Jasper Byrd Stewart (1829 - 1914)

Born 3 Dec 1829 in Perry, Kentucky, United States

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Died 3 May 1914 at age 84 in Knott County, Kentucky

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Biography

Jasper Stewart lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Dr. Jasper Stewart was born December 3, 1829 in the section of Perry County, Kentucky which eventually became Letcher County and finally Knott County, Kentucky. He was the son of William Charles Stewart. Dr. Stewart simultaneously raised two separate families in Knott County, Kentucky in close proximity. While he was married to Nancy (Mullins), and raised a large family with her, he also maintained a relationship with Levisa Ferrell alias Thacker, and also had a large family with her. This relationship was out in the open and both families maintained very close relationships.

In 1870, Dr. Stewart was recorded in Troublesome, Kentucky with his wife, Nancy and 8 children. ^[1] His children at the time were

1. Andrew Jackson Stewart (1851-1876)
2. Alexander Hamilton Stewart (1852-1933)
3. Sally (Stewart) Boggs (1854-1944)
4. Ambrose Stewart (1857-1947)
5. James
6. Martha
7. Margrett
8. Elizabeth

Dr. Jasper Stewart made a trip to Texas to see his kin. While there, he took up the practice of medicine. He successfully treated epidemics of Typhoid Fever and Malaria. He maintained a residence in Hindman, Knott County Kentucky. He died on May 3, 1914 in Hindman, Kentucky.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX49-QKM : 19 March 2020), Jasper Stuart, Troublesome, Perry, Kentucky, 1870. Born Kentucky 1828.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/154094820/jasper-stewart : accessed 31 July 2021), memorial page for Dr Jasper Stewart (1829–1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #154094820, citing Stewart-Stamper Family Cemetery, Knott County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Roger Hicks (contributor 48708305) .

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZG-56X : 13 November 2020), Jasper Stuart, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 82, sheet 546A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,438.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HK-QLF : accessed 20 January 2021), Jasper Stewart, Magisterial District 4, Quicksand, Knott, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 6A, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,536. Born Kentucky Mar 1829. Married 1847.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DV-3R4 : accessed 20 January 2021), Jasper Stewart in household of Willie Stewart, Knott, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 4A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 482; FHL microfilm 1,374,495. Born Kentucky 1829.