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This is not my line but am posting this in hopes it helps someone else trace their Vincent/Stewart line. My husband descends from James, the farmer in Henry County in this Biography.
Stewart, John, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec 1; Pilot Grove; the parents of John, James and Mary, were natives of Scotland, but early in life emigrated to Belfast, Ireland; thence in 1813, to America, and settled in Guernsey Co., Ohio, where they were among the first settlers, it being two years before they had a neighbor nearer than seven miles; his father died in that county January, 1860; his mother then came to Lee Co., where she found a home withe her son, and died March, 1863; seven children had been born to Mr. and Mrs. S., four sons and three children(sic), the subject of this sketch being the only son now living; he came to Iowa in the fall of 1843, then in his 21st year; wen to Van Buren Co., whence, in June 1844, he married Mary, daughter of Robert and Ellen Steel, who were very early settlers of Lee Co., but afterwards removed to Jefferson Co; she was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, Oct 1 1822; in 1848 they settled near Pilot Grove, where he held the post office for five years, and in 1856, to where he now resides; owns 265 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; he also owns 419 acres in Henry Co., valued at $20 per acre. They have had nine children, seven now living--Mary E. born February 1847, wife of J. W. Griffith, of Atlanta, Neb.; Rezilla, Dec 29 1848, wife of Oliver Holcomb, of Nebraska; Jane,Nov 11, 1850, married Wm. L. Miller also of Nebraska, and died April 4, 1876; James, Dec 13, 1852, a farmer of Henry Co., Annie M., Dec 15, 1854, the wife of Thos. Vincent, of Madison Co., Iowa; Robert S., born April 16, 1857; William , Nov 1, 1858; Maggie, Dec 21 1860, and John, Dec 2, 1862, died Dec 27, 1862. Democrat; Mrs. S. is a member of the Baptist Church. He has held various township and school offices.
pages 803-804 from History of Lee County, Iowa, copyright 1879
Found online at
http://www.beforetime.net/iowagenealogy/lee/HistoryOfLeeCounty1879/P803.html
Susan Cannell
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