Born James Walter Stewart in 1867 to Eldridge Stewart and Delaney Matthews in Harnett County, North Carolina. Married Florence M. Byrd. Died 1948 in Harnett County and is buried in Lee County, North Carolina. Photograph at Online Memorial.
Residence 1870: Grove Township, Harnett County, North Carolina as J W (Walter) Stewart (2, m) in household of Eldridge Stewart (48) with D (Delany) Stewart (46, f), M12, m), C (Mary C) Stewart (21, f), S A (Sallie A) Stewart (20, f), Bettie Stewart (19, f), H J (Harriet) Stewart (16, f), M F (Mildred Frances) Stewart (14, f), J M (John M) Stewart (12, m), F D (Florence) Stewart (8, f), L C (Caty) Stewart (5, f), B F (Frank) Stewart (3, m), , P Barrett (47, m), and W Fraiser (21, m).[1]
Residence 1880: Grove Township, Harnett County, North Carolina as son Walter Stewart (12) in household of Eldridge Stewart (57) with wife Delany Stewart (56), daughter Mary C Stewart (31), daughter Harriet Stewart (26), daughter Mille Stewart (24), daughter Florence Stewart (17), daughter Caty Stewart (16), son Frank Stewart (13), son John M Stewart (22) and daughter Sallie A Stewart (30).[2]
Residence 1900: Grove Township, Harnett County, North Carolina as head of household James W Stewart (33) with brother John M Stewart (42), brother Benjamin F Stewart (34), sister Mary C Stewart (51), sister Harriet J Stewart (46), sister Florence D Stewart (38), and sister Leo Calie Stewart (36).[3]
Residence 1910: Lillington, Harnett County, North Carolina as brother Walter Steward (42) in household of John M Stewart (50) with brother Frank Stewart (43) and sister Mary Stewart (61).[4]
Marriage: 1912 to Florence Byrd in Wake County, North Carolina. Photograph of Florence at Find a Grave Online Memorial[5]
Death: 1948 in Harnett County, age 80. [6]
Burial: Buffalo Cemetery, Lee County, Sanford, North Carolina. Photograph at Find a Grave Online Memorial[7]
*Additional References
Cited with spouse Florence Byrd in birth records of Harry Harold Stewart (1931), Helen Delaney Stewart (1918), Dorothy Madison Stewart (1919), John Eldridge Stewart (1921), William E Stewart (1930).
Cited with spouse Florence Byrd in death records of William E Stewart (1930), infant Stewart (1916), Dorothy Madison Matthews (1919 - 1987).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW83-DHV : accessed 31 July 2015), J W Stewart in household of Eldridge Stewart, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 27, family 175, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,641.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXM-1WL : accessed 31 July 2015), Walter Stewart in household of Eldridge Stewart, Grove, Harnett, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district 99, sheet 116A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0967; FHL microfilm 1,254,967.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSYG-MLS : accessed 31 July 2015), James W Stewart, Grove Township, Harnett, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 11B, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,199.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML39-BRN : accessed 31 July 2015), Walter Stewart in household of John M Stewart, Lillington, Harnett, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,129.
"North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8H7-R3J : accessed 31 July 2015), J Walter Stewart and Florence Byrd, 30 Jan 1912; citing Wake, North Carolina, reference p 89; FHL microfilm 236,322.
"North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPXS-ZMY : accessed 31 July 2015), James W. Stewart, 10 Jan 1948; citing Rural, Harnett, North Carolina, 5678, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,631.
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