STEPHENS, DAN VOORHEES: 1868-1939.
Dan Voorhees Stephens , son of Richard Lewis and Martha Lamkins Stephens, was born in Bloomington, Ind., on Nov. 4, 1868, and attended Valparaiso University in 1886-87. He married Hannah Boe on June 24, 1890.
In 1889 Mr. Stephens went to Nebraska , where he spent the remainder of his life. He was in business in page: 304[View Page 304] Fremont, Nebr., in 1889 and served as county superintendent of schools for Dodge County from 1890 to 1894. He was connected with various Nebraska business firms. He served three terms in the U. S. House of Representatives and in 1933 was a member of the Board of Public Works for Nebraska . He died on Jan. 13, 1939.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Silas Cobb; A Story of Super Vision.
Fremont, Nebr., 1901.
- Phelps and His Teachers. Fremont,
Nebr., 1902. (2nd ed.)
- Cottonwood Yarns; being Mostly Stories Told to Children about
Some More or Less Wild Animals that Live at the Cottonwoods on the Elkhorn
River in Nebraska. Fremont, Nebr., 1935.
