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 STEVENS. STEVENSON. 5 8l At the close of the war he renewed his connection with the tack business as an employee, and in 1868 associated himself with G. D. Willis, forming the firm of Stevens & Willis, tack manufacturers. His business now includes the manufacture of nails. Mr. Stevens was married in Braintree, December 12, i860, to Myra F., daughter of George W. and Myra A. Willis. Of this union are two children : Idella F. and George W. Stevens. Mr. Stevens was a representative to the General Court, 1876, from Braintree, and senator from the 1st Norfolk district, 1888 and '89. He was the first commander of Post 87, G. A. R., of Braintree. He is treasurer of the trustees of South Braintree M. E. church, a trustee of the Braintree Savings Bank, has been chief engineer of the fire depart- ment, and is president of the Braintree Rural Improvement Association. He is a member of Delta Lodge, F. & A. M., Weymouth, and of South Shore Com- mandery. Mr. Stevens has always been interested in music, having been president of two or- ganizations in his native town, and was president of the Braintree Musical Society, which contributed its share to the great success attending the wonderful " Peace Jubilee" held in Boston in 1872. STEVENS, MOSES TYLER, son of Na- thaniel and Harriet (Male) Stevens, was born in North Andover, Essex county, Oc- tober 10, 1S25. He prepared for college in the Franklin Academy, North Andover, and Phillips Academy, Andover, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1842. He entered Dartmouth College in 1842, but left his collegiate course the next year to learn the business of manufacturing flan- nels, in which his father had been engaged since 1813. He became a partner in 1850, the firm being Nathaniel Stevens Ov. Son. These relations continued until 1876, when the firm was dissolved. He now began the manufacture of ladies' dress-goods, and continued on his own account until 1886, when his sons, Nathaniel and Samuel D., were admitted as partners, and the house took the name of M. T. Stevens & Sons, operating mills at North Andover, Ando- ver, and Haverhill, and Franklin, N. H. Mr. Stevens was married in North An- dover, May 5, 1853, to Charlotte Emeline, daughter of Isaac and Charlotte (Adams) Osgood. Six children are the issue of this marriage : Mary O., Nathaniel, Samuel I)., Virginia, Helen, and Moses T. Stev- ens, Jr. Mr. Stevens was a member of the House of Representatives in 1861, and of the state Senate in 1S68 ; is a director of the Ando- ver National Bank ; a trustee of the An- dover Savings Bank ; a director of the MOSES T STEVENS Merrimac Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and president of the Stevens Linen Works, Webster. He continues to reside in his native place, North Andover. STEVENSON, JOHN LINDSAY, son of Joseph and Judith (True) Stevenson, was born in Fremont, Rockingham county, N. H., December 27, 1833. His youth was spent on a farm in his native town, and his school opportunities were such as country towns then afforded. At the age of fourteen years he left his home and went to South Hampton, N. H, and served an apprenticeship in carriage building. In 1852 he removed to Law- rence, and was employed in the construc- tion of locomotive engines. While thus engaged an accident happened to him, Oc- tober 2, 1852, which, resulting in perma- nent injury to one of his limbs, completely changed his plans of life and caused him to relinquish his mechanical taste and pur- suit.