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Y. STEPHENSON, Georgetown, a prominent physician of Georgetown and Brown County, was born in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio, April 19, 1834. He is a son of R. P. Stephenson, who was also born in Union Township in 1801. His father was Mill Stephenson, probably a native of Delaware, and from whom Fort Stephenson was named. He located in what is now Union Township, Brown County, Ohio, about the latter part of the eighteenth century, and there lived till his death. His son, R. P. Stephenson, the father of our subject, was a boat-builder; also ran a saw-mill in early life, but has mainly been engaged in farming. He married Elizabeth Wallace, a native of this county. Nine children have been given them, seven living. Both parents are living, and each in their eighty-first year. Dr. Stephenson was the fifth child and fourth son of these parents, and was reared on the homestead farm. He received a liberal education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, remaining there four years. At the commencement of the civil war, he returned to Brown County, and soon after obtained a situation as teacher in a district school. He followed the profession of teaching probably sixteen years altogether. He read medicine with Dr. Beasley, of Ripley, remaining with him two years. He attended a course of medical lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, and subsequently at the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, graduating from the latter institution in the spring of 1865. He first located at Bentonville, Adams County, Ohio, and a year later at Georgetown, where he has since resided. Dr. Stephenson has met with very good success in his practice. He has always evinced considerable interest in educational matters throughout the entire county. He was Principal of the Georgetown Public Schools for three years, and the Higginsport Schools two years. He was President of the Brown County Teacher’s Institute for four years; has been a member of the Georgetown Board of Education ten years, and is its oldest member in point of service. He is also connected with the Brown County Academy of Medicine; of the Knights of Pythias, and the Lodge and Encampment of Odd Fellows. Politically, he is a strong and earnest Democrat. Dr. Stephenson was married, in the fall of 1856, to Susan Vananda, a native of Ohio. Both are members of the M. E. Church.