STEWART, J. T., Alabama then St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section Date: 28 Oct 1998 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. J. T. STEWART, OPELOUSAS.--Mr. Stewart, an enterprising citizen and lumber merchant of Opelousas, was born in Alabama, November 4, 1854. His father, A. Stewart, is a native of North Carolina. His mother, Martha Bass, was a native of South Carolina. While young they moved to Alabama, where their children were born, six in number, all of whom now reside in Louisiana. They subsequently moved to Mississippi in 1864. They now are residents of Chicot, Louisiana. J. T. Stewart was reared partly in Alabama and partly in Mississippi. He a limited education, but has always kept himself well informed. He gave his attention to saw-milling until 1881, when he located in Opelousas, and opened the business in which he is now engaged. Mr. Stewart was one of the pioneer citizens of the new and growing town of Crowley, Acadia parish, Louisiana, in which he owns considerable property. After residing there two years he moved back to Opelousas and began his present business. He is a man of good judgment and has met with success. He married Miss Amanda Sunerlin, also a native of Alabama. They are the parents of two children: Jimmie, Willie, and they are rearing them with every possible advantage. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 74-75. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.