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  1. Donald Warren DeFay: Birth: 5 FEB 1916 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, United States. Death: 17 APR 2011 in Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, United States

  2. Frank Durand Stevens: Birth: 23 JUN 1922 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, United States. Death: 2 MAR 1999 in Wiesloch, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany

  3. Margaret Analita Stevens: Birth: 20 MAY 1932 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, United States. Death: 17 AUG 2014

  4. Rosemary Stevens: Birth: 13 AUG 1937 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, United States. Death: 17 JUN 2016 in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States


Sources
1. Title:   "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FFRZ-V1P : 24 January 2016), MM9.1.1/FFRZ-V1P: and Analita Augusta Brown, 01 Sep 1921; citing county clerk’s office, Essex, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 1,029,748.
2. Title:   "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FFR8-QV2 : 24 January 2016), Frank A Stevens and Frieda R Stafford, 27 Jun 1917; citing county clerk’s office, Essex, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 1,029,748.
3. Title:   "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X7ZC-6GG : accessed 7 April 2017), Frank A Stevens, Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 3B, line 83, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1437; FHL microfilm 2,341,172.
4. Title:   "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQMB-8Y9 : accessed 7 April 2017), Frank A Stevens, Lewis, Lewis Town, Essex, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-12, sheet 1B, line 57, family 21, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2533.
5. Title:   "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KF11-TFM : 6 December 2014), Frank A Stevens, Death, 21 Dec 1967, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com
6. Title:   "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXT5-DND : 12 December 2014), Frank Adams Stevens, 1917-1918; citing Essex County, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,712,373.

