Résumé

Engineer, Pearson Engineering Corporation, Portland, OR, c. 1912. Pearson sent Stevens to work in Spain on an irrigation project in 1912. (See Geological Society of the Oregon Country.org, "Past Presidents," accessed 11/14/2023.)

Principal, J.C. Stevens, Consulting Engineer, Portland, OR, before 1920.

Partner, Stevens and Koon, Consulting Engineers, Portland, OR, 1920- .

Partner, Stevens and Thompson, Consulting Engineers, Portland, OR, c. 1957. Between 1958 and the 1960s, Stevens and Thompson undertook the engineering work for the Bull Run Reserve Dam 2 water diversion tunnel, floods, and completed towers. Stevens and Thompson, Engineers Kohler, Frank ; Anderson, H Kenneth ; Boody, Nathan A ; Thompson, H Loren

Professional Service

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Oregon Section, Portland, OR.

President, ASCE, Oregon Section, Portland, OR, 1919-1920.

Speaker, with H. Loren Thompson, American Water Works Association 20th Annual Meeting, "The Portland Sewage Works Project," San Francisco, CA, 07/22/1947. Stevens and Thompson represented the consulting firm of Stevens and Koon. (See "Program of 20th Annual Meeting: San Francisco, Calif., July 21-24, 1947," Sewage Works Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 07/1947, p. 689.)

College

B.Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1928.

Relocation

John Cyprian Stevens was born in Moline, KS, a town in Elk County, in the southeast part of the state. His parents were Charles Freeman Stevens and Esther Meek Kilgore. The Stevens family likely lived in Moline until about 1879, when his father, a preacher, moved them to Knoxville, IA. The 1880 US Census recorded his parents and younger brother living here at that time.

Between 09/12/1918 and 1929, at least, Stevens and his wife lived at 108 Royal Court in Portland. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Oregon; Registration County: Multnomah Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/14/2023 and R.L. Polk and Company's Portland, Oregon, City Directory, 1929, p. 1621.)

At age 94, Stevens died of a stroke at the Rose Villa Senior Living Community in Milwaukie, OR. At the time of his death, he also had diabetes mellitus. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Oregon Center for Health Statistics; Portland, Oregon, USA; Oregon, Death Records, 1969-1971, accessed 11/14/2023.)

Parents

His mother was Esther Meek Kilgore (born 03/03/1845 in Tuscarawas, OH-d. 09/11/1934 in Portland, OR). She wed his father Charles F. Stevens (born 04/11/1841 in Paris, ME-d. 12/16/1936 in Portland, OR) on 09/28/1874 in Battle Creek, MI. (Some sources indicated that Charles's middle name was "Freeland," others said "Freeman.)

John Cyprian Stevens had a sister, Mamie L. Stevens King (born 08/06/1893 in East Des Moines, IA-d. 12/07/1970 in Port Angeles, WA) and a brother William S. Stevens (born c. 1878 in KS), who likely died in childhood.

Spouse

He wed Nancy Canning on 06/15/1905 in Lincoln, NE. He was 29, she, 27, at the time of their marriage. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society; Lincoln, Nebraska; Nebraska, Marriage Records, accessed 11/14/2023.)

Biographical Notes

His World War I draft registration card listed Stevens as Caucasian, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was of medium height and build.

SSN: 542-34-5551.

• Moline, KS (Architect's Birth)
  Moline, KS 67353

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