Thomas Stewart (1796 - 1888)

Born 24 Oct 1796 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 13 Jan 1888 at age 91 in Port Royal, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

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Thomas Stewart was born on 24 October 1796 in Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of William Stewart and his wife Alice Graham.

He attended school in an old log school house in Spruce Hill Township, furnished with rude slab seats and diminutive windows, the light being admitted through panes made of oiled paper. He also, for several terms, attended the Freedom school, in Turbett Township, the teachers being Samuel McFadden, Samuel Wharton and Mr. Lane. Young Thomas Stewart soon became conspicuous in these schools for his excellent penmanship. He was but thirteen years of age when he lost his father. He remained with his widowed mother until he was seventeen years old; he then went to Mifflintown, Pa., to learn saddlery with James Kenney, with whom he spent three years, after which he began business for himself in Spruce Hill Township. Some years later he removed to Turbett Township, where he continued to work at his trade until compelled by ill health to give it up; he then took up his residence upon a farm in the same township, and kept a hotel in addition to his farm labor. In 1828, he purchased the homestead farm in Spruce Hill Township, on which Hiram P. Stewart now resides [1897], which he continued to cultivate for the remainder of his life. He spent five years on the Juniata River as a boatman; the boat was his own property. He was always an extensive dealer in nearly all kinds of livestock. Mr. Stewart was a Whig, and subsequently a Republican. He held, at various times, numerous township offices, among which were those of overseer of the poor, tax collector, and assessor. In 1821, he was commissioned by Gov. Joseph Hiester as a first lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Militia.

He passed away on 13 January 1888 in Port Royal, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States and was buried in the Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA. PLOT; Rice Section Row 7 No 16.

Marriage

Thomas Stewart was married to Elizabeth Rice daughter of Peter Rice in 1824 in Turbett Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States.

Children

Children of Thomas Stewart and his wife Elizabeth Rice;

• 1. Calvin Stewart. b.

• 2. Angeline Stewart. b.

• 3. Orin Stewart. b.

• 4. Hiram P Stewart. b.

• 5. Melinda Stewart. b.

• 6. Frances Stewart. b.

• 7. Robert Stewart. b.

Acknowledgments

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• WikiTree profile Stewart-3957 created through the import of coxtree.ged on Aug 22, 2011 by Kevin Cox. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kevin and others.
• Census. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGR-THX : 12 August 2017), Thomas Stewart, Turbett, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 392, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 147; FHL microfilm 20,621.

• Census. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTB-HV2 : 16 August 2017), Thomas Stewart, Turbett Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 251, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 464; FHL microfilm 20,546.

• Census. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXT4-DWJ : 13 December 2017), Thos Stewart, 1860.

• Census. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZP6-MXM : 12 April 2016), Thomas Stewart, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 23, family 182, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,852.

• Census. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWF2-TPF : 15 July 2017), Thomas Stewart, Spruce Hill, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 142, sheet 485A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1137; FHL microfilm 1,255,137.

• Burial. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26571644