U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart, John Edward (1850-1937) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 463-464 J. Ed. Stewart, born 1850 on Elk Creek, son of John and Elsie Stewart, was married October 8, 1875 to Emily J., daughter of Abram and Maria (Morgan) Hudkins. Children, Hope, Dorothy, Stanley, Mathew, Mercea, Nellie, Victor. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a Republican, a farmer and stockdealer residing two miles below Elk City. He attended the West Virginia College at Flemington. In 1898 he was elected Commissioner of the county court. His great-grandfather, William Stewart, came from Ireland, married Miss Upshur, a Scotch lady, and settled in Highland County, Virginia. Edward Stewart was his grandfather, who married Margaret Callihan, and about 1837 they settled in what is now Barbour County. Their children were, Edward, William, Robert, Adam, John, Charles, Anna, Peggy, Polly and Jennie. Mr. Stewart's father was married in Highland County in 1834, and his children were: Felix, Hugh, Margaret, and J. Ed. Of these, Felix married Ingoby Nutter, Hugh married Catherine Fisher, Margaret married M. D. Reed, who is the father of Stewart F. Reed, of# Clarksburg. The grandfather, Edward Stewart, was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. Stewart owns 200 acres of valuable land. He was a teacher in his early life. His daughters, Hope and Dorothy, graduated at the Buckhannon Seminary. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #7175 FULL-NAME: John Edward Stewart BIRTH-DATE: October 11, 1850 BIRTH-PLACE: Philippi, West Va. DEATH-DATE: May 1, 1937 DEATH-PLACE: West Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired farmer FATHER: John Stewart (born in West Va.) MOTHER: Ailsie Stewart (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Aortic regurgitation / heart INFORMANT: Miss Merle Stewart of Park Branch, W.Va. BURIAL: Nutter Cemetery, Elk City wife of J. Ed. Stewart From Death Register, Harrison County, WV (year 1916, page 193, Line Numbered 5) FULL-NAME: Emily Jane Stewart BIRTH-PLACE: Fair Grounds DEATH-DATE: March 11, 1916 at age 64y-5m-1d DEATH-PLACE: Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housewife CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Appoplexy INFORMANT: John Ed. Stewart ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------