Died very young saving someone else from drowning . He was on a family picnic and talked about how hot and dry the trip was and how hot and dry it would be on the way home.
Richard Stephens was a carpenter
Richard Stephens father and brothers were also carpenters . I had a picture of him in a baseball suit when he was young but lost it . It is a miracle that I even have a picture of him . When my mother was dying my Uncle Eddy got pictures of him that had been in my great Grandmothers house . Uncle Eddy Stephens was mailed these pictures from someone in New England with the last name of Woodruff who didn't even know Richard but they thought Uncle Eddy might Like them . Uncle Eddy gave them to Aunt Edith and she mailed them to mom before she died . These pictures were in my great grandmothers house when my mom lived there but disappeared after the funeral for great grandmother .
Richard Stephens feed the poor
During my grandfathers day their were a lot of poor people . They would come to the door and beg food grandpa never turned away any of these people.
Married he's first cousin
When he died it was very hard on he's family especially he's wife because they had known each other all of their lives . My grandparents, Richard and Betsy Stephens really loved one another . Love survives death people die love doesn't die it is handed down through the generations . I am sure he's love lives today in my family my children my brother and sister and my wonderful niece and her children and grandchildren .
Evil doesn't survive after death if you want to be remembered by your family for generations to come chose to do good