This is from an address that is not subscribed to the Hancock County mailing list. If you can help Alma, please send your replies to her email address which is: Alma Whitten <alma@sims.berkeley.edu> Happy Hunting, Jan >Subject: {not a subscriber} Different Stewarts, plus Melvin and Neil > >I seem to have hold of a different Stewart line from Janet's, but I >think it's the same one that Sandy Stewart has (from a quick look at >the list archives). Here's the line I think I've got: > > Daniel Stewart b. abt 1737 in Derry, Ireland, d. 1830 in > Washington County, PA. Served in Revolutionary War. > > William Stewart, son of Daniel, b. abt 1796 in Washington County, > PA, married Mary Neil, moved to Hancock County area in 1837, > d. there 1884. > > Children of William Stewart and Mary Neil: John, James, William, > Daniel, Sarah, Andrew and Hiram R. > > John Stewart, believed to be son of William and Mary, b. 1 Sep 1823 > in PA, prob. Washington County, married Jane Melvin abt 1848, > was in Hancock County from at least 1849-1854, migrated to > Hale Township, Warren County, Illinois, stayed there until > sometime between 1870-1876, moved to Concord Township, Clinton > County, Missouri, died on 8 Feb 1888, buried in Old Plattsburg > Cemetary. Profession was cooper. Children of John and Jane: > William Harvey, Martha Jane, John M., Sarah Elizabeth, Maggie, > Alice, Albert, Hadasah and Chalmers. > > James Stewart, son of William and Mary, became a physician in > Steubenville. > > William Stewart, believed to be son of William and Mary, b. 1828 in > Washington County, PA, trained as a cooper but then worked in > the brickyardsin New Cumberland. Became famous steamboat pilot > who captained steamboat Kanawha during Civil War. Died 13 > April 1894 of a stroke. Had eight children: Columbus, Hiram, > Frank and James of New Cumberland, Mrs. Hugh McMahan, Mrs. > Charles Morris, Mrs. W.W. Chamberlain, and Mrs. John Lee. > >The information on Daniel and William who married Mary Neil comes >from the bio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwags/biowstew.txt and the >info on Captain William Stewart comes from Welch's History of Hancock >County. The identification of John Stewart and Captain William >Stewart as the John and William who were sons of William and Mary is >based on matching dates and places of birth, family oral history that >says John's father's name was William, and cooper as a family >profession. > >Any additional information on any of these people or data that helps >me confirm or disprove this line is much appreciated. > >-Alma > >The Melting Pot: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tsunami >