Biography of James Stewart (1786-1863)
Research by Bruce Maddox Stewart, James' 2nd great grandson, and Bruce's daughter Joan Stewart Smith
James Stewart was born at sea on 20 Aug 1786 when his parents, Robert Stewart and Jane Wilson, emigrated from Scotland in 1786. According to David Dobson's "Scottish Settlers in North America," Robert, with wife Jane and children Alexander, Catherine and John Robert, left Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland for Johnstown, Montgomery (now Fulton), New York.
Family stories that Robert and Jane came from Foss, Perthshire in the Glen Lyon region of Scotland were also verified by the registers of the parish of Dull. They settled on their new farm in New York and watched their family grow to 12 children, with all children documented in Robert's 1837 will.
In 1815, James (aged 29) married Sarah Wright (aged 18), daughter of Hugh Wright and Eunice Waters, according to the records of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown. At first, the newlyweds went to Smithfield, Madison County, New York, where his big sister Catherine and her family lived. After that, they went to the Oneida Indian Reservation, then stayed for two years near Utica, New York.
James and Sarah had five children – Robert Wright (married Susan Ann Ross), William Henry (married Marietta Ehle), John (married Harriet Ehle, sister of Marietta), Eunice Jane (never married) and James Milton (married Mary Hamilton) – and beginning in 1817, lived in Manlius Four Corners (renamed Fayetteville in 1844), Onondaga County, New York, about 100 miles west of Johnstown, where he grew up. James set up a wagon making business there and became a deacon and elder of what became the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. Throughout his life, James also speculated in the land business, purchasing and selling properties.
After 25 years in Manlius Four Corners, James (at age 55), Sarah and three of their children, John, Eunice Jane, and James , moved 760 miles west in 1841, where their oldest son, Robert Wright Stewart I, was already farming on the prairie in Hebron, McHenry County, northern Illinois near the Wisconsin state line. Their only daughter, Eunice Jane, sadly died of TB only two days after arriving in Illinois, the first to be buried in what is now South Hebron Cemetery. Their 2nd oldest son, William Henry, after passing the New York Bar, joined the family in Illinois in 1843.
James lived for over two decades in Hebron, where he became a deacon, elder and co-founder of the Hebron Presbyterian Church. By the time James died in 1863, all of his sons were married and settled in McHenry County. His wife Sarah (whose parents and sister Ann [née Wright] Hulbert's family also moved from New York to Hebron) died in 1870 and is buried beside him in South Hebron Cemetery, adjacent to the fertile prairie land he and his sons homesteaded.
All of his children remained and died in McHenry County, Illinois.
Main Source: "Stewart: Heather Lost," a family history by Bruce Maddox Stewart [James' 2nd great grandson], 2009, Surprise, Arizona
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Obituary – James Stewart, Woodstock Sentinel, 15 April 1863, Woodstock, Illinois
In Hebron, McHenry county, Illinois, March 29th, 1863, Deacon JAMES STEWART, in the 77th year of his age.
Deacon Stewart, by a long life devoted to the interests of Christ's kingdom, by a consistent Christian walk, and by a calm joyful death, gave to his family and friends the most satisfactory evidence that their loss is his unspeakable gain.
He was hopefully converted in 1816. He made a public profession of religion, joining with the Presbyterian church in Manlius, N.Y., in 1820.
Soon afterwards a Presbyterian church was organized in Fayetteville. At its organization he became a member and was chosen a Ruling Elder and Deacon. He faithfully and acceptably served the church in that capacity until 1841, when he removed to Hebron, Illinois. At that time, the settlement here was sparse and destitute of religious privileges.
Through his efforts, in connection with a few other Christians, the Presbyterian church of Greenwood was organized in 1848. He was chosen Ruling Elder, and held the office while he lived. His labors as an officer in the church were characterized by great fidelity, fairness and efficiency. His health failed, and for several years, he was unable to perform active service. His brethren and the church at large, however, had his warmest sympathy, his counsels and his prayers, until he was was taken to his rewards.
