His sisters were Eleanor(m. Godfrey M. Fogg) Julia Emily(m. Dr. John Arnold Crowdus, Lemuel Swearengin),and Harriet J.(m.

[5] To fundraise for its construction, Stevenson sold stocks to investors in Nashville and Charleston, South Carolina.

[1] He hired Edmund William Cole as superintendent in 1857,[5] and Stevenson became "a kind of co-president, or president ex officio.

[8] In 1861, at the outset of the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Stevenson was appointed as the quartermaster for the Confederate States Army by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

[2][9] Shortly after the evacuation of Nashville in February 1862, he moved to Murfreesboro, where he managed a portion of the tracks.

[5][10] After the war, Stevenson moved to New York City and invested in real estate in uptown Manhattan.

Actress Annie Potts[12] of Designing Women, Young Sheldon, Pretty in Pink, and Ghostbusters fame is a 4th great niece (or 3rd great-grandniece) of V.K.