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Joseph Alexander Stewart (1820 - 1908)

Joseph Alexander Stewart
Born in Peterboro, Smithfield, Madison, New York, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 16 Feb 1851 in Omro, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
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Died at age 87 in Garden City, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United Statesmap
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Biography

Joseph Alexander Stewart, called both Joseph and Alexander, was born in 1820 in Peterboro, a village in the town of Smithfield, Madison County, New York, United States, according to his death certificate. He was the 8th of the 11 children of Scottish immigrants Alexander Stewart and his wife Margaret Sinclair.[1]

Joseph's siblings were Jane, Margaret, Robert A., John, William, Catherine, Jeanette, Archibald, Charles Nelson and James T.[2]

In 1786, Joseph's father, Alexander, aged 7, and Joseph's grandparents, Robert Stewart and Jane Wilson, plus his older aunt and uncles, emigrated from Foss, the parish of Dull, Perthshire, Scotland.[3] The family settled in Johnstown, Montgomery County in New York.[4]

Joseph's father spent the rest of his childhood and early adulthood in Johnstown, where the marriage record of Joseph's parents and the baptism records of most of Joseph's siblings are in the records of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown.[5] By 1830,[6] they were living 90 miles west in Smithfield (part of which became Fenner), Madison County, New York, the same village of Joseph's late paternal Aunt Catherine Stewart and her husband Robert Stewart.[7]

By 1837, the family's home was in Manlius Four Corners (now Fayetteville), Onondago County, New York,[8][9] where the family of Archibald's Uncle James Stewart lived. Archibald's parents became members of the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church in April 1836. They left the Fayetteville church in September 1840,[10] when Joseph was 20 years old, and the family traveled 800 miles west to live in Pewaukee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Marriage

Joseph Stewart married Hannah F. Olin on 16 Feb 1851 in Omro, Winnebago, Wisconsin. Hannah had been living with the family of her brother William A. Olin in Bloomingdale, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, per the 1850 census.[11]

Hannah F. Olin was born 26 Mar 1820 at Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York, the daughter of Caleb Olin, Jr. and his 1st wife Mary "Polly" Moore.[12]

Children

Joseph Stewart and his wife Hannah Olin had the following children.

  1. Florence Margaret Stewart (1852–1939), married Edward Warren Parker[13]
  2. James T. Stewart (1855–1871), never married[14]
  3. Leslie Olin Stewart (1860–1880), never married[15]
  4. Louis Moore Stewart (1864–), married Ada F. Reese[16]
  5. Grace M. Stewart (1869–1945), married Edward D. Nickerson[17]

Census

1830 U.S. Federal – Household of Father Alexander Stewart
Smithfield, Madison County, New York, United States.[6]
1840 U.S. Federal – Household of Father Alexander Stewart
Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, United States.[9]
1857 Minnesota Territorial – Household of Joseph Stewart
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.[18]
1860 U.S. Federal Census – Household of J.A. Stewart
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. [19]
1865 Minnesota State – Household of [Joseph] Alexander Stewart
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.[20]
1870 U.S. Federal Census – Household of [Joseph] Alexander Stuart
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.[21]
1875 Minnesota State – Household of J.A. Stewart
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.[22]
1880 U.S. Federal Census – Household of Joseph A. Stewart
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.[23]
1885 Minnesota State – Household of [Joseph] Alex Stewart
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.[24]
1895 Minnesota State – Household of Son Louis Stewart
Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.[25]
1900 U.S. Federal Census – Household of Joseph A. Stewart
Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.[26]

Death

Joseph Alexander Stewart, aged 87, died on 19 May 1908 at Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota and was buried in Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota.[27]

His wife, Hannah F. (Olin) Stewart, aged 72, died 16 years previously on 27 Jul 1892 at Garden City and was buried at his side in Northfield Cemetery[12]

Research Notes

Birthplace Peterboro or Johnstown

According to Joseph Alexander Stewart's death record, he was born in Peterboro, which is a village in the town of Smithfield, Madison County, New York, where his family moved, per the 1830 census.[6] They had previously lived in Johnstown, Montgomery County (changed to Fulton County in 1838), per the 1820 census, which was the year of Joseph's birth.[28]

Since we can't pinpoint the exact year the family moved to Madison County, only some time between 1820 and 1826, when his brother Charles was born there,[29] either birth location is speculative.

