James William Stewart

James William Stewart Family after his 1847 death

After J. W. Stewart's death from an unknown cause in 1847, his wife, Martha Ann Herman Stewart, took their only son, Willis Andrew Stewart (born approximately one year after their marriage and about one year old at J. W.'s death), to live with Martha's mother, Mary Birdwell Herman. Robert Herman, Mary's husband and Martha's father, died in 1843 leaving Mary a widow.

Neither woman remarried and are living together in the 1860 and 1880 census in Lauderdale, AL. Mary died in Lauderdale County, AL after 9 Jun 1880 since she was counted in the 1880 census on that date. Mary is listed as crippled on the 1880 census but not on the 1860 census.

Martha died in 1890 in Lauderdale County, AL and is buried in the Scott Cemetery in east Lauderdale County alongside her husband, J. W. Stewart.

Willis A. Stewart, son of J. W. and Martha Ann, fought in the Civil War, married Nannie Phillips, and in the fall of 1882 moved to Hopkins County, Texas were he lived until his death on 20 Dec 1920.

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James William Stewart and Martha A. Herman married on Jun 19, 1845 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. J. W. died in 1848 and is buried in an unmarked grave in the Scott Cemetary in eastern Lauderdale County. Martha was born about 1822 in Lauderdale County. Her parents were Robert and Mary Herman.

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS,

Lauderdale County, AL, - page 1

•ID: I16164

•Name: James William STEWART 1 2

•Sex: M

•Birth: WFT Est 1799-1825 1 2

•Death: 1848 in Lauderdale Co, Al 1 2

Father: Duncan STEWART b: ABT 1780 in Scotland

Mother: Katherine WRIGHT b: ABT 1780 in Scotland

Marriage 1 Martha A HERMAN b: ABT 1822 in <, Lauderdale, Alabama>

•Married: 19 JUN 1845 1 2

Children

1. William "Willis" A. STEWART b: 20 JUN 1846

STEWART, James W. page 533 date 12/5/1850 improved acres 400 unimproved acres 400 value $12000

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS

Lauderdale County, AL

Sn thru Y

Name - improv acreage - umimprov acreage - value - township/range

STEWART, Cath. 12 68 100 T1;Greenhill;p.25

STEWART, J.W. 6 54 1500 T3;Florence;p.39

STEWART, James 50 250 T3;Florence;p.43

STEWART, Peter 10 Rent T2R11;Florence;p1

STEWART, Simon 3 250 T3;Florence;p.39

STEWART, Thomas 20 100 T1;Greenhill;p.29

STEWART, W.A. 10 Rent T2R9;CenterSt.;p1

STEWART, W.A. 10 Rent T2R9;CenterSt.;p3