John E. Stewart was born in England in 1818 and before coming to Kansas, he was a minister in North Salem, New Hampshire. In Kansas, he was known as the "fighting preacher." During the territorial period in Kansas, he sometimes used the alias "Levi Plum." As a staunch abolitionist, he was the "General Traffic Manager" of the NE Kansas Underground Railroad where he operated the "depot" at his fortified cabin on the Wakarusa River, a few miles from Lawrence, K.T. During the 1850s-60s, John E. Stewart liberated at least 70 enslaved African-Americans from Missouri and led them to freedom further north.
He was one of the "Immortal Ten"--ten men from Lawrence, Kansas Territory who rescued abolitionist, John Doy from a St. Joseph, Missouri, USA jail in the summer of 1859. During the Civil War, he was a Captain in Co C., 9th KS Cav. He later moved to Wood County, Ohio, USA.
John E. Stewart's first wife was Mary Ann Deacon. They married in 1848 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They arrived in the U.S. about 1849 living in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a brief time. Later they moved to Kansas Territory and lived on a claim on the Wakarusa River, Douglas County, Kansas Territory in the late 1850s. By 1863 the family was living in the City of Lawrence, Kansas.
John E. and Mary Ann Stewart had several children including Ann M, Meriam/Marian. ["Mary"] A., John F. [or C.], Oscar, and Elizabeth.
On August 21, 1863, while John E Stewart was in military service away from home, his family was driven from their home in Lawrence, Kansas. Their home was burned by raiders in the Quantrill Massacre in which more than 180 men and boys were killed and most of downtown Lawrence was burned.
By 1865 John E Stewart was living in Ohio and soon after resumed the profession of Minister of the Gospel.
In 1870 he married Jenny BLACKMAR in Seneca County, Ohio. She died in 1875.
He later married Mrs. Sarah (HUFFORD) MORSE and lived in Wood County, OH. He and his wife had a daughter, named Bernice.
Rev. John E. Stewart died on December 27, 1895, of "pneumonia catarrh," and is buried in the Fort Meigs Cemetery in Perrysburg, Wood Co, Ohio.
[Researched and compiled by: J. M. Sweets]
He was one of the "Immortal Ten"--ten men from Lawrence, Kansas Territory who rescued abolitionist, John Doy from a St. Joseph, Missouri, USA jail in the summer of 1859. During the Civil War, he was a Captain in Co C., 9th KS Cav. He later moved to Wood County, Ohio, USA.
John E. Stewart's first wife was Mary Ann Deacon. They married in 1848 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They arrived in the U.S. about 1849 living in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a brief time. Later they moved to Kansas Territory and lived on a claim on the Wakarusa River, Douglas County, Kansas Territory in the late 1850s. By 1863 the family was living in the City of Lawrence, Kansas.
John E. and Mary Ann Stewart had several children including Ann M, Meriam/Marian. ["Mary"] A., John F. [or C.], Oscar, and Elizabeth.
On August 21, 1863, while John E Stewart was in military service away from home, his family was driven from their home in Lawrence, Kansas. Their home was burned by raiders in the Quantrill Massacre in which more than 180 men and boys were killed and most of downtown Lawrence was burned.
By 1865 John E Stewart was living in Ohio and soon after resumed the profession of Minister of the Gospel.
In 1870 he married Jenny BLACKMAR in Seneca County, Ohio. She died in 1875.
He later married Mrs. Sarah (HUFFORD) MORSE and lived in Wood County, OH. He and his wife had a daughter, named Bernice.
Rev. John E. Stewart died on December 27, 1895, of "pneumonia catarrh," and is buried in the Fort Meigs Cemetery in Perrysburg, Wood Co, Ohio.
[Researched and compiled by: J. M. Sweets]
John E. Stewart was born in England in 1818 and before coming to Kansas, he was a minister in North Salem, New Hampshire. In Kansas, he was known as the "fighting preacher." During the territorial period in Kansas, he sometimes used the alias "Levi Plum." As a staunch abolitionist, he was the "General Traffic Manager" of the NE Kansas Underground Railroad where he operated the "depot" at his fortified cabin on the Wakarusa River, a few miles from Lawrence, K.T. During the 1850s-60s, John E. Stewart liberated at least 70 enslaved African-Americans from Missouri and led them to freedom further north.
He was one of the "Immortal Ten"--ten men from Lawrence, Kansas Territory who rescued abolitionist, John Doy from a St. Joseph, Missouri, USA jail in the summer of 1859. During the Civil War, he was a Captain in Co C., 9th KS Cav. He later moved to Wood County, Ohio, USA.
John E. Stewart's first wife was Mary Ann Deacon. They married in 1848 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They arrived in the U.S. about 1849 living in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a brief time. Later they moved to Kansas Territory and lived on a claim on the Wakarusa River, Douglas County, Kansas Territory in the late 1850s. By 1863 the family was living in the City of Lawrence, Kansas.
John E. and Mary Ann Stewart had several children including Ann M, Meriam/Marian. ["Mary"] A., John F. [or C.], Oscar, and Elizabeth.
On August 21, 1863, while John E Stewart was in military service away from home, his family was driven from their home in Lawrence, Kansas. Their home was burned by raiders in the Quantrill Massacre in which more than 180 men and boys were killed and most of downtown Lawrence was burned.
By 1865 John E Stewart was living in Ohio and soon after resumed the profession of Minister of the Gospel.
In 1870 he married Jenny BLACKMAR in Seneca County, Ohio. She died in 1875.
He later married Mrs. Sarah (HUFFORD) MORSE and lived in Wood County, OH. He and his wife had a daughter, named Bernice.
Rev. John E. Stewart died on December 27, 1895, of "pneumonia catarrh," and is buried in the Fort Meigs Cemetery in Perrysburg, Wood Co, Ohio.
[Researched and compiled by: J. M. Sweets]
He was one of the "Immortal Ten"--ten men from Lawrence, Kansas Territory who rescued abolitionist, John Doy from a St. Joseph, Missouri, USA jail in the summer of 1859. During the Civil War, he was a Captain in Co C., 9th KS Cav. He later moved to Wood County, Ohio, USA.
John E. Stewart's first wife was Mary Ann Deacon. They married in 1848 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They arrived in the U.S. about 1849 living in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for a brief time. Later they moved to Kansas Territory and lived on a claim on the Wakarusa River, Douglas County, Kansas Territory in the late 1850s. By 1863 the family was living in the City of Lawrence, Kansas.
John E. and Mary Ann Stewart had several children including Ann M, Meriam/Marian. ["Mary"] A., John F. [or C.], Oscar, and Elizabeth.
On August 21, 1863, while John E Stewart was in military service away from home, his family was driven from their home in Lawrence, Kansas. Their home was burned by raiders in the Quantrill Massacre in which more than 180 men and boys were killed and most of downtown Lawrence was burned.
By 1865 John E Stewart was living in Ohio and soon after resumed the profession of Minister of the Gospel.
In 1870 he married Jenny BLACKMAR in Seneca County, Ohio. She died in 1875.
He later married Mrs. Sarah (HUFFORD) MORSE and lived in Wood County, OH. He and his wife had a daughter, named Bernice.
Rev. John E. Stewart died on December 27, 1895, of "pneumonia catarrh," and is buried in the Fort Meigs Cemetery in Perrysburg, Wood Co, Ohio.
[Researched and compiled by: J. M. Sweets]
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