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WILLIAM STEWART was born upon his father's farm in Lancaster township, Butler county, in 1805, and was the last surviving son of Samuel STEWART. He died in
Connoquenessing township, in March, 1878, aged seventy-three years. He was reared upon the farm, and in 1827 was married to Eliza FREW, a daughter [p. 1190] of John and Margaret FREW. She was born in Lawrence county, in 1806, and by her marriage to William STEWART
became the mother of eight children, viz.; Alexander; Nancy J., a resident of Michigan; Margaret, wife of William LUTZ; J. Frew, a resident of Washington, D. C.; Rose, deceased wife of Samuel WHITE; Archibald; Lydia H., who resides at Rochester, and Emeline,
deceased wife of Benjamin HYDENBERK. Mr. STEWART was a Whig prior to the formation of the Republican party, and afterwards a Republican. Both he and wife were members of the United Presbyterian church. The latter died in 1876.
Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania, 1895 Biographical Sketches, Chapter 73 Submitted by Jeanne Hall |
