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Alexander Stewart
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ALEXANDER STEWART, eldest in the family of William and Eliza STEWART, was born upon the homestead farm in Lancaster township, Butler county, in 1828, attended
the district school of his neighborhood, and afterwards learned the carpenter's trade, which, however, he only followed for a short period. He purchased a farm of 150 acres, from D. C. Roth, in Connoquenessing township, and has been engaged in farming for more than forty years.
In 1851 he married Marian, a daughter of William SCOTT, of Butler county, to which union have been born four children, as follows: Elizabeth A., wife of M. J. HUMPHREY; Will S.; Ada, wife of William MOORE, and Nettie, wife of Stewart WILSON. Mr. STEWART is an ardent Republican,
and has served as justice of the peace for fifteen years. He was an elder in the United Presbyterian church of Prospect, and was one of the principal contributors towards the erection of the church building in that borough. He is a progressive, enterprising farmer, and is highly
respected by the community in which his life has been passed.
Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania, 1895 Biographical Sketches, Chapter 73 Submitted by Jeanne Hall |
