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Stephens family of Brewster, New York

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Daniel B. Mallory — of Sherman, Fairfield County, Conn. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1877; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Sherman, 1908. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Grandfather of Dean Mallory Stephens (1893-1961); great-grandfather of Willis H. Stephens; second great-grandfather of Willis H. Stephens, Jr..
		Political family: Stephens family of Brewster, New York.

Dean Mallory Stephens (1893-1961) — also known as D. Mallory Stephens — of Brewster, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Patterson, Putnam County, N.Y., December 17, 1893. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Putnam County, 1926-52; chair of Putnam County Republican Party, 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948 (alternate), 1952. Presbyterian. Member, Grange. Died, from a heart ailment, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 11, 1961 (age 67 years, 25 days). Interment at Maple Avenue Cemetery, Patterson, N.Y.

		Relatives: Son of Henry B. Stephens (Putnam County sheriff) and Alice (Mallory) Stephens; married 1914 to Grace Hine; father of Willis H. Stephens; grandson of Daniel B. Mallory; grandfather of Willis H. Stephens, Jr. (1954?-).
		Political family: Stephens family of Brewster, New York.
		Image source: New York Red Book 1936

Willis H. Stephens (b. 1925) — of Brewster, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Patterson, Putnam County, N.Y., June 7, 1925. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; coal business; member of New York state assembly, 1953-82 (Putnam County 1953-65, 107th District 1966, 97th District 1967-72, 94th District 1973-82); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Still living as of 2000.

		Relatives: Son of Dean Mallory Stephens; married to Daphne Dunbar; father of Willis H. Stephens, Jr. (1954?-); great-grandson of Daniel B. Mallory.
		Political family: Stephens family of Brewster, New York.

Willis H. Stephens, Jr. — of Brewster, Putnam County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly 91st District, 1995-. Still living as of 2001.

		Relatives: Son of Willis H. Stephens; grandson of Dean Mallory Stephens; second great-grandson of Daniel B. Mallory (1837?-?).
		Political family: Stephens family of Brewster, New York.

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