johnstevens

There was a Judge John L. Stevens of Boone, Iowa, according to query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=940CE6DD1630E233A... A John L. Stevens was commodore of the New York Yacht Club in 1851 according to: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F01E5DB113FE633A... and another John L. Stevens was a diplomat who conspired to overthrow the Queen of Hawaii in 1893, and died in 1895. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Stevens Only the first seems a candidate based on the period of the Bain photos. He appears to have campaigned for Teddy Roosevelt in 1914. See www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/1999/04/01/import/1999040...

This is Judge John Loomis Stevens who was as well a candidate for governor of Iowa. My G G Grandfather.

@Swang, Teddy Roosevelt's last campaign was in 1912, when he ran for President on the Progressive Party "Bull Moose" ticket. In 1914, he was recuperating after his return from a months-long, near-fatal journey through the Amazon wilderness, exploring the River of Doubt.

@carrierasmussen Hi Carrie, We've run across each other on Ancestry as well. Judge John Loomis Stevens was aslo my GG Grandfather. As to the posts about Teddy Roosevelt. I remember seeing a picture of Teddy Roosevelt on his horse at their home in Iowa. It was in a photo albumm of my Grandfather John Stevens Scott. I also know they had some affiliation with Boone IA.

carrierasmussen see my post above

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2890280748/ wrtt John L. Stevens. Could this woman be an older version of Rowena Edson Stevens as at celebratesuffrage2008.org/History.php ? Or as at www.ames.lib.ia.us/farwell/publication/Pub2199.htm ? If so, that would confirm this as being Judge John Loomis Stevens of Iowa.

This is Judge John Loomis Stevens and his wife Rowena Edson Stevens. They were my great great grandparents. He was a candidate for Governor of Iowa and this photo actually appeared in a 1912 publication regarding his candidacy.