HARALSON COUNTY, GA - BIOS Andrew J. Stewart

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Source: "MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA", Historical and Biographical Sketches,  1896.


Andrew J. Stewart, farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co.,
Ga., son of Walter and Nancy (Calloway) Stewart, was
born in Monroe county, GA., in 1816. His paternal
grandfather, Jarret Stewart, was a native of
Scotland, and one of the early settlers of Georgia.
Mr. Stewart’s father was born and grew to manhood in
what is now Henry county, in Georgia. He was a very
good English scholar for the times and his
surroundings, and was a soldier in the last war with
Great Britain. In 1837 he moved from Henry to
Carroll County, Ga., settling and clearing a farm in
the woods, undergoing all the privations and
hardships incident to frontier life where he lived
until he died. He was a very pious man, and strictly
observed all the ordinances of his church. Mr.
Stewart’s mother was a daughter of Obadiah and
Elizabeth Calloway, who were natives of Maryland,
and came to Georgia in an ox-cart and settled and
cleared a farm in Hancock county about the beginning
of this century. Mr. Stewart grew to manhood on the
farm, and was entirely deprived of educational
advantages. But he was a hard worker, economical and
a good manager, as may be inferred when it is stated
that when he settled where he now lives, his only
worldly possessions were a wife and child and
fifteen cents in money; but now he owns 900 acres of
good land, and very considerable property in
Buchanan. Mr. Stewart has been married four times.
His first wife was Miss Nancy, daughter of Elijah
and Rachel Brooks, whom he married in 1837, and by
whom he had six choldren- fourliving: John, Mary J.,
Nancy A., and Calloway B. The mother was Georgia-
born, a member of the Baptist Church, and died in
February 1856./ In November of that year he married
Miss Jane, daughter of Jerman Burton, who died early
in 1858. October following he married Miss Emily,
daughter of Martin and Sarah Ayers, who died April
1, 1882. In September 1888, he married Melinda,
daughter of John K. Holcombe. Himself and wife are
members of the Baptist Church.

[Note 2/5/2003: Buried at Buchanan City Cem., b
Sept. 11, 1816, d. Feb 9, 1903. No headstones for
any of the wives]