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The Story of Matthew Stewart

MATHEW STUART I was born between 1776 and 1794. He died in May 1845 in Vigo County, Indiana. Mathew Stuart lived in Granville County, North Carolina in 1820. The 1830 Vigo County census shows Mathew as the head of a household of 7 free colored people.

1 male born between 1820 and 1830.
1 male born between 1807 and 1819.
1 male born between 1776 and 1794.
2 females born between 1820 and 1830.
2 females born between 1807 and 1819.
The identities of his daughters and wife are unknown.

Mathew Stuart's 2 sons were probably Mathew II and Ephraim:

MATHEW STEWART II was born about 1816 in North Carolina. He married Eliza Bass, daughter of Jethro Bass and Polly Mitchell, on 25 Mar 1847 in Vigo, Indiana. She was born about 1833 in Indiana. Eliza Bass lived in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1850, thru 1880. Mathew Stewart and Eliza Bass had the following children:

JORDAN BRADFORD STEWART was born about 1850 in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana. Jordan Bradford Stewart lived in Otter Creek, Vigo County, Indiana in 1850 and 1860.

MARY E. STEWART was born on 09 Jul 1853 in Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana. She died on 13 Feb 1938 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age: 69). She married Anderson Price. Mary E. Stewart lived in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1860.

GEORGE W. STEWART was born on 04 Jul 1854 in Indiana. He died on 07 Jul 1929 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age: 75). He married (1) Joanna Hill on 02 Mar 1871 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born on 07 May 1854 in Indiana. She died on 08 Jun 1872 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was buried in the Roberts Cemetery of Terre Haute, Indiana. He married (2) Lucy E. Malone, daughter of George Herman Malone and Mary Poston, on 26 Mar 1874 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born in 1858 in Indiana. He married (3) Laura A. Tootle, daughter of William P. Tootle and Louisa Watkins, on 31 Jan 1890 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born in 1865 in Rush County, Indiana. George W. Stewart lived in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1860.

AMANDA J. STEWART was born on 17 Nov 1855 in Indiana. She died on 06 Jan 1926 in Gary, Indiana (Age: 70). She married (1) William Roberts on 13 Feb 1862 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born in Nov 1844 in Richmond, Virginia. He died before 1947. She married (2) John Westley Simpson, son of Stephen Simpson and Violet Roper, on 06 Dec 1877 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born about 1855 in Indiana. She married (3) Moses M. Tyler, son of Primus Tyler Sr. and Elizabeth Tyler, on 17 Nov 1892 in Vigo, Indiana. He was born about 1837 in North Carolina. Amanda J. Stewart and John Westley Simpson had the following children:

DOVINE SIMPSON was born about 1880 in Indiana. Dovine Simpson lived in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1880.

GERTRUDE MAE SIMPSON was born on 30 May 1882 in Vigo County, Indiana. She died on 04 Mar 1938 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age: 55). She married Richard J Underwood, son of Armstead Underwood and Elizabeth Stewart, on 14 Nov 1906 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born on 22 Feb 1872 in Indiana. He died on 23 May 1955 in Vigo, Indiana. Gertrude Mae Simpson lived in Linton Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1930. She was buried in the Underwood Cemetery of Terre Haute, Indiana. Richard J Underwood lived in Linton Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1930. He was buried in the Underwood Cemetery of Vigo County, Indiana.

PEARL SIMPSON was born on 17 Mar 1885 in Indiana, USA. She died on 12 Mar 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age: 25). She married Horace Crandle Russell, son of John S. Russell and Mary E. Hathecock-Manuel, on 26 Jun 1902 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born on 12 Apr 1878 in Indiana. He died on 11 Apr 1939 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age: 60). Pearl Simpson was buried in Terre Haute, Indiana in the Highland Lawn Cemetery. Horace Crandle Russell lived in Linton Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1880. He lived in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1900. He lived in Gary, Indiana in 1920. He lived in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1930. He was buried in Terre Haute, Indiana in the Highland Lawn Cemetery. William Roberts lived in Van Buren, Clay County, Indiana in 1900. He lived in Knightsville, Clay County, Indiana in 1912.

Amanda J. Stewart and William Roberts had the following child:

LOUIZA M. ROBERTS was born about 1874 in Indiana. Louiza M. Roberts lived in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1880.

CHARLES STEWART was born about 1858 in Indiana. Charles Stewart lived in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1860 thru 1880.

MARTHA STEWART was born on 07 Nov 1868 in Terre Haute, Indiana. She died on 29 Feb 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age: 52). Martha Stewart lived in Otter Creek Twp, Vigo County, Indiana in 1870. She lived in Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana in 1880.

EPHRAIM STUART was born in 1828 in Tennessee. He died on 03 Jun 1898 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He married Isadora Hill, daughter of Chana Hill, on 29 Nov 1855 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born in 1837 in Virginia. She died on 06 Aug 1882 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ephraim Stuart and Isadora Hill had the following children:

SIDNEY WESLEY STUART was born on 14 Dec 1856 in Charleston, Illinois. He died on 26 Nov 1932 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age: 75). He married Georgia A Walden, daughter of Clarkson Walden and Mary Boone, on 01 Jan 1891 in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana. She was born in Jun 1866 in Indiana. She died in 1943 in Vigo County, Indiana.


Sidney Wesley Stuart and Georgia A Walden had the following children:

WILLIAM CLARK STUART was born on 04 Nov 1891 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He died in Feb 1892 in Terre Haute, Indiana. William Clark Stuart was buried in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana.

HARRIET LOVING STUART was born on 20 Oct 1894 in Vigo County, Indiana. She died in 1961 in Vigo County, Indiana. Harriet Loving Stuart lived in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1900.

HORTENSE STUART was born on 20 Jul 1897 in Vigo County, Indiana. She died in 1898 in Vigo County, Indiana.

PAUL WESLEY STUART was born on 27 Mar 1899 in Indiana. He died on 15 Apr 1968 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age at Death: 69). He married Lillian Miller, daughter of Charles Miller and Tabitha Ellen Bradbury, on 18 May 1929 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was born on 02 Mar 1906 in Sullivan, Indiana. She died in Oct 1993 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Age at Death: 87). Paul Wesley Stuart lived in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1900.

HARRIETT H. STUART was born in 1868 in Indiana, USA.