Thomas Stephens (Wisconsin pioneer)

Thomas Stephens
Thomas Stephens
	From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin (1901)
Born	May 13, 1815; Tavistock, Devonshire, UK
Died	July 22, 1871 (aged 56); Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Buried	East Side Cemetery, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Allegiance	United Kingdom; United States
Branch	British Army; Wisconsin Militia; United States Volunteers; Union Army
Rank	Brig. General, WNG; Colonel, USV;
Commands	2nd Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry
Conflicts	American Civil War
Spouse	Jane W. Hagerman (m. 1847⁠–⁠1871)
Children	Eme I. Stephens; (b. 1848; died 1849); Mary R. Stephens; (b. 1850; died 1851); Harriet Jane (Osborne); (b. 1854; died 1938); Thomas Charles Stephens; (b. 1857); Elizabeth Jane "Libbie" (Carson); (b. 1859; died 1941);

Thomas Stephens (May 13, 1815 – July 22, 1871) was an English American immigrant, miner, and Wisconsin pioneer. As a young man he served in the Queen's Life Guard during the reign of Queen Victoria, and after emigrating to the United States, he served as a Union Army cavalry officer in the American Civil War. He was a celebrated swordsman and fencer, and wrote a treatise on swordsmanship which was part of the recommended curriculum for United States Army officers in the Civil War era. During his lifetime, his last name was often spelled Stevens.