Stevenson Mathews Lot at Oakland Cemetery

 

On the North Ridge at Oakland Cemetery is the family lot of the extended Stevenson and Mathews family.

John Wesley Stevenson died in 1910. He was first a dry goods merchant in Sandusky, and later became a produce dealer. His wife, who also passed away in 1910, was Caroline Mathews Stevenson.

The son of John W. and Caroline Stevenson was John Fletcher Stevenson, who died as a child.

Anna Constable Stevenson was the daughter in law of John W. and Caroline Stevenson. She died in 1922. She was married to journalist Frederick Boyd Stevenson, who died in 1938, and was buried in New York.

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The parents of Mary Mathews Stevenson were John Mathews and Mary Converse Mathews, who both died in 1876.

Also buried in the Stevenson Mathews Lot are Mary Mathews Bishop and Willard A. Bishop. Mr. Bishop was well known as a photographer in Sandusky, Ohio for many years. The Stevenson and Mathews families made significant contributions to their church and community. Their names etched in stone are a reminder of lives well lived.