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From: "Nancy Bender" <>
Subject: Burwell J. Stewart b. 25 Aug 1818 in Petersburg, IN
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:47:28 -0500


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This was just posted on another list I subscribe to. I thought it might
have some useful info for someone.

History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana
Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885

Pike County, Madison Township, page 448

BURWELL J. STEWART was born in Petersburg, Ind., August 25, 1818, and is
said to have been the first child born on the site of that town. His
parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Simonton) Stewart. The father was
previously married to Rachel Wright, by whom he is the father of one child,
now living in Kansas. Thomas was born in Virginia, and raised in Warren
County, Ky. When a young man he was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and was
sent into Pike County, Ind., and liking the country he resolved to locate
there, which he did some time after marrying his first wife. They came on
pack horses, and settled on a farm in the above named county. The father
filled a number of different offices, and was a member of the State
Legislature about nine terms. He died November 6, 1850. The mother was
born in North Carolina, but was raised in Ohio. She came to Indiana, when
quite young. Her death occurred December 24, 1848. Our subject was raised
on the old homestead, and now owns part of the old place. His education is
somewhat limited, but he was aided very much in his studies by Maj. John
McIntyre. About 1836 he began flat-boating, and went to New Orleans every
winter. June 5, 1845, he married Hemmer Ann Catt, and they became the
parents of eight children, two dying in infancy. Six sons were raised to
manhood, but only five are now living: Lawrence W. (decesed), Alexander L.,
John T., Stephen A.D., Robert M. and Clarence P. Mr. Stewart is a Democrat.
His eldest son, Lawrence, now deceased, was a cripple from childhood. He
acquired a good education and graduated from the State Normal. He was
elected to the Legislature in 1876-77, and was county superintendent of
schools of Pike County two terms, his death occurring while in office. The
other sons are farmers, and are doing well, financially. The two youngest
are yet at home
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