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 578 STEVENS. STEVENS. Mr. Stetson was married in New Bed- ford, September 10, 1856, to Caroline Dawes, daughter of Thomas D. and Fran- ces L. (Brock) Eliot, of Nantucket. Of this union were five children : Julia M. (Yale), Eliot D., Frederick Dudley, Frank Fliot, and Edward Meriam Stetson. •■V ' THOMAS M. STETSON. Mr. Stetson is a lineal descendant of Robert Stetson, cornet of mounted troop under Miles Standish, and of Edward Gray, of the " Mayflower." STEVENS, Charles Edward, son of Charles Abbot and Maria (Tyler) Stevens, was born in Ware, Hampshire county, April 21, 1843. He was educated at the common schools, and began business in 1859. He is one of a very few successful business men who have entered upon life's work at sixteen years of age, and found no occasion to change their occupation throughout their entire career. Mr. Stevens began with the woolen business in his native place, and still resides in Ware, engaged in woolen manufacture. Mr. Stevens is unmarried. He is a director in the Ware National Bank, and in 1882 was sent as a representative to the General Court, where he served upon the committee on railroads. In 1889 he was a member of the Senate, and again served upon the committee on railroads and on education. For many years he has been secretary of the nth congres- sional district Republican committee. STEVENS, Charles Edwin, son of Ansel and Sarah (Knight) Stevens, was born in Greenwood, Oxford county, Maine, February 25, 1847. His ancestors were among the oldest settlers of Maine, and patriots of the revolution. His father was a farmer, and a representative of one of the oldest families of that region. When he was six years old his father moved to Sutton, where the son obtained a common school education, and afterwards studied at the Wesleyan Academy at Wil- braham. He was learning the machinist's trade, at Whitinsville, when the war of the rebellion broke out, and he enlisted in the 42d Massachusetts regiment. After his return he was for several years engaged as book-keeper and superintend- ent in the manufacturing establishments at Leeds. In 1S81, with Mr. Mulligan of CHARLES E. STEVENS. Springfield, president of the Connecticut River Railroad, he established the Crystal Emery Wheel Works, at Northampton, of which he was made treasurer and manager. In politics Mr. Stevens is a pronounced Republican, and has served with efficiency upon the local committee many years. He