Bios: Israel Stewart, 1830-1887: Greene County Contributed to USGenWeb Archives by David Cole dlc@usaor.net USGENWEB NOTICE:  In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material.These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ISRAEL STEWART, deceased, was born in Greene County, Penn., May 17, 1830, a son of James and Mary Stewart (nee Blair), (Deceased). Mr. Stewart was united in marriage, March 24, 1853, with Rebecca Phillips, born in Wayne Township, December 18, 1827, a daughter of Richard and Abigail (Starkey) Phillips, natives of Greene County, and now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were the parents of ten children--Thomas L., Richard, James, Elizabeth M., with of Kenney Strosnider; Jesse H., Spencer M., Mary J., wife of Thomas Calvert, Abigail F. and Sarah P,; and George W. (deceased). Mr. Stewart was a stone-mason by trade, but in later years devoted his time to farming, and owned 300 acres of land near Blacksville, West Virginia. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church, of which his widow and family are also members. He died October 29, 1887. From "History of Greene County, Pennsylvania" Nelson, Rishforth & Co.; Chicago, IL (1888) [1993] By Samuel P. Bates (Samuel Pennimann) Pg. 884