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Below is a family biography from the book, The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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John P. Stewart, farmer, was born near Dripping Springs, this county, January 22, 1850, and is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Stockhouse) Stewart. The father was born in Pennsylvania, there received a common-school education, and learned the carriage-maker’s trade, and when about grown went to Indiana, and after spending some years there and in Ohio, also engaged in distilling, he came to Crawford County, Ark., in 1835. He stopped at Van Buren, the place then only having a few houses, he at first being obliged to live in a tent. He soon erected a church. He lived here until his death. The mother was born in Crawfordsville, Hamilton Co., Ind., and was there reared and educated. She is now living in Crawford County, aged seventy-four. To her the following children were born: Francis M., Harriett, William H., Sarah, Melissa, Jesse, Nancy, John P., James I. and Taylor (deceased). Two of her sons were in the Confederate service. William was a Union man, served in the Sixth Kansas, and participated in the battle at Prairie Grove. Our subject remained at home until twenty-two, making his home with his mother, and then married Madeline A. Turner, daughter of William and Permelia Turner, natives of Tennessee. Mrs. Stewart was born in this county, where she received a good education, and when sixteen married Mr. Stewart, she having been born in 1856. After his marriage Mr. Stewart farmed upon the home place one year, and a few years later purchased his present home. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion his wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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This family biography is one of 222 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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