Sarah Clotworthy Stevenson (1824–1885) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia,

William E. Stevenson William Erskine Stevenson (March 18, 1820November 29, 1883) was an American cabinet-maker, farmer, and Republican politician from Parkersburg, West Virginia. He was the third governor of West Virginia from 1869 until 1871.http://www.wvculture.or ...

. She held the role of

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of the state from 1869 to 1871.

Biography

She was born in 1824 in

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. In 1842, she married

. In the 1850s, the Stevensons relocated from

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, where Mr. Stevenson became a strong advocate for the Union and West Virginia statehood. During her husband's term as governor, in 1870, the state capital was moved from Wheeling to Charleston. After William E. Stevenson's tenure ended, the Stevensons returned to

Death

She died at Parkersburg in 1885."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.

References

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