Tipton-Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Stewart, Stephen 1822 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 15, 2007, 2:24 am Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883) STEPHEN STEWART, farmer, was born in Montgomery County, Ky., June 7, 1822. At the age of fifteen, he went to McDonough County, Ill., and remained about eight years, after which he removed to Bartholomew County, Ind. In September, 1854, he came to Tipton County and purchased 297 acres of timber land in Cicero Township; he has sold 140 acres of this, and bought other lands, and now owns 376 acres in Cicero Township, of which 265 acres are under a high state of cultivation and well drained. He raises grain extensively, and usually puts out 100 acres in corn, and 60 in wheat. Mr. Stewart was married, April 11, 1848, in Bartholomew County, Ind., to Miss Emma M. Ruddick. This union has been blessed with ten children-Robert O., William P., Catharine, Amy, Jane, Laura, John, Antony, Ida E., deceased, and one infant deceased. Mr. Stewart is a well-to-do farmer, owning, besides his farm land, a good dwelling in Tipton. Additional Comments: Extracted from: COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. ILLUSTRATED. CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/tipton/bios/stewart925nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb