NameJohn STEWART 621
Birth Date1793
Birth PlaceLondonderry, Ulster, IRELAND
Death Date18794654
Death PlaceBradford Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Misc. Notes
John was born in 1793, in the county of Londonderry, Ireland, and came to America in 1819, being then twenty-six years of age, bringing with him his wife, whom he married about four weeks previous to his departure.

He landed in Baltimore, and came direct to Clearfield county. On his arrival he at once began work by the month to earn a livelihood for himself and family, which he continued for about eighteen months at the small compensation of eight dollars per month. During this time he paid the sum of one dollar per week for boarding his wife, which therefore left him but four dollars at the end of the month for his labor.

He finally settled in the woods in Bradford township, in the year 1822, on a tract of land which now comprises the farm on which he now resides, and there began the task of preparing a permanent and comfortable home for himself and family. The first house was a round log cabin sixteen feet square, which was built by a man who had made a previous settlement on the land, and Mrs. Stewart purchased his improvements.

After residing here about seven or eight years he purchased the land, consisting of two hundred and sixteen acres, and some years subsequently made purchases of other lands in the same township, one hundred and sixty acres of which adjoined the original tract. For these lands he paid from two dollars to two dollars and fifty cents per acre.

When he first settled a dense and continuous forest surrounded him; there was then no church or school-house in Bradford township, and the people had many trials, difficulties and inconveniences that are little known and realized by the present generation.

Mr. Stewart threshed his first wheat with a flail in the public road. About the year 1870 he left his farm to the care of his son, and removed to the town of Clearfield; but, his wife dying about three years afterward, he returned to the farm, where he at present resides with his son, John H. Stewart, being now eighty-five years of age.

He has lived therefore in this vicinity for a period of over fifty years, and takes pleasure in the fact that he never had a law-suit with a neighbor, and never was a witness in court. For the last forty-five years he has been an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church.

He raised a family of five sons and three daughters, who grew up to usefulness in their portion of the duties of life. His sons, Daniel, Robert S., James L. and John H., are at present worthy and estimable citizens of Clearfield county; and one daughter, Mrs. Westley Shirey, at this time resides in Bradford township.
Spouses
Birth PlaceIRELAND
Death Dateaft 1879
Death PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Family ID9459
Marr Dateca 1819621
Marr PlaceIRELAND
ChildrenDaniel (1822-1890)
 Archie (-<1898)
 Robert S (1826-)
 Mary (-<1898)
 Eliza Jane (1839-1924)
Last Modified 25 Mar 2011Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com