Research by Bruce Maddox Stewart, James' 2nd great grandson, and Bruce's daughter Joan Stewart Smith
James Stewart was born at sea on 20 Aug 1786 when his parents, Robert Stewart and Jane Wilson, emigrated from Scotland in 1786. According to David Dobson's "Scottish Settlers in North America," Robert, with wife Jane and children Alexander, Catherine and John Robert, left Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland for Johnstown, Montgomery (now Fulton), New York.
Family stories that Robert and Jane came from Foss, Perthshire in the Glen Lyon region of Scotland were also verified by the registers of the parish of Dull. They settled on their new farm in New York and watched their family grow to 12 children, with all children documented in Robert's 1837 will.
In 1815, James (aged 29) married Sarah Wright (aged 18), daughter of Hugh Wright and Eunice Waters, according to the records of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown. At first, the newlyweds went to Smithfield, Madison County, New York, where his big sister Catherine and her family lived. After that, they went to the Oneida Indian Reservation, then stayed for two years near Utica, New York.
James and Sarah had five children – Robert Wright (married Susan Ann Ross), William Henry (married Marietta Ehle), John (married Harriet Ehle, sister of Marietta), Eunice Jane (never married) and James Milton (married Mary Hamilton) – and beginning in 1817, lived in Manlius Four Corners (renamed Fayetteville in 1844), Onondaga County, New York, about 100 miles west of Johnstown, where he grew up. James set up a wagon making business there and became a deacon and elder of what became the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. Throughout his life, James also speculated in the land business, purchasing and selling properties.
After 25 years in Manlius Four Corners, James (at age 55), Sarah and three of their children, John, Eunice Jane, and James , moved 760 miles west in 1841, where their oldest son, Robert Wright Stewart I, was already farming on the prairie in Hebron, McHenry County, northern Illinois near the Wisconsin state line. Their only daughter, Eunice Jane, sadly died of TB only two days after arriving in Illinois, the first to be buried in what is now South Hebron Cemetery. Their 2nd oldest son, William Henry, after passing the New York Bar, joined the family in Illinois in 1843.
James lived for over two decades in Hebron, where he became a deacon, elder and co-founder of the Hebron Presbyterian Church. By the time James died in 1863, all of his sons were married and settled in McHenry County. His wife Sarah (whose parents and sister Ann [née Wright] Hulbert's family also moved from New York to Hebron) died in 1870 and is buried beside him in South Hebron Cemetery, adjacent to the fertile prairie land he and his sons homesteaded.
All of his children remained and died in McHenry County, Illinois.
Main Source: "Stewart: Heather Lost," a family history by Bruce Maddox Stewart [James' 2nd great grandson], 2009, Surprise, Arizona
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Obituary – James Stewart, Woodstock Sentinel, 15 April 1863, Woodstock, Illinois
In Hebron, McHenry county, Illinois, March 29th, 1863, Deacon JAMES STEWART, in the 77th year of his age.
Deacon Stewart, by a long life devoted to the interests of Christ's kingdom, by a consistent Christian walk, and by a calm joyful death, gave to his family and friends the most satisfactory evidence that their loss is his unspeakable gain.
He was hopefully converted in 1816. He made a public profession of religion, joining with the Presbyterian church in Manlius, N.Y., in 1820.
Soon afterwards a Presbyterian church was organized in Fayetteville. At its organization he became a member and was chosen a Ruling Elder and Deacon. He faithfully and acceptably served the church in that capacity until 1841, when he removed to Hebron, Illinois. At that time, the settlement here was sparse and destitute of religious privileges.
Through his efforts, in connection with a few other Christians, the Presbyterian church of Greenwood was organized in 1848. He was chosen Ruling Elder, and held the office while he lived. His labors as an officer in the church were characterized by great fidelity, fairness and efficiency. His health failed, and for several years, he was unable to perform active service. His brethren and the church at large, however, had his warmest sympathy, his counsels and his prayers, until he was was taken to his rewards.