Research notes by (Joan Stewart Smith), 1C4R cousin of Joseph Alexander Stewart

Sources

  1. ↑ Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CBQY-8Z2M : Fri Mar 08 2024), Joseph Alexander Stewart, aged 87, born 1820 in Peterboro [village in town of Smithfield], New York, father Alexander Stewart, mother Margaret Sinclair, died 19 May 1908, Garden City, Blue Earth, Minnesota, Certificate 879
  2. ↑ Jewett, Stephen and Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn. History of Rice and Steele counties, Minnesota. 2 vols. Chicago, H. C. Cooper, Jr. 1910. Biography of Charles N. Stewart. "The parents of Charles N. Stewart were Alexander and Margaret (Sinclair) Stewart, both natives of Scotland, married in Johnstown, Montgomery county, New York. Alexander Stewart moved to Waukesha county, Wisconsin, in 1840 and there followed the occupation of farmer. He and his wife are both dead. They were the parents of eleven children as follows: Mrs. George Stewart, of Oneida, Madison county, New York; Mrs. Henry Gilbert, of Monmouth, Ill.; Robert A. of Pewauke, Waukesha county, Wisconsin; John, of Jackson, Mich.; William D., of Rice county, Minnesota; Mrs. A. B. Parsons, of Delaware, Wis.; Janett Stewart, of Delaware, Wis.; Joseph A., of Northfield, Minn.; Archibald S., of Nyack, New York; Charles N., of Northfield, and James T., of Waukesha, Wis."
  3. ↑ Edson, George Thomas. Stewart Clan Magazine. “Some Stewarts From Perthshire.” Clan Stewart Society in America, Inc. Tome F, Vol. 28, No. 12, June 1951, p. 149-51. Among the Stewarts that settled in Montgomery County, New York were 2 sons of Alexander Stewart of parish of Dull, Perthshire: John (m. Ann) of Johnstown, New York, and Robert (m. Jane Wilson) of Johnstown, New York, and Joseph.
  4. ↑ Dobson, David. Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. Baltimore, Md. 1984-1993. V. 2, p. 192, citing Robert Stewart, wife Jane, children Alexander, Catherine and John Robert left Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland to Johnstown, New York in 1786
  5. ↑ Vosburgh, Royden Woodward. Records of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown in Fulton County, N.Y., 1785-1869, transcribed by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1916. Contains baptisms with birth dates, 1785-1859; marriages, 1790-1860; deaths, 1798, 1800, 1801, 1807-1859; members received, 1834-1859; communicants, 1792-1860; register of elders, 1791-1867; register of deacons, 1791-1867; pastors, 1785-1869. Includes gravestone inscriptions from Johnstown Cemetery, 1782-1870
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP8-356 : 15 July 2022), Smithfield, Madison, New York, United States, household of Alexander Steward, Total 11 people includes: 2 males under 5 [CHARLES, JAMES], 2 males 5-9 [SONS JOSEPH, ARCHIBALD], 2 males 15-19 [SONS JOHN, WILLIAM], 1 male 20-29 [SON ROBERT], 1 male 50-59 [HEAD ALEXANDER], 2 females 10-14 [DAUGHTERS, CATHERINE, JEANETTE], 1 female 40-49 [WIFE MARGARET] [Note: Daughters Jane, Margaret no longer in household.]
  7. ↑ Stewart, Bruce Maddox. Stewart: Heather Lost, The Story of a Family Displaced. Arizona: Moore Graphics. Self-published. 2009 (http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/stoz/stewart_heather.htm)
  8. ↑ Stewart, Bruce. Fulton County NY GenWeb. Robert Stewart Probate Transcription of the 1837 probate records of Robert Stewart of Johnstown, New York. Surrogate Court, Montgomery County, Fonda, New York. Book #6, Pages 135-6. October 30, 1837. Includes petition by probate lawyer, John Hillebrant, from File #4, to the will of Robert Stewart, Surrogate Court Records, Montgomery County, stating his children included "Alexander Stewart residing in Manlius, Onondaga Co., N.Y."
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTW-VSQ : 8 December 2020), Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States, Alexander Steward household, Total 7: 2 males 10-14 [CHARLES, JAMES], 1 male 15-19 [ARCHIBALD], 1 male 60-69 [HEAD ALEX], 2 females 20-29 [CATHERINE, JEANETTE], 1 female 50-59 [WIFE MARGARET] No longer in household: Jane, Margaret Jr, Robert, John, William, Joseph
