sentences:  In September 1878, Stephens became a founding member and an early president of the famed literary Johnsonian Club, Brisbane; 'an institution being the association of pressmen, artists, actors, and scientists'.He was suffering for some time from angina pectoris before his death on 29 June 1902.His funeral was held the next day and proceeded from "Wyuna", his residence on Water Street at Highgate Hill, to the South Brisbane Cemetery.