey, lived in Illinois in the late 19th century.

From the guide to the John M. Stevens letters, Stevens, John M. letters, 1869-1880, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)