Biography of James Stewart (1786-1863)
Research by Bruce Maddox Stewart, James' 2nd great grandson, and Bruce's daughter Joan Stewart Smith
James Stewart was born at sea on 20 Aug 1786 when his parents, Robert Stewart and Jane Wilson, emigrated from Scotland in 1786. According to David Dobson's "Scottish Settlers in North America," Robert, with wife Jane and children Alexander, Catherine and John Robert, left Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland for Johnstown, Montgomery (now Fulton), New York.
Family stories that Robert and Jane came from Foss, Perthshire in the Glen Lyon region of Scotland were also verified by the registers of the parish of Dull. They settled on their new farm in New York and watched their family grow to 12 children, with all children documented in Robert's 1837 will.
In 1815, James (aged 29) married Sarah Wright (aged 18), daughter of Hugh Wright and Eunice Waters, according to the records of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown. At first, the newlyweds went to Smithfield, Madison County, New York, where his big sister Catherine and her family lived. After that, they went to the Oneida Indian Reservation, then stayed for two years near Utica, New York.
James and Sarah had five children – Robert Wright (married Susan Ann Ross), William Henry (married Marietta Ehle), John (married Harriet Ehle, sister of Marietta), Eunice Jane (never married) and James Milton (married Mary Hamilton) – and beginning in 1817, lived in Manlius Four Corners (renamed Fayetteville in 1844), Onondaga County, New York, about 100 miles west of Johnstown, where he grew up. James set up a wagon making business there and became a deacon and elder of what became the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. Throughout his life, James also speculated in the land business, purchasing and selling properties.
After 25 years in Manlius Four Corners, James (at age 55), Sarah and three of their children, John, Eunice Jane, and James , moved 760 miles west in 1841, where their oldest son, Robert Wright Stewart I, was already farming on the prairie in Hebron, McHenry County, northern Illinois near the Wisconsin state line. Their only daughter, Eunice Jane, sadly died of TB only two days after arriving in Illinois, the first to be buried in what is now South Hebron Cemetery. Their 2nd oldest son, William Henry, after passing the New York Bar, joined the family in Illinois in 1843.
James lived for over two decades in Hebron, where he became a deacon, elder and co-founder of the Hebron Presbyterian Church. By the time James died in 1863, all of his sons were married and settled in McHenry County. His wife Sarah (whose parents and sister Ann [née Wright] Hulbert's family also moved from New York to Hebron) died in 1870 and is buried beside him in South Hebron Cemetery, adjacent to the fertile prairie land he and his sons homesteaded.
All of his children remained and died in McHenry County, Illinois.
Main Source: "Stewart: Heather Lost," a family history by Bruce Maddox Stewart [James' 2nd great grandson], 2009, Surprise, Arizona
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Obituary – James Stewart, Woodstock Sentinel, 15 April 1863, Woodstock, Illinois
In Hebron, McHenry county, Illinois, March 29th, 1863, Deacon JAMES STEWART, in the 77th year of his age.
Deacon Stewart, by a long life devoted to the interests of Christ's kingdom, by a consistent Christian walk, and by a calm joyful death, gave to his family and friends the most satisfactory evidence that their loss is his unspeakable gain.
He was hopefully converted in 1816. He made a public profession of religion, joining with the Presbyterian church in Manlius, N.Y., in 1820.
Soon afterwards a Presbyterian church was organized in Fayetteville. At its organization he became a member and was chosen a Ruling Elder and Deacon. He faithfully and acceptably served the church in that capacity until 1841, when he removed to Hebron, Illinois. At that time, the settlement here was sparse and destitute of religious privileges.
Through his efforts, in connection with a few other Christians, the Presbyterian church of Greenwood was organized in 1848. He was chosen Ruling Elder, and held the office while he lived. His labors as an officer in the church were characterized by great fidelity, fairness and efficiency. His health failed, and for several years, he was unable to perform active service. His brethren and the church at large, however, had his warmest sympathy, his counsels and his prayers, until he was was taken to his rewards.
