There are currently no descendants of Martha Hilyard Stemen on the mailing list; however:

• Dave Koester is interested in the Stemen family into which Martha married. He maintains a Stemen page which may prove useful to descendants of this family.
• Velva Bruce is also a distant relative of this couple.

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• Census Records

Martha Magdalena Hilyard was born 3 May 1820 from the family Bible record. The following is a biographical sketch of her husband Samuel Stemen, taken from the History of Allen County, Ohio:

"SAMUEL STEMEN, farmer, P.O. Elida, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, September 21, 1821; son of Henry and Mary (Beery) Stemen, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively, and who came to Allen County, Ohio, in 1841, where they both died. Our subject was married, October 3, 1841, to Magdalena Hilyard, of Fairfield County, Ohio, a native of Fayette County, Penn., born May 3, 1820, daughter of Thomas A. & Elizabeth (Haught) Hilyard, who were natives of Fayette County, Penn., where they married; they moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, in an early day and there died. To our subject and wife have been born twelve children: Elizabeth, Isaac B., Mary, Henry S., Anna, George W., Magdalena, Samuel H., Jane, Catharine, Jessie J, and Charles A., all now living except Elizabeth, Anna and George. Mr. Stemen has served in some of the township offices. In politics he is a Democrat. Mrs. Stemen is a member of the Mennonite Church."

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