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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.   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 S. STEWART, farmer, post office White Ash, was born at Stewart’s station, Westmoreland county, Jan. 5, 1827. His great-grandfather, John Stewart, born in Ireland, of Scotch blood, was a strict Presbyterian, as are his descendants. John Stewart, son of the latter, very early came from the eastern part of the state, and settled in Elizabeth township, this county. He was an officer of the state militia. His son John, born in Elizabeth, married Margaret Shaw,, a native of this county, and had six sons and one daughter: Jean (Mrs. William Shaw) John S., David S., Samuel S., M. D., Thomas S., William S., M. D., and Robert E., an attorney. Robert E. went out as a soldier in the 23d regiment (was promoted to major, brevet colonel) and William in the 83d. John S. read most of the Latin course, took the sophomore course at Washington College, and taught school several winters. He had a farm at Logan’s Ferry, where he dwelt several years. In 1867 he bought a farm near Unity, and twenty years later purchased the farm of sixty-eight acres on which he now resides, near Sandy creek, and sold the first farm to his sons. He married, in 1854 Martha Jane Clark, a native of Penn township, who died in 1867. She was a daughter of Robert and Ann Jane (Matthews) Clark, of Irish birth. On the first day of 1884 Mr. Stewart’s second marriage took place, the bride being Viola N. Boyd. The family is identified with the United Presbyterian Church at Verona. Mr. Stewart is president of the township school board, and is a stanch republican. His eldest son, Samuel E., an attorney, served in the legislature of 1886, and was re-elected, in 1888, on the republican ticket; his other son, William S., graduated from a medical college of Philadelphia in 1887, and took the first honor.

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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.

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