{"id":260,"date":"2012-06-23T01:06:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?p=260"},"modified":"2012-06-23T01:06:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:06:52","slug":"stevens-amanda-melvina-ashley-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/stevens-amanda-melvina-ashley-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"STEVENS, Amanda Melvina Ashley (Biography)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda Melvina Ashley was the daughter of G. B. (Greenberry) Ashley and Maria Louise Curtis\/Custis Ashley. Maria and Greenberry were both born ca. 1808. Maria is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery. Greenberry was in Civil War, 1st\/27th Consolidated Infantry Regiment representing Nashville, TN and believe died in the war 1861-1863.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1826, September 23, Amanda Melvina Ashley was born, Nashville, Davidson, TN.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1850 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, Dwelling 479, Family 479:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Maria Louise Custis\/Curtis Ashley (41), f., b. TN (b. 1808, d. March 5, 1871)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda Melvina Ashley (23), f., b. TN (b. September 23, 1826, m. James<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles Stevens, Jr.-January 4, 1857, d. March 28, 1901)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Mary Elizabeth Ashley (21), f., b. TN (b. August 12, 1829)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">William Custis Ashley (17), m., coppersmith, b. TN (b. February 7, 1834,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">d. March 8, 1904<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Richard Mar Ashley (15), m., b. TN (b. April 27, 1836)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Martha Elizabeth Ashley (13), f., b. TN (b. January 28, 1838)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Margaret Louise Ashley (11), f., b. TN (b. February 10, 1841)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda Melvina Ashley married James Charles Stevens, Jr. on January 4, 1857 in Nashville, Davidson, TN. Both the marriage bond and the marriage license were dated December 29th, 1856. James Charles Stevens, Jr. was born ca. 1825 in London, England.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The children of Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens and James Charles Stevens, Jr. were:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Wharton Stevens, b. June 25, 1858, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died January 16, 1930, age 71, Memphis, Shelby, TN.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">William George Stevens, b. April 12, 1860, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died July 3, 1932, Memphis, Shelby, TN.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles \u201cCharlie\u201d Richard Stevens, b. April 2, 1862, Nashville, Davidson, TN and died July 20, 1863, Nashville, buried Nashville City Cemetery in plot with Maria Louise Custis\/Curtis Ashley (his grandmother).<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Emma Stevens, b. July 10, 1864 (6 years 1870 census, b. TN, not listed 1880).<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles George Stevens, b. June 15, 1868\/1869, TN.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1860 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, pg. 476, dwelling 103, family 125:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Maria Louise Ashley (52), f., b. TN, seamstress,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">(can not read of write), property value, $100<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Richard Mar Ashley (24), m., b. TN, farmer<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Martha Elizabeth Ashley (22), f., b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Margaret Louise Ashley (19), f., b. TN<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1860 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 8th Ward of Nashville, D-5-171<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Charles Stevens, Jr., (34), machinist, b. England<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (33), b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Wharton Stevens (2), b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">William George Stevens (2\/12), b. April 1860, TN<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1870 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, pg. 503, dwelling 512, family 645:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Maria Louise Ashley (62), w .f., b. TN, keeping house<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Richard Mar Ashley (34), w. m., b. TN, tinner<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1870 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 8th Ward of Nashville, D-443 (584\/706)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Charles Stevens (Stephens), Jr., (43), railroad machinist, b. England<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (Stephens) (40), b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Wharton Stevens (Stephens) (12), b. TN, attending school<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">William \u201cWillie\u201d George Stevens (Stephens) (10), b. TN, attending school<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles Stevens (Stephens) (7), b. TN, attending school<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Emma Stevens (Stephens) (6), b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles George Stevens (Stephens) (2), b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1880 Census, Nashville, Davidson, TN, 10th District, E.D. 70, page 12 (133)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James (Jos.) Charles Stevens, Jr., (55), machinist, b. England, parents b. England<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda (A.M., Mrs.) Melvina Ashley Stevens (53), wife, b. TN, parents b. TN<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">William George Stevens (20), son, apprentice, b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles George Stevens (11), son, b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Wharton Stevens, (22), son, machinist, b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Emma Ann Williams Stevens (24), wife of James Wharton Stevens, b. TN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Emma Gertrude Stevens (5\/12), their baby b. July 1879 in TN<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1880 &amp; 1885 Nashville City Directory<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Charles Stevens, Jr., foreman at Penitentiary, lived Bilbo Ave. and Waller. William George Stevens lived at the same address.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1888 Nashville City Directory<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Charles Stevens, Jr., machinist, lived at Spruce and Bass.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles William Stevens, machinist, at same address.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1890 Memphis City Directory<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Charles Stevens, Jr., engineer, lived at 141 Looney Street.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles George Stevens, laborer, at same address.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1891 Memphis City Directory<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Charles Stevens, Jr., engineer, at 141 Looney St.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1892 James Charles Stevens, Jr. and Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens divorced.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">1900 Memphis, Shelby, TN census, 5th Civil District, E.D. 90, p. 1 (129\/34\/41)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens (Stephens) (73), b. Sept. 1826 in TN, widowed<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">(\u201cGrass Widow\u201d, divorced, husband not dead, still above ground), mother of seven children, three living. Amanda was b. TN, her father b. NC, her mother b. TN.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Charles George Stevens, son, (30), b. June 1869, single, engineer in sawmill. They lived at 129 Looney Street.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens died March 28, 1901, age 79, in Memphis, Shelby,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">TN and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, section A Adult, Lot F 90, burial #365 on March 29, 1901. Female, white, cause of death, Senility La Grippe, place of death, 129 Looney Street, physician, J. F. Cochran, undertaker, Holst Bros., Shelby County Pre-1902 Death records, File # P.151.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Obit for Amanda Melvina Ashley Stevens, Memphis Commercial Appeal,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">March 30, 1901, page 5.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0&#8212;- \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Stevens-At residence, No. 129 Looney Street, Chelsea, Thursday evening, March 28, 1901, Amanda A. Stevens, aged 79 years, mother of James W., W.G., and C.G. Stevens. (Nashvile and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala. Papers please copy). Remains were interred in Forest Hill Cemetery Yesterday (Friday) afternoon.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">James Charles Stevens, Jr. died November 2, 1915 at 7:30 p.m., age 91, in Memphis,Shelby, TN, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery-Midtown, Memphis, section B Adult, Lot 883 single, burial # 3917, November 4, 1915. Male, white, married, cause of death senility, general debility, place of death, 337 W. Johnson Place, physician, S.W. Thorn, undertaker, Jno. J. Collins. State of TN Board of Health file #2756, registered # 2757, showed length of residence at address as 4 yrs., in the state 20 yrs., father was James Stevens, b. England, mother, unknown, birthplace unknown. It showed his age 74 (91). Death certificate informant was Mrs. J. C. Stevens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>submitted by\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:secureDecryptAndNavigate('W1I6oE5jqaA93Vc3+Bwj80UoIV+j5qjzw\/E9+Tx\/qtWt9oBwY0XSCBskuD7Y5bqNK9JAx54AQxP2XbfuGfkJoOoXNsu6vJBy3A==', '88ad5e8dc84f69003bf4618cdb4c7d1c14c2e367c6110d1875c1543cefdac950')\">Peggy Rhinerson<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p align=\"center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Melvina Ashley was the daughter of G. B. (Greenberry) Ashley and Maria Louise Curtis\/Custis Ashley. Maria and Greenberry were both born ca. 1808. Maria is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery. Greenberry was in Civil War, 1st\/27th Consolidated Infantry Regiment representing Nashville, TN and believe died in the war 1861-1863.\u00a0 1826, September 23, Amanda &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/stevens-amanda-melvina-ashley-biography\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;STEVENS, Amanda Melvina Ashley (Biography)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[78,71],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","tag-ashley","tag-stevens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}