Stevens was born at South Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Samuel Stevens, and his wife Jane (née Colton). Samuel Stevens was a cooper and an active member of the South Brisbane community, who stood for a seat as Alderman in the council elections of 1866.[2] Henry was educated at the Brisbane National School and was a director of the Lanefield Co-Operative Dairy Co. and also the Queensland Farmers' Co-Operative District Co..
On 27 October 1880 he married Helen Hunt Mossop (died 1904) at Goodna and together had one son and one daughter. Helen died in 1904 and Stevens then married Jessie Mabel Webster (died 1956) on 26 April 1911. He died in November 1935 and his funeral proceeded from the Rosewood Congregational Church to the Tallegalla Cemetery.
^Fisher, Rod (1987). "'Oh-ver' there: early days on Brisbane's SouthBank". In Whitmore, Ray (ed.). Brisbane: people, places and pageantry. Brisbane History Group.
^"ROSEWOOD". The Brisbane Courier. No. 16, 750. Queensland, Australia. 18 September 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 20 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.