Daughter of Waller Stephens and Lucy Adams Stephens of Orange County, VA. They married 29 June 1801. Her father is thought to have died there in 1815. He was born in 1780.
Elizabeth, known as Betsey, married Jarvis Haydon in Boone County, KY 2 Dec 1823. (Source: George Collier, #48932757)
At the time of the Civil War Betsey was a widow. During the great fighting of 1863, General Order #11 was issued requiring citizens of Cass County, Missouri to leave leave the county at once. This county was the stronghold of murderous guerillas and bushwhackers who opposed the Union and had devastated Lawrence, Kansas.
All structures of Cass County were burned to the ground. Foodstuffs were consficated by the Union Army. Betsey fled to the safety of the Kentucky seat of the Stephens family, Kenton county, where she was taken in by her uncle, Leonard Stephens at his fine home at Beech Woods. This seems to have been her only option. She was a known sympathizer of the Confederate States.
On 16 August 1864 Leonard Stephens of KY wrote to his brother William of Monroe County, MO: "Betsey Haden left here this day a week ago on her return home to Missouri. She expected to have staid in Kentucky for some time yet. But the military authorities issued a very stringent order requiring all persons who had come into this state from Missouri to leave within 20 days. The order was issued on the 26th of July and had expired. She had determined to return to Missouri anyhow and would not consent to make her home here with me as I desired she should. I regretted very much to part with Betsey for she made herself very useful here. I shall have some uneasiness about her until I learn of her safe arrival at home. She had no friend or acquaintance to Accompany her and had to depend entirely on her own management to get along.
It was not until after the war that Leonard Stephens learned that Betsey had made a safe return to Harrisonville.
Elizabeth, known as Betsey, married Jarvis Haydon in Boone County, KY 2 Dec 1823. (Source: George Collier, #48932757)
At the time of the Civil War Betsey was a widow. During the great fighting of 1863, General Order #11 was issued requiring citizens of Cass County, Missouri to leave leave the county at once. This county was the stronghold of murderous guerillas and bushwhackers who opposed the Union and had devastated Lawrence, Kansas.
All structures of Cass County were burned to the ground. Foodstuffs were consficated by the Union Army. Betsey fled to the safety of the Kentucky seat of the Stephens family, Kenton county, where she was taken in by her uncle, Leonard Stephens at his fine home at Beech Woods. This seems to have been her only option. She was a known sympathizer of the Confederate States.
On 16 August 1864 Leonard Stephens of KY wrote to his brother William of Monroe County, MO: "Betsey Haden left here this day a week ago on her return home to Missouri. She expected to have staid in Kentucky for some time yet. But the military authorities issued a very stringent order requiring all persons who had come into this state from Missouri to leave within 20 days. The order was issued on the 26th of July and had expired. She had determined to return to Missouri anyhow and would not consent to make her home here with me as I desired she should. I regretted very much to part with Betsey for she made herself very useful here. I shall have some uneasiness about her until I learn of her safe arrival at home. She had no friend or acquaintance to Accompany her and had to depend entirely on her own management to get along.
It was not until after the war that Leonard Stephens learned that Betsey had made a safe return to Harrisonville.
Daughter of Waller Stephens and Lucy Adams Stephens of Orange County, VA. They married 29 June 1801. Her father is thought to have died there in 1815. He was born in 1780.
Elizabeth, known as Betsey, married Jarvis Haydon in Boone County, KY 2 Dec 1823. (Source: George Collier, #48932757)
At the time of the Civil War Betsey was a widow. During the great fighting of 1863, General Order #11 was issued requiring citizens of Cass County, Missouri to leave leave the county at once. This county was the stronghold of murderous guerillas and bushwhackers who opposed the Union and had devastated Lawrence, Kansas.
All structures of Cass County were burned to the ground. Foodstuffs were consficated by the Union Army. Betsey fled to the safety of the Kentucky seat of the Stephens family, Kenton county, where she was taken in by her uncle, Leonard Stephens at his fine home at Beech Woods. This seems to have been her only option. She was a known sympathizer of the Confederate States.
On 16 August 1864 Leonard Stephens of KY wrote to his brother William of Monroe County, MO: "Betsey Haden left here this day a week ago on her return home to Missouri. She expected to have staid in Kentucky for some time yet. But the military authorities issued a very stringent order requiring all persons who had come into this state from Missouri to leave within 20 days. The order was issued on the 26th of July and had expired. She had determined to return to Missouri anyhow and would not consent to make her home here with me as I desired she should. I regretted very much to part with Betsey for she made herself very useful here. I shall have some uneasiness about her until I learn of her safe arrival at home. She had no friend or acquaintance to Accompany her and had to depend entirely on her own management to get along.
It was not until after the war that Leonard Stephens learned that Betsey had made a safe return to Harrisonville.
Elizabeth, known as Betsey, married Jarvis Haydon in Boone County, KY 2 Dec 1823. (Source: George Collier, #48932757)
At the time of the Civil War Betsey was a widow. During the great fighting of 1863, General Order #11 was issued requiring citizens of Cass County, Missouri to leave leave the county at once. This county was the stronghold of murderous guerillas and bushwhackers who opposed the Union and had devastated Lawrence, Kansas.
All structures of Cass County were burned to the ground. Foodstuffs were consficated by the Union Army. Betsey fled to the safety of the Kentucky seat of the Stephens family, Kenton county, where she was taken in by her uncle, Leonard Stephens at his fine home at Beech Woods. This seems to have been her only option. She was a known sympathizer of the Confederate States.
On 16 August 1864 Leonard Stephens of KY wrote to his brother William of Monroe County, MO: "Betsey Haden left here this day a week ago on her return home to Missouri. She expected to have staid in Kentucky for some time yet. But the military authorities issued a very stringent order requiring all persons who had come into this state from Missouri to leave within 20 days. The order was issued on the 26th of July and had expired. She had determined to return to Missouri anyhow and would not consent to make her home here with me as I desired she should. I regretted very much to part with Betsey for she made herself very useful here. I shall have some uneasiness about her until I learn of her safe arrival at home. She had no friend or acquaintance to Accompany her and had to depend entirely on her own management to get along.
It was not until after the war that Leonard Stephens learned that Betsey had made a safe return to Harrisonville.
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