SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - BIOS  John Stewart

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 823
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


SCHLEY COUNTY

John Stewart, planter, Schley county, Ga., son of Henry and
Sophia (McKinney) Stewart, was born in Schley county Dec. 6,
1851.  His paternal grandfather, Randall Stewart, was a native
of and a planter in North Carolina, and quite late in life
migrated to Georgia.  He was a soldier in the patriot army
during the revolutionary war, and was also a soldier in the war
of 1812.  Mr. Stewart’s father was born in North Carolina in
1805, came to Georgia when a boy, and finally settled
permanently in Schley county, where he became an esteemed
citizen and prosperous planter.  He was a soldier in the
Seminole war.  Mr. Stewart was raised on the plantation, and
had very limited educational advantages.  He has enjoyed
average planter prosperity, and now owns 300 acres of land in
Schley county, and 200 acres in Taylor county, Ga.  Mr. Stewart
was married in December 1874, to Miss Martha McCantz, daughter
of Jesse McCantz, of Taylor county, who bore him six children:
Lillie, Oalie, Annie, two infants, deceased, and John Henry,
deceased.  The mother of these children died in 1887, leaving a
husband and those children to mourn the loss of a wife and
mother.  In October, 1888, he married Miss Rebecca Donnan,
daughter of James Donnan, a planter of Marion county. Two
children have blessed this union: Robert D. and Nancy E.  Mr.
Stewart is a member of the Farmers’ alliance and a populist in
politics.  His wife is a devoted member of the Methodist
church.