Saint Clair County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Stewart, Harvey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jeffrey McQueen MCQUEEN327@aol.com September 14, 2008, 2:49 pm Cemetery: Oaklawn Cemetery, Algonac, Michigan Name: Harvey Stewart Date Of Photograph: August 20, 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/stclair/photos/tombstones/oaklawn/stewart14843nph.jpg Image file size: 48.6 Kb Inscription: Harvey Stewart 1780 - 1857 Harvey was born in New York. Harvey Stewart was the pioneer of the family of Stewarts who settled on the Harsen's Island early in the 1800s. Mary Gravereat was Stewart’s second wife. He managed a distillery at that time. It was one of the first distilleries in Michigan, and at one time during the War of 1812 served as a British fort. The families living on the island moved to Detroit for a period during the War of 1812, but returned after a short time. The whiskey produced at the distillery was used for trade with the Indians who brought furs and wild meat to Stewart’s settlement. Stewart was also Clay Township’s first supervisor, serving from 1828 to 1833 and again in 1842. Mary, through this marriage, became the step- mother of the first Aura P. Stewart and mother of Captain Albert Stewart and Garrit G. Stewart and grandmother of Captain Harvey Stewart. Harvey STEWART witnessed the battle of the Thames and was the first to recognize Tecumseh dead on the field of battle. Harvey STEWART's children by his first wife were A. P. STEWART and John H. STEWART, the former having held the office of Supervisor and also Justice of the Peace for thirty years, and has been a resident of St Clair County, since November, 1815. John H. STEWART became master (Captain) of some of the best vessels and boats navigating the lakes, and died in 1865. Harvey STEWART, during the war with England, married Mary GRAVERAET, a native of Albany, N. Y., by whom he had three sons and three daughters, all living but two-Garret G. STEWART, Esq. (now a resident of Harsen's Island), Capt. Albert STEWART (now Master of the steamer City of Cleveland), Jane (wife of Capt. Daniel MCQUEEN), Sarah (unmarried). pg. 717 Clay Twp File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/stclair/photos/tombstones/oaklawn/stewart14843nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb