John Americus Stewart, born 28th day of November, 1840. (Family Bible)
He was the son of Margaret Copeland and John Gilbert Stewart. The family was in Tennessee at the time of his birth. They are on the 1850 Lawrence County, Arkansas census. Arrived in Texas before 1853.
John married Arminta Bailey O'Ferrell (O'Farrell) July 18, 1861 in Burnet County, Texas. John served as a confederate in the civil war. John and Arminta were in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas by the 1870 census, with two children Helen and Edward Stewart. Other records indicate Arminta brought at least 2 children to the marriage. Alexander O'Farrell and Nancy O'Farrell.
In 1872 Pvt J A Stewart along with others pursued escaped convicts to near Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma. Texas State Police Captain J. M. Redmon, Private John A. Stewart and Travis County Special Deputy Sheriff Day left Cooke County, Texas and entered the Chickasaw Nation (present day Oklahoma) accompanied by five Chickasaws with an arrest warrant for Kimble. John was mortally wounded May 15, 1872, and died May 16, 1872. He had enlisted in the Texas State Police in December 1871 and served only 5 months. He was elected tax collector of Burnet County in 1865 after serving in Colonel Burford's Regiment, 19th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. His body was returned to Gainesville, Texas arriving on May 20, 1872. He was buried with Odd Fellow honors, but the location is unknown at this time.
Sources include numerous newspaper articles in Galveston and Austin; United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014, census records and the following:
Excerpt: Excerpt from Summary, J A Stewart
"Gainesville Cooke Co. Texas, May the 20th, 1872. I reached this place today with the dead body of J. A. Stewart State Policeman he having died at Ft. Arbuckle Chickasaw Nation on the night of the 16th of this month, of wounds received at the hands of Loss Kimble the murderer of Joseph Philpot. I attacked Kimble 8 miles this side of Ft. Arbuckle on the 15th inst. accompanied by J. A. Stewart, Mr. Day Special Deputy Sheriff of Travis County, and five colored men of the Nation, and when I ordered him to surrender, he leaped from his wagon and fired on us mortally wounding J. A. Stewart the first shot. "
He was the son of Margaret Copeland and John Gilbert Stewart. The family was in Tennessee at the time of his birth. They are on the 1850 Lawrence County, Arkansas census. Arrived in Texas before 1853.
John married Arminta Bailey O'Ferrell (O'Farrell) July 18, 1861 in Burnet County, Texas. John served as a confederate in the civil war. John and Arminta were in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas by the 1870 census, with two children Helen and Edward Stewart. Other records indicate Arminta brought at least 2 children to the marriage. Alexander O'Farrell and Nancy O'Farrell.
In 1872 Pvt J A Stewart along with others pursued escaped convicts to near Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma. Texas State Police Captain J. M. Redmon, Private John A. Stewart and Travis County Special Deputy Sheriff Day left Cooke County, Texas and entered the Chickasaw Nation (present day Oklahoma) accompanied by five Chickasaws with an arrest warrant for Kimble. John was mortally wounded May 15, 1872, and died May 16, 1872. He had enlisted in the Texas State Police in December 1871 and served only 5 months. He was elected tax collector of Burnet County in 1865 after serving in Colonel Burford's Regiment, 19th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. His body was returned to Gainesville, Texas arriving on May 20, 1872. He was buried with Odd Fellow honors, but the location is unknown at this time.
Sources include numerous newspaper articles in Galveston and Austin; United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014, census records and the following:
Excerpt: Excerpt from Summary, J A Stewart
"Gainesville Cooke Co. Texas, May the 20th, 1872. I reached this place today with the dead body of J. A. Stewart State Policeman he having died at Ft. Arbuckle Chickasaw Nation on the night of the 16th of this month, of wounds received at the hands of Loss Kimble the murderer of Joseph Philpot. I attacked Kimble 8 miles this side of Ft. Arbuckle on the 15th inst. accompanied by J. A. Stewart, Mr. Day Special Deputy Sheriff of Travis County, and five colored men of the Nation, and when I ordered him to surrender, he leaped from his wagon and fired on us mortally wounding J. A. Stewart the first shot. "
John Americus Stewart, born 28th day of November, 1840. (Family Bible)
He was the son of Margaret Copeland and John Gilbert Stewart. The family was in Tennessee at the time of his birth. They are on the 1850 Lawrence County, Arkansas census. Arrived in Texas before 1853.
