Show JOHN STEVENSON DEAD noted passes away of old age after an eventful life P k J J 4 4 I 1 clr I 1 I 1 I 1 act pct i I 1 I 1 I 1 11 t I 1 I 1 I 1 f 1 aaa john stephenson the noted died on july 31 at half past 5 at new rochelle Eo chelle N Y of general dissolution caused by old age john stephenson was an american in everything but birth lie ile atoned for that though by coming into the world on the greatest american holiday oliday li the fourth of july and when ho lie was only a toddler of two years he lie landed on these shores lie ile was born in county armagh ireland in 1809 hia father waa was an englishman and hia his mother was of scotch descent the family settled in ili new york in 1811 young stephenson Stop henson was educated in the wesleyan seminar seminary y in new york his ilia father intended him for a mercantile life but after sticking to an ollice stool until he lie was nearly nineteen ho lie induced his father fattier to apprentice 0 antice him to a named and andrew r ew wade lie ile remained with wade wado until 1831 when he started in business on hia his own account and built hia ilia first street aarfor a road that was opened with great ceremony in 1832 the tile street car waa was a little four wheeled affair but it made a great gmt bit in th those els 0 da days s and brought stephenson Stephen soa many orders ili hie cara cars went allover ill over the world to great britain russia australia new now zealand and cape FAI faione colony ony in recent years men have been steadily em gloved coved in hia ilia factory lie was thoroughly A american ine rican in everything ery thing and never looked to other countries for ideas in hia his car building business |