Ruth Baker Stevenson

  Noted events in her life were:

• Sewing: Flax to Linen Cover. Examples of sewing by hand by Ruth Baker Stevenson at the Normal School Oswego, New York

• Sewing: Flax to Linen Page 1. Examples of sewing by hand by Ruth Baker Stevenson at the Normal School Oswego, New York

• Sewing: Flax to Linen Page 2. Examples of sewing by hand by Ruth Baker Stevenson at the Normal School Oswego, New York

• Sewing: Flax to Linen Page 3. Examples of sewing by hand by Ruth Baker Stevenson at the Normal School Oswego, New York

• Sewing: Flax to Linen Page 4. Examples of sewing by hand by Ruth Baker Stevenson at the Normal School Oswego, New York

• Sewing: Flax to Linen Page 5. Examples of sewing by hand by Ruth Baker Stevenson at the Normal School Oswego, New York

• Sewing: Flax to Linen Page 6. Examples of sewing by hand by Ruth Baker Stevenson at the Normal School Oswego, New York

• Occupation: Oswego Palladium-Times, Saturday, Page 3, 16 Oct 1937, Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. LIST OF HONOR AT DISTRICT 5

Miss Ruth B. Stevenson,
Teacher, Announces
High Marks.

OSWEGO TOWN. Oct. 16 The honor roll of teat marks for District 5. Fifth-Street road, of which Ruth B. Stevenson is teacher, has been announced as follows: ......

• Occupation: President of the Rural Teachers Association, 1959, Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. From the Palladium Times, Page 5, May 26, 1959.

• Occupation: Minetto School Faculty Photograph, 22 Apr 1969, Minetto, Oswego, New York. Ruth Stevenson is the seventh person from the left in the middle row.

• Residence: Family Photo and newspaper article, 1993, Oswego, New York. Oswego County Messenger, Page 18, Thurs., May 20,1982

The Stevenson House on Fifth Street is a brick home in a simple Italianate structure with a hipped roof. The brick structure was constructed in 1870 in what was formerly the town of Oswego and is now Minetto, Edward Stevenson learned to make bricks for the home, which he experimented with by adding coke to the clay, producing a hard black brick. A house on Ellen Street in Oswego, near Third Street, was built of these bricks for a lawyer named Scribner. Each brick was initially molded by hand, but later a steam engine machine was used. The kilns operated for about 15 years, creating bricks used in a number of Oswego businesses. The bricks sold for $10 to $12 per 1,000 in the early 70's. Later the cost was $6 per 1,000.

This may have been Edward and Margaret's son as he is listed as a mason in his obituary.

• Obituary: Newspaper Oswego Valley News, Jun 1997, Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. Ruth B, Stevenson,
member of Retired
Teachers' Association

Ruth B. Stevenson, 87, a resident of Co. Rt.. 25 (West Filth Street Road), Oswego, died Thursday, June 5, in Oswego Hospital.

Born in Oswego, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Minnie (Baker) Stevenson.

Miss Stevenson was employed as a school teacher at rural schools in districts 5
and 2, and the Minetto schools. She had taught in a one-room school located on Co. Rte. 25. She was a devoted teacher to her students.

She was a member of Oswego Center Methodist Church; the Retired Teachers'
Association; and the Oswego Historical Society. She enjoyed gardening.
She is survived by one sister, Helen E Stevenson of Co. Rte. 25; and many friends.

Funeral services were held Saturday, June 7, at Nelson Funeral Home, 124 W.
Fifth St.

Burial was in Rural Cemetery.

• Social Security Number: 127-32-7900.

• Cemetery: Rural Cemetery, 5 Jun 1997, Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. Section L, Row 3, Lot 2 – Lot Owner, Helen & Ruth Stevenson
Stevenson, Helen F. / died 1-1-2007 / single / born in Oswego on 10-6-1912 / buried 5-8-2007 / died in Oswego, NY / Nelson Funeral Home
Stevenson, Ruth B. / died 6-5-1997 / single / buried 6-7-1997 / Nelson Funeral Home