John Stuart (1798 - 1870)

Born 15 Mar 1798 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara (Steen) Stuart — married 14 Jan 1816 in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Died 28 Mar 1870 at age 72 in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

John is the son of Hugh and Ruth (Patterson) Stuart. He was born in 1794, in Middleton Township (Now South Middleton) in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

John married Barbara Steen, were married on January 14, 1816, in Silver Spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania at the First Presbyterian Church. The marriage was officiated by Reverend Henry Wilson. From the marriage, 10 children were born, 8 lived to maturity.

John engaged in milling, and farming. He later went to law school, presumably at Dickonson College, and became a judge for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. John was a prominent citizen and well liked within the community. A few of his children entered the politacal and judicial fields, all achieved prominence in one form or another.

Sources

• Silver Spring Presbyterians Church Marriages, 1814-30 Silver Spring Twp., Cumberland County, Pennsylva
• United States Census, 1840, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTY-XJ8 : 24 August 2015), Household of John Stewert, South Middleton Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 152, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 455; FHL microfilm 20,543.
• Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, by Genealogical Pub. Co. (Chicago), Publication date 1905, Publisher Chicago : Genealogical Publishing Co. Pages 787-788.
• Mentioned in the Last Will and Testament of his father Hugh Stewart. Ohio Probate Records, Crawford County, Ohio, Prepared January 19, 1851, filed for probate 1854.