Covington County AlArchives Biographies.....Stewart, John L. 1833 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   JOHN L. STEWART, farmer and ginner of Rose Hill. eat No. 4, was born in
Newton county, Ga., in 1833. He is a son of John F. and Elizabeth (White)
Stewart, the former a native of Monroe county, Ga., the latter a native of
Newton county, same state. They received a fair common school education, came to
Pike county, Ala., in 1852, and to Covington county in 1860. Here Mr. Stewart
died in 1890 and Mrs. Stewart in 1888. Both were Methodists for many years. He
was a member of the Masonic fraternity. While he was reticent and reserved in
politics, yet he was active in the support of his party. He was one of a large
family born to John Stewart, who died in Georgia. His father was of Scotch
descent, was a Revolutionary soldier, and died in Georgia. Grandfather White and
his wife both died when Mrs. Stewart was an infant, and as she was their only
child, but little is known of them. The subject of this sketch was the oldest of
ten children, of whom five sons and three daughters are still living, viz.: John
L., William Blanton of Crenshaw county, who was in the late war; Charley Q.;
Gilford; Monroe; Nancy, now Mrs. Crews; Narcissa, now Mrs. Rice of Texas, and
Susan, now Mrs. Adams. The subject was raised on the farm with but little
opportunity for acquiring an education, never attending school more than six
months in his life. What education he has, he has obtained by his own effort
since his marriage: He was married at eighteen years of age to Sarah Elizabeth,
daughter of James Dunn, who died when she was a little girl, and she was brought
up by her widowed mother who also died in Georgia. Mrs. Stewart was born in
Georgia, and is the mother of thirteen children: Georgiana, deceased; Aaron W.;
Frances, wife of Sam Tindall; Melvina, wife of T. A. Farr; Amsey D. V., wife of
J. R'. Stewart; Mary,  wife of Jesse J. Dauphin; Sallie L., deceased wife of J.
B. Reed; Josephine, who also married J. B. Reed; Charles J.; Benjamin C., the
rest dying in infancy. Soon after his marriage Mr. Stewart removed to Brundidge,
Ala., being one of the first settlers there. In 1857 he came to Rose Hill, and
has since lived in this neighborhood and. is one of the leading farmers of the
county. He now owns about 460 acres and has disposed of several hundred acres in
order to reduce his landed possessions. He has always been a very industrious,
energetic and prosperous man. He has always followed the practice, now steadily
on the increase in all the cotton states, of raising all his own supplies, never
buying either pork or corn. He has always been a farmer, except for the years he
spent in the Confederate army during the civil war. In August, 1861, he joined
company B, Eighteenth Alabama infantry, was mustered in at Auburn, spent the
first winter at Mobile, then joined the Tennessee army, fought at Shiloh, and
Corinth, was taken sick, was discharged and came home. In the fall of 1862 he
joined company E, Sixth Alabama infantry, of Battle's brigade, in the army of
Virginia, and fought at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, being
in this battle wounded in the right side and neck by a shell, and was then on
detached service as steward in hospital at Lynchburg until the close of the war.
During the war he lost all that he had previously accumulated, but realty, and
he began again with his accustomed vigor and has since been rewarded for his
efforts by the accumulation of a competency for the remainder of his days. He is
a member of Rose Hill lodge, No. 253, F. & A. M.; is chaplain of Rose Hill
alliance and was at one time its president. He has been president of the
Covington county alliance since its organization. He has always been a stanch
democrat, but never has taken any very active part in politics, except that
since the farmers' movement in this field he has allied himself firmly with
them, and no man in that order is doing more persistent or more effective work
for their cause than he. He has always had the interests of the farmers at
heart, and is doing all that he can for their relief. In religion both he and
wife are Congregationalists, and they are both highly respected by their
neighbors for their social and other excellent qualities.
   


Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 762-764
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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