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Desire L. Stewart

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
21 Feb 1853 (aged 50–51)
Nanafalia, Marengo County, Alabama, USA
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Desire L. Stewart, the son of William Archibald Stewart, left South Carolina and moved to Georgia and then to Marengo County, Alabama. He and Susan Ann Nancy were married about 1824. There were 10 children of that marriage. The first 7 children were born in Georgia and the last 3 children, all sons, were born in Alabama. In 1838, both Desire and Ann Nancy Stewart were baptized in the Nanafalia Baptist Church in Marengo County, Alabama.

In 1853, the family suffered a tragedy. Desire L. Stewart, along with 3 of his children, Martha, James N., and Matilda died within 9 days of one another. The deaths occurred between Feb 21 and March 2, 1853. The cause of death is unknown but it likely was something contagious.

Three of Desire's sons, George W., Thomas and David Culbert Stewart, along with their mother, Ann Nancy Stewart, moved to Texas. They were enumerated on the 1860 census for Anderson County, Texas.

All 4 living sons of Desire L. Stewart served in the Civil War as Confederate Soldiers. The 3 sons in Anderson County, Texas, George W Stewart, Thomas Stewart and David Culbert Stewart, joined the Confederate Army from there. David Culbert Stewart joined the 1st Texas Regiment, Company H, Hood's Brigade.
A 4th son, Joseph D. Stewart, also served the Confederacy as a Pvt in the 12 Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery, Company D.

Desire L. Stewart and his children, Martha, James N. and Matilda Stewart are buried in Marengo County, Alabama, in or very near the Hickory Grove Cemetery. At one point in time, the land that is now Hickory Grove Cemetery was Stewart property that belonged to David M. Stewart.

Research and Biography by Helen Kennedy & Jo Roberts.



Desire L. Stewart, the son of William Archibald Stewart, left South Carolina and moved to Georgia and then to Marengo County, Alabama. He and Susan Ann Nancy were married about 1824. There were 10 children of that marriage. The first 7 children were born in Georgia and the last 3 children, all sons, were born in Alabama. In 1838, both Desire and Ann Nancy Stewart were baptized in the Nanafalia Baptist Church in Marengo County, Alabama.

In 1853, the family suffered a tragedy. Desire L. Stewart, along with 3 of his children, Martha, James N., and Matilda died within 9 days of one another. The deaths occurred between Feb 21 and March 2, 1853. The cause of death is unknown but it likely was something contagious.

Three of Desire's sons, George W., Thomas and David Culbert Stewart, along with their mother, Ann Nancy Stewart, moved to Texas. They were enumerated on the 1860 census for Anderson County, Texas.

All 4 living sons of Desire L. Stewart served in the Civil War as Confederate Soldiers. The 3 sons in Anderson County, Texas, George W Stewart, Thomas Stewart and David Culbert Stewart, joined the Confederate Army from there. David Culbert Stewart joined the 1st Texas Regiment, Company H, Hood's Brigade.
A 4th son, Joseph D. Stewart, also served the Confederacy as a Pvt in the 12 Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery, Company D.

Desire L. Stewart and his children, Martha, James N. and Matilda Stewart are buried in Marengo County, Alabama, in or very near the Hickory Grove Cemetery. At one point in time, the land that is now Hickory Grove Cemetery was Stewart property that belonged to David M. Stewart.

Research and Biography by Helen Kennedy & Jo Roberts.



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