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History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter,
Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections. J. H. Beers & Co., 1890

Page 1184, Sharon Township, Potter Co., PA

SALA C. STEVENS, lumberman, P.O. Shinglehouse, was born in Jamaica, Windham Co., Vt., February 18, 1813, a son of Asa and Patty (Hazelton) Stevens, natives of Vermont and pioneers of Tioga county, Penn. He was reared in Vermont and settled in Sharon township, Potter county, in 1838, embarking in the lumber business, in which he has been very successful and in which he is still interested. He also, for fifteen years, was interested in a large lumber yard and mill in Cincinnati, Ohio, in which he accumulated a competency. Mr. Stevens was twice married. His first wife was Lydia, daughter of Anthony and Katie (Stevens) Jones, of Bingham township, this county, by whom he had children as follows: Fendora 1,1. (Mrs. J. E. Terwilliger). Florence E. (Mrs. Robert Sayers), Florentine S., Grace G. (Mrs. Robert Hook). Edith G. and Mabel (Mrs. Samuel Booth). His second wife was Mrs. Kate (Haley) Seals, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Stevens is a representative and leading citizen of Shinglehouse. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican.