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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Stevens, John Wardlaw
Stevens, John Wardlaw , Farmer “River View,” Wallacetown. Mr. Stevens was born on the 4th of September, 1863, at Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. He arrived in Port Chalmers in 1865, by the ship “Cariboo,” with his father, the late Rev. Andrew Stevens, who was the first Presbyterian minister at Wallacetown. Mr. Stevens was brought up to farming, and has farmed on his own account since 1877. He is now engaged in dairy farming, in connection with which he holds sixty acres of leasehold land, and owns ten acres of freehold in the township, on which he has erected a handsome residence. Mr. Stevens has been a member of the Wallacetown school committee for some years. He married a daughter of Mr Walter Riddle, of Orepuki, and has seven sons and two daughters.