Notes
a. Note:   Served in ww1 FRANK STEVENS, SUPR.OF ET0WN, PASSES AWAY
 The North Country was deeply saddened on Thursday, December
 21, 1967, to learn of the death of Frank A. Stevens, Supervisor
 of the Town of Elizabethtown.
 Mr. Stevens had undergone surgery on November 24th and had
 been battling to overcome complications resulting therefrom for
 the past month. He was a patient at deGoesbriand Memorial Unit
 of the Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont.
 Frank Stevens, son of Elnathan and Martha Calkins Stevens, was
 born in Keeseville, New York, on November 5, 1893. He attended
 elementary school in Keeseville and high school in Essex, graduiting
 from the latter institution.
 Having chosen pharmacy as his Future profession, he entered Albany
 College of Pharmacy in 1915 and was licensed to practice in the
 State of New York in 1917. He was united in marriage to Miss
 Frieda Stafford of Essex in June, 1917. This union was terminated
 by her death at childbirth in October, 1919. Mr. Stevens answered
 his country's call to service in World War I and served
 in the U. S. Army Medical Corps at Camp Meade, Maryland, until
 December, 1918. In the fall of 1920 he moved from Essex to
 Elizabethtown to accept employment in the C. N. Willams Pharmacy,
 taking up residence in the 'harles Slavin boarding house.
 On September 1, 1921, he was united in marriage to Analita
 Augusta Brown of that village; and to them were born three
 children: Frank Durand, Margaret Analita and Rosemary. Early
 in their married life they included in their family another "son,1
 Donald W. DeFay. They purchased a home on Route 9, south of
 Elizabethtown, in 1924, where they have resided ever since.
 After eighteen years as pharmacist for the Williams Pharmacy,
 except for short intervals at the Larkin Pharmacy in Plattsburgh,
 and as local agent for John Han cock Mutual Life Insurance Company,
 he established Ms awn phar. macy in conjunction with the KiA
 Grocery Store in Lewis, N. Y. In 1941 he returned to the C. N.
 Williams Pharmacy as owner, the family continuing the business enterprises
 in Lewis simultaneously for about three years. At this
 time, in order to devote his full effort to the larger pharmacy
 practice, he consolidated the Lewis Pharmacy with the Williams
 Pharmacy and sold the grocery business. He re-established
 the Williams Pharmacy as a town landmark and became, himself, a]
 highly respected and well beloved institution "on the corner."
 Frank was a member of tihe Masonic Order, having been initiated,
 passed, and raised on Aug.1, 1916, in Iriquois Lodge at Essex,
 N. Y. He affiliated with Adirondack Lodge No. 602, F.&AJM. on
 April 22, 1924 and filled all of the offices in that body, presiding as
 Master of his Lodge in 1935. He continued to be one oi the most
 active Masons in northern New York State, serving hjs Lodge as
 Secretary for thirty years, twenty three of them consecutively.
 In addition, he was twice appointed to high Masonic offices by the
 Grand Lodge Of the State of New York: Assistant Grand Lecturer
 in 1934-35 and District Deputy Grand Master 1939-40. Frank's
 Masonic efforts will continue for years to come through the activities
 of the myriad of younger Masons throughout this" district
 whom he taught and advised on the ritual and basic tenets of
 Freemasonary. frank was also an extremely
 active member of Adiroitdack Star Chapter No. 677, Order of
 the Eastern Star. He served his Chapter as Patron for several
 years, and was appointed Assistant Grand Lecturer of the District
 in 1926.
 Other organizations to which he gave active service over the
 years that he spent in Elizabethtown, included the American Legion,
 Boy Scouts of America, Kiwanis Club, Civil Defense and
 Etizabethtown iFish and Game ClUb;
 He has been a member of the United Congregations Church of
 Elizabethtown since the local Baptist Church united with that group.
 During the later years of his business career, Frank began to
 actively participate in a phase of activity wihieh had long been
 of prime interest to him — public aifaims of his township. He entered
 this field when appointed to fill the unexpired term of
 Town Councilman Raymond F. Agnew a post to which he
 was re-elected at the next election. He next was appointed to
 the post of Justice of the Peace n April 1959 upon the retirement
 of William A. Knowlton. Again he was elected to succeed
 himself at the scheduled election n 1960.
 He continued to serve in this capacity until March, 1963, when,
 upon the retirement of John A.Deming, he was appointed to the
 post of Supervisor of the Town of Elizabethtown, a position that
 he continued to fill through reelection, until his death. His public
 service totalled nearly eleven years, during which time he was
 never opposed in an election. He proudly counted among the town
 improvements during his term of office the erection and furnishing
  For the majority of his public service, Frank has earned
 the admiration and esteem of the community as much for his
 courage and determination as for his accomplishments. He hes continued
 to be a dynamic and motivating force despite physical
 handicaps resulting from a serious automobile accident and the
 amptation of his left leg. Not only did he continue to perform his
 duties and participate in civic activites of every nature, he continued
 to extend a helping hand to all with his usual good nature
 and cheery disposition. He will be remembered by all as a true
 and devoled friend and a public servant of sterling caliber.
 Frank is survived by his widow, Analita B(rown) Stevens of Elizabethtown;
 his son, Lt. Col. Frank Durand Stevens of Wieslock/Baden,
 West Germany; a daughter, Margaret Ezro of Candor, N. Y.;
 a daughter, Rosemary Sanders of Juneau, Alaska; a foster son, Donald
 W. DeFay of Coronado, California and his family; one brother, Harry
 of Hackettstown, N. J., a brother-in-Iaw, John J. Walsh of
 Hackettstown, N. J.; fourteen grandchildren, one great grandchild,
 Cashell Jaquish of Albany, N. Y. and many nieces and nephews.
 A Masonic funeral service was held at Marvin's Funeral Home on Saturday evening, December 23, which was attended by one
 of the largest groups of Masons in the memory of those attending, from throughout the North Country. iFuneral services were conducted from the United Congregations Church on Sunday, December 24, with Military Rites at the graveside.
 Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Bearers were Duncan Bey, Roy Baker, Albert Denton, Bernard Porter, John Mahoney,
 and Benjamin Hooper. Town officials, members of the Town Board and the County Board of Supervisors attended the services in a body
b. Note:   Frank A Stevens New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936
 Name Frank A Stevens
 Event Type Marriage
 Event Date 27 Jun 1917
 Event Place Essex, New York, United States
 Gender Male
 Age 23
 Birth Year (Estimated) 1894
 Father's Name Elnathan Stevens
 Mother's Name Martha Calkins
 Spouse's Name Frieda R Stafford
 Spouse's Gender Female
 Spouse's Age 26
 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1891
 Spouse's Father's Name Cyrus H Stafford
 Spouse's Mother's Name Hattie B Wiggins
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