Searching for descendants of Joseph Earl Stevens, born on 21 May 1890, in Parke County, IN. He deserted the army at the Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, MO about 1911, and according to some descendants of his brothers he moved west. I cannot find Joseph on the 1920 or 1930 census. His brother Cecil lived with his parents on the 1920, but have not found him on the 1930. His brother Cecil Coyer Stevens, born 12 February 1892 in Tangier, Parke County, IN was also a deserter from Fort Reilly, Kansas, but turned himself into authorities after he was involved in a train accident where he lost part of an arm and a leg. He was last seen by descendants of a brother about 1936, but was never heard from again. His father was Leonard Coyer Stevens, born 15 Jan 1867 in Parke County, IN, died 13 October 1925 in Normal, McLean County, IL, buried in City Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean County, IL. Joseph's mother was Ida Jane Hatt born 7 July 1870 in Parke County, IN. She married a second time after Leonard's death to Jeremiah P. Reilly, in Pontiac, Livingston County, IL. She died there on 20 May 1962 and is buried in the South Side Cemetery in Pontiac, Livingston County, IL. Other siblings were Sophia Esther Stevens, Clyde Ingram Stevens and Orvil Lester Stevens. Sophia Esther Stevens, my grandmother died at the young age of 20. She was born 9 February 1896 in Terra Haute, Vigo County, IN. and died 30 August 1916 in Fulton County, IL. She is buried in the Farmington Cemetery in Fulton County, IL in an unmarked grave. We never met members of her family until 2005, when we met her neices and nephews at a West Virginia Reunion. Copies of old pictures were made and in December I received my first good picture of my great-grandmother, Ida Jane Hatt Stevens Reilly, who died in 1962. Any information about Joseph Earl or Cecil Coyer Stevens would be appreciated. Heard about these two men as I was growing up as it was the only story my father had heard about them, having never met them. When I started my research I decided that there must be some records in the National Archives to confirm these stories. I wrote for court marshal papers, but there were none, however, in the Adjutant General's files I received enlistment records, records of Cecil's apprehension and two wanted posters with their pictures. That was our first picture of any member of this Stevens family with the exception of my grandmother's picture holding my father as a baby, her wedding picture with my grandfather, and several of her alone. Darlene Shawn