Orlando E. Stevenson (1849-1900) was born in Illinois and died in
Beatrice, Nebraska. He married Lorraine Stevenson in Boone, Illinois, in 1872. He held
various jobs, including working as a baker, a salesman, and later as a solicitor for a
fraternal insurance company. By 1880 the family was living in Beatrice. They were
members of a Christian Science branch church there, and Stevenson was a member of its
Students Christian Scientist Association. At the time of his death, he was serving as
deputy supreme president and state organizer for the Sons and Daughters of Protection, a
fraternal order in Nebraska. He was also a member of the Fraternal Union of America and
served a term as constable of Beatrice.
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