Adolph H. Stevenson (1875-1911) was born in Manistee County, Michigan, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. He married Mary "May" P. Stevenson (b. Warwick) in Cheboygan, Michigan, in 1894, and sometime before 1900 they moved to Providence where Stevenson was employed as a coachman. The couple divorced shortly thereafter. From March to December 1908, Stevenson was a member of the staff at Mary Baker Eddy's Chestnut Hill home. His primary position was as Eddy's coachman, and he also served as a handyman, gardner, and groundskeeper
.Eddy highly valued the beautiful and exacting care Stevenson gave to her horses, and she encouraged his growing interest in Christian Science by gifting him copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and some of her other writings. During his tenure at Chestnut Hill, on November 6, 1908, Stevenson joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Also during his tenure, Stevenson arranged for the household's purchase of a White steam-powered touring car and drove Eddy in it the one time she ever rode in an automobile. After leaving employment at Chestnut Hill, Stevenson went to work in the Publishing House of the Christian Science Publishing Society for a year and a half before returning to Providence and becoming a full-time Christian Science practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal. In 1909 he married Louise C. Stevenson (b. Martin) in Providence.
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Adolph H. Stevenson (1875-1911) was born in Manistee County, Michigan, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. He married Mary "May" P. Stevenson (b. Warwick) in Cheboygan, Michigan, in 1894, and sometime before 1900 they moved to Providence where Stevenson was employed as a coachman. The couple divorced shortly thereafter. From March to December 1908, Stevenson was a member of the staff at Mary Baker Eddy's Chestnut Hill home. His primary position was as Eddy's coachman, and he also served as a handyman, gardner, and groundskeeper
.Eddy highly valued the beautiful and exacting care Stevenson gave to her horses, and she encouraged his growing interest in Christian Science by gifting him copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and some of her other writings. During his tenure at Chestnut Hill, on November 6, 1908, Stevenson joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Also during his tenure, Stevenson arranged for the household's purchase of a White steam-powered touring car and drove Eddy in it the one time she ever rode in an automobile. After leaving employment at Chestnut Hill, Stevenson went to work in the Publishing House of the Christian Science Publishing Society for a year and a half before returning to Providence and becoming a full-time Christian Science practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal. In 1909 he married Louise C. Stevenson (b. Martin) in Providence.
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