  10. ↑ Town of Manlius Church Records, Fayetteville Presbyterian, Vol. 4, pp. 329-356, 1960, Church Records File
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DR-KX2 : Thu Mar 07 22:46:05 UTC 2024), Bloomingdale, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Hannah F. Olin in household of William A. Olin
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #89099072 for Hannah F Olin Stewart (26 Mar 1820–27 Jul 1892), Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).
  13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #142734411 for Florence Margaret Stewart Parker (25 May 1852–24 Jun 1939), Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Jenny (contributor 47991062).
  14. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #89099087 for James T Stewart (18 Jun 1855–27 Aug 1871), Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).
  15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #89099090for Leslie Olin Stewart (1 Apr 1860–9 Sep 1880), Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).
  16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #29170556 for Louis Moore Stewart (1864–31 Jan 1925), Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA; Maintained by Eric Crow (contributor 46623671).
  17. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #217916892 for Grace M. Stewart Nickerson (24 Sep 1868–8 Sep 1945), Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; Maintained by Oliver Shirley (contributor 49328405).
  18. ↑ "Minnesota Territorial Census, 1857", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3D3W-4T2 : Fri Mar 08 04:04:15 UTC 2024), Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, Household of Joseph Stewart
  19. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LP-NW1 : Fri Mar 08 19:38:20 UTC 2024), Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States Household of J.A. Stewart<
  20. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1865 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPS7-NP2 : Sun Mar 10 11:08:50 UTC 2024), Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, Household of Alexander Stewart
  21. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHC-YCV : Tue Mar 05 06:46:37 UTC 2024), Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, Household of Alexander Stuart
  22. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1875", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNR-VH4 : Sun Mar 10 22:51:32 UTC 2024), Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, Household of J.A. Stewart
  23. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ9L-PH5 : Sun Mar 10 19:47:12 UTC 2024), Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, Household of Joseph A. Stewart
  24. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQX5-BZ3 : Sun Mar 10 10:15:09 UTC 2024), Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, Household of Alex Stewart
  25. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1895", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ6Q-ZRM : Sun Mar 10 08:01:46 UTC 2024), Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States, Joseph A. Stewart in Household of Son Louis Stewart
  26. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M99Y-SHH : Thu Apr 11 20:26:47 UTC 2024), Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States, Household of Joseph A. Stewart
  27. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89099073/joseph_alexander-stewart: accessed April 24, 2024), memorial page for Joseph Alexander Stewart (1820–19 May 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89099073, citing Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).
  28. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGZ-Q3Z : Wed Oct 04 07:30:15 UTC 2023), Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York, United States, household of Alexander Steward
  29. ↑ "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZWFF-DS3Z : Sun Oct 15 11:15:07 UTC 2023), Charles Nelson Stewart, aged 90, died on 17 Jan 1917 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, born Peterboro [a village in Smithfield], Madison, New York, parents Alexander Stewart and Margaret Sinclair




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