Stewart

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: 1745 - 1880 History of Indiana County Pennsylvania by J. A. Caldwell, 1880. Page 514. THE STEWART FAMILY - The ancestor of the family of Stewarts, that are the subject of the present sketch, came from England many years before the Revolutionary war, and settled upon the tract of land upon which the town of Gettysburg, Adams county, Pa., now stands. He had two children, William and Sarah. Sarah married a man by the name of Burns, and removed to Hagerstown, Md. William entered the navy as soon as the Revolutionary war began and remained in it to the close. He was taken prisoner, but escaped with a few others at night, when the guards were asleep, from the vessel in which they were confined, and swam to the shore. He then married Elizabeth St. Clair, (aunt of Dr. Thomas St. Clair, of Indiana, Pa.,) who resided near Little York, Adams county, Pa., and settled at Emmetsburg, Md. Here were born Mary, James, Hannah, David, Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, John, and Benjamin. The latter died while an infant. The family removed to Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pa., in about 1809. Here Hannah married Peter Elliot and some years after removed to Ohio, her husband having first died. The family removed to Indiana county, in the year 1812, and settled in what is now Brush Valley township, near the “forks” of Yellow brush. Mary here m. Samuel Gibson, of the “Manor" settlement; Jas, m. Margaret Gibson, Samuel Gibson's sister; David, m. Martha Allen; Elizabeth, m. Samuel Creswell; Samuel, m, Jane Wilson, and after her death, Margaret Virtue; Joseph, m. Mary Findley, and John, m. Mary Ann Ocher, of Blair county, Pa. Samuel is the only son of the above family that is alive at the present time, (1880) - he resides in Centre township. Although above 81 years of age, he is well preserved and comparatively active, and may live many years yet. David enlisted in the war of 1812, and was engaged in several battles that were fought in the southern campaign. James was also in the war of 1812; he being under Gen. Harrison, in the campaign against the Indians in the northwest. He was promoted to the office of lieutenant for meritorious service. He was very fond of the adventures and dangers incident to frontier life, and had man exciting encounters with the bears, wolves, and panthers, which at that time were very abundant. From this, and his style of dress, as well as to distinguish him from Squire James Stewart, of Brush Valley, and Maj. James Stewart, of Buffington, he was known as “Moccasin Jimmie” Stewart. He lived for several years near where the town of Mechanicsburg now stands, and afterwards, in 1820, removed three miles northwest of that place, where he resided until his death, in 1858. His children were: William, James Gibson, Samuel, David, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Rebecca. William read medicine with Dr. James Stewart, of Indiana, and located in Armagh, where he resided until his death, in 1851, He was married to Martha Noble, and has two children living, J. Spencer and Henry N. James Gib son married Rebecca S. Loughry, and remained upon the old homestead until 1874, when he removed to Armagh, where he died in 1876. He had three children, James N., Elizabeth and Wilson L. Samuel read medicine with his brother William, and located in Armagh, where he died in 1857. David married Elizabeth Boner, and is still living in Brush Valley township. Margaret married James Young, and resides at St. Clairsville, Ohio. Elizabeth married Nicholas Paige, and is still living in Brush Valley township. Rebecca married Benjamin Coffman, of Perry county, Pa., where he died in 1861.

Stewart married.