Research by Bruce Maddox Stewart, James' 2nd great grandson, and Bruce's daughter Joan Stewart Smith
James Stewart was born at sea on 20 Aug 1786 when his parents, Robert Stewart and Jane Wilson, emigrated from Scotland in 1786. According to David Dobson's "Scottish Settlers in North America," Robert, with wife Jane and children Alexander, Catherine and John Robert, left Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland for Johnstown, Montgomery (now Fulton), New York.
Family stories that Robert and Jane came from Foss, Perthshire in the Glen Lyon region of Scotland were also verified by the registers of the parish of Dull. They settled on their new farm in New York and watched their family grow to 12 children, with all children documented in Robert's 1837 will.
In 1815, James (aged 29) married Sarah Wright (aged 18), daughter of Hugh Wright and Eunice Waters, according to the records of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown. At first, the newlyweds went to Smithfield, Madison County, New York, where his big sister Catherine and her family lived. After that, they went to the Oneida Indian Reservation, then stayed for two years near Utica, New York.
James and Sarah had five children – Robert Wright (married Susan Ann Ross), William Henry (married Marietta Ehle), John (married Harriet Ehle, sister of Marietta), Eunice Jane (never married) and James Milton (married Mary Hamilton) – and beginning in 1817, lived in Manlius Four Corners (renamed Fayetteville in 1844), Onondaga County, New York, about 100 miles west of Johnstown, where he grew up. James set up a wagon making business there and became a deacon and elder of what became the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. Throughout his life, James also speculated in the land business, purchasing and selling properties.
After 25 years in Manlius Four Corners, James (at age 55), Sarah and three of their children, John, Eunice Jane, and James , moved 760 miles west in 1841, where their oldest son, Robert Wright Stewart I, was already farming on the prairie in Hebron, McHenry County, northern Illinois near the Wisconsin state line. Their only daughter, Eunice Jane, sadly died of TB only two days after arriving in Illinois, the first to be buried in what is now South Hebron Cemetery. Their 2nd oldest son, William Henry, after passing the New York Bar, joined the family in Illinois in 1843.
James lived for over two decades in Hebron, where he became a deacon, elder and co-founder of the Hebron Presbyterian Church. By the time James died in 1863, all of his sons were married and settled in McHenry County. His wife Sarah (whose parents and sister Ann [née Wright] Hulbert's family also moved from New York to Hebron) died in 1870 and is buried beside him in South Hebron Cemetery, adjacent to the fertile prairie land he and his sons homesteaded.
All of his children remained and died in McHenry County, Illinois.
Main Source: "Stewart: Heather Lost," a family history by Bruce Maddox Stewart [James' 2nd great grandson], 2009, Surprise, Arizona
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Obituary – James Stewart, Woodstock Sentinel, 15 April 1863, Woodstock, Illinois
In Hebron, McHenry county, Illinois, March 29th, 1863, Deacon JAMES STEWART, in the 77th year of his age.
Deacon Stewart, by a long life devoted to the interests of Christ's kingdom, by a consistent Christian walk, and by a calm joyful death, gave to his family and friends the most satisfactory evidence that their loss is his unspeakable gain.
He was hopefully converted in 1816. He made a public profession of religion, joining with the Presbyterian church in Manlius, N.Y., in 1820.
Soon afterwards a Presbyterian church was organized in Fayetteville. At its organization he became a member and was chosen a Ruling Elder and Deacon. He faithfully and acceptably served the church in that capacity until 1841, when he removed to Hebron, Illinois. At that time, the settlement here was sparse and destitute of religious privileges.
Through his efforts, in connection with a few other Christians, the Presbyterian church of Greenwood was organized in 1848. He was chosen Ruling Elder, and held the office while he lived. His labors as an officer in the church were characterized by great fidelity, fairness and efficiency. His health failed, and for several years, he was unable to perform active service. His brethren and the church at large, however, had his warmest sympathy, his counsels and his prayers, until he was was taken to his rewards.
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