Robert Morton Stewart (1796 - 1871)

Born 19 Apr 1796 in Brandywine, New Castle County, Delaware

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Died 1 Sep 1871 at age 75 in Mercer County, Missouri

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Biography

Robert was born in 1796 to James and Lydia (Moorhead) Stewart. He would marry Amy Kinman Ireland of Tennessee around 1822. They would have six children:

William Alexander Stewart (1823–1898)

John Harris Stewart (1828–1862)

James Ireland Stewart (1830–1864)

George Washington Stewart (1833- )

Charles Holland Stewart (1839–1906)

Louisa Schaeffer (1842–1918)

From Find A Grave:

Listed as a millwright in 1850 census of Ray County, Missouri.

Robert served honorably in 1814 as a soldier in the Battle of Baltimore against the English, in the Missouri Militia in October and November of 1838 under Governor Boggs against the Mormons at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, as a teamster in the Mexican War in 1846 under Colonel Doniphan in Santa Fe and then with the Home Guards during the Great Rebellion (Civil War). He then enrolled in Company C, 67th Regiment of the Missouri Militia and was ordered into service in Wellsville that very same day. He was approximatly 68 years old during the Civil War.

Fought in the War of 1812 and joined the Union Army, serving for another 2 years, after his son John Harris Stewart was killed... according to family history.

Robert would pass away in 1871 after fighting in three wars for the United States of America.

Sources

• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/robert-bruce-stewart_21447863

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-Y5PD : 11 March 2016), Robert Stewart, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 200; FHL microfilm 882,717.

• "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXQ-TM5K : 16 October 2017), Robert M Stewart, 1846-1848.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZV-D8J : 12 April 2016), Robert Stewart, Ray county, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing family 592, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K83S-TNS : 14 November 2014), Robert M Stewart, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,193.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M465-YB2 : 12 April 2016), Robert Stewart, Missouri, United States; citing p. 28, family 196, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,291.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5629135/robert-m.-stewart