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The
STEWARTs of Rush Co., Indiana originated with the descendents of Hugh
Stewart and Susanna Wilson. They arrived in Rush Co. in the early 1800s.
They settled on the West side of the county. Hugh Stewart 7th child of
Samuel and Mary McClay moved from Pennsylvania to Lexington, Kentucky
sometime before 1810 and later settled in Boone Co., Kentucky. Hugh and
family were farmers. Hugh married Susanna Wilson d/o John Wilson and Mary
Lynn of Lancaster, Pa. Hugh died in Boone Co. about 1822. Hugh and Susanna
had eight children. His descendents emigrated to Rush Co., Indiana.
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Robert
Stewart, s/o Hugh & Susanna, born about 1792 moved with his family and
mother to Rush Co., Indiana about 1824. Robert died 29 May 1850 at age 68,
Rush Co. He married Isabelle. They had eight children.
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Franklin
G. Stewart s/o Robert and Isabelle, born about 1810 Boone Co., Kentucky,
married Mathilda. They had six children. Franklin G. died April 1848, Rush
Co. age 38.
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James
Franklin Stewart was born in Rush Co., Indiana in 1839. He was the son of
Franklin G. Stewart and Mathilda. In 1860 he married Hester Manlove d/o George
Manlove and Sarah. She unfortunately died without child in 1861 at age 16.
James then decided to join the Civil War.
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On 28
March 1862, he joined Captain Mofitt's Company "F" of the Third
Indiana Calvary. In 1863 while on duty as a picket, he receivd a chest
injury which caused him to suffer with a cough and bleeding rendering him
unfit for further duty. He received a disability discharge on 24 March
1863. After discharge, he returned home to his family who had since moved
to Fayette Co., Indiana.
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By
1864, James had moved to Illinois. Being a farmer by trade, he soon
acquired some land and remarried 18 Sep. 1864 Hattie A. Winterrowd d/o
Washington Winterrowd and Adeline in Effingham, Illinois. James apparently
still suffered from his chest injury. In the fall of 1873, James and family
moved to Ellis Co., Texas where he could find a more favorable climate. He
probably traveled with his father-in-law Washington Winterrowd. James and
Hattie had four children. Hattie died 1878 in Ellis Co., Texas leaving
James with four children to raise.
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James
soon remarried for the third time Nancy Ann Thomas d/o Issac Thomas and
Eliza Crubaugh on 19 Oct. 1879, Ellis Co., Texas. James and Nancy had five
children one of which is my grandfather. James died 3 Apr. 1899, Clebourn,
Texas.
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My connection to James Franklin
Stewart:
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Ray Viator s/o Eva Stewart d/o
Roy Stewart s/o James Franklin Stewart.
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