John married Arminta Bailey O'Ferrell (O'Farrell) July 18, 1861 in Burnet County, Texas. John served as a confederate in the civil war. John and Arminta were in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas by the 1870 census, with two children Helen and Edward Stewart. Other records indicate Arminta brought at least 2 children to the marriage. Alexander O'Farrell and Nancy O'Farrell.
In 1872 Pvt J A Stewart along with others pursued escaped convicts to near Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma. Texas State Police Captain J. M. Redmon, Private John A. Stewart and Travis County Special Deputy Sheriff Day left Cooke County, Texas and entered the Chickasaw Nation (present day Oklahoma) accompanied by five Chickasaws with an arrest warrant for Kimble. John was mortally wounded May 15, 1872, and died May 16, 1872. He had enlisted in the Texas State Police in December 1871 and served only 5 months. He was elected tax collector of Burnet County in 1865 after serving in Colonel Burford's Regiment, 19th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. His body was returned to Gainesville, Texas arriving on May 20, 1872. He was buried with Odd Fellow honors, but the location is unknown at this time.
Sources include numerous newspaper articles in Galveston and Austin; United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014, census records and the following:
Excerpt: Excerpt from Summary, J A Stewart
"Gainesville Cooke Co. Texas, May the 20th, 1872. I reached this place today with the dead body of J. A. Stewart State Policeman he having died at Ft. Arbuckle Chickasaw Nation on the night of the 16th of this month, of wounds received at the hands of Loss Kimble the murderer of Joseph Philpot. I attacked Kimble 8 miles this side of Ft. Arbuckle on the 15th inst. accompanied by J. A. Stewart, Mr. Day Special Deputy Sheriff of Travis County, and five colored men of the Nation, and when I ordered him to surrender, he leaped from his wagon and fired on us mortally wounding J. A. Stewart the first shot. "
He was the son of Margaret Copeland and John Gilbert Stewart. The family was in Tennessee at the time of his birth. They are on the 1850 Lawrence County, Arkansas census. Arrived in Texas before 1853.
John married Arminta Bailey O'Ferrell (O'Farrell) July 18, 1861 in Burnet County, Texas. John served as a confederate in the civil war. John and Arminta were in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas by the 1870 census, with two children Helen and Edward Stewart. Other records indicate Arminta brought at least 2 children to the marriage. Alexander O'Farrell and Nancy O'Farrell.
In 1872 Pvt J A Stewart along with others pursued escaped convicts to near Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma. Texas State Police Captain J. M. Redmon, Private John A. Stewart and Travis County Special Deputy Sheriff Day left Cooke County, Texas and entered the Chickasaw Nation (present day Oklahoma) accompanied by five Chickasaws with an arrest warrant for Kimble. John was mortally wounded May 15, 1872, and died May 16, 1872. He had enlisted in the Texas State Police in December 1871 and served only 5 months. He was elected tax collector of Burnet County in 1865 after serving in Colonel Burford's Regiment, 19th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. His body was returned to Gainesville, Texas arriving on May 20, 1872. He was buried with Odd Fellow honors, but the location is unknown at this time.
Sources include numerous newspaper articles in Galveston and Austin; United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2014, census records and the following:
Excerpt: Excerpt from Summary, J A Stewart
"Gainesville Cooke Co. Texas, May the 20th, 1872. I reached this place today with the dead body of J. A. Stewart State Policeman he having died at Ft. Arbuckle Chickasaw Nation on the night of the 16th of this month, of wounds received at the hands of Loss Kimble the murderer of Joseph Philpot. I attacked Kimble 8 miles this side of Ft. Arbuckle on the 15th inst. accompanied by J. A. Stewart, Mr. Day Special Deputy Sheriff of Travis County, and five colored men of the Nation, and when I ordered him to surrender, he leaped from his wagon and fired on us mortally wounding J. A. Stewart the first shot. "
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