1766 - 1813

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• Birth	1766	Providence, Providence Co. Ri
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Mar 1813	Kent, Connecticut
  Person ID	I4993	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	01 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	James EDMUNDS, II, b. 1731, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Mother	Abigail JENCKES, b. 1740
  Family ID	F1890	Group Sheet
  Married	Abt 1794	Ct
  Family ID	F2109	Group Sheet

• Notes

  At about the close of the Revolutionary War, Stephen ran away from hisfather and went to Canaan, Litchfield Co. CT. where he learned his tradeat the Iron Works there. He was called a bloomer. (This is the job ofshaping the hot ore by hammering or rollingit. A very hard and hotjob.) He was an industrious, hard working man of exellent nativeability. Although without much kinowledge of books, he was a ready andvigorous public speaker and a man of noble character. In the winter of 1812-13, an epidemic of fever broke out in the town ofKent, prostrating a heavy proportion of the heads of families. Stephenimmediately left his work and thenceforth devoted himself to the care ofthe sick. He himself was struck down with the fever after a time andwithin two days of getting it he was carried to his grave. His wifeRebekah later followed him, leaving six children to the tender mercies ofcharity.