John Q. Stewart was born September 23, 1844, in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence (then Beaver) County, the son of James & Martha (Taylor) Stewart. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Little Beaver Township and stood 5' 10" tall with sandy hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in New Brighton, Beaver County, March 28, 1864, mustered there the same day as a private with Co. B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company June 9, 1865.
After the war, he became a teacher and then served four years as a state representative from Lawrence County. After that, he entered service with the state education hierarchy and was, for a time, president of the Pennsylvania Teachers Association. He married Mary C. Liebendorfer, 19 years his junior, on November 8, 1893, and fathered John Q. (b. 09/09/94), Mary Rebecca (b. 10/15/94), and James H. (b. 09/26/96).
Cause of death is listed as "progressive paresis."
bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in New Brighton, Beaver County, March 28, 1864, mustered there the same day as a private with Co. B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company June 9, 1865.
After the war, he became a teacher and then served four years as a state representative from Lawrence County. After that, he entered service with the state education hierarchy and was, for a time, president of the Pennsylvania Teachers Association. He married Mary C. Liebendorfer, 19 years his junior, on November 8, 1893, and fathered John Q. (b. 09/09/94), Mary Rebecca (b. 10/15/94), and James H. (b. 09/26/96).
Cause of death is listed as "progressive paresis."
bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt
John Q. Stewart was born September 23, 1844, in Little Beaver Township, Lawrence (then Beaver) County, the son of James & Martha (Taylor) Stewart. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Little Beaver Township and stood 5' 10" tall with sandy hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in New Brighton, Beaver County, March 28, 1864, mustered there the same day as a private with Co. B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company June 9, 1865.
After the war, he became a teacher and then served four years as a state representative from Lawrence County. After that, he entered service with the state education hierarchy and was, for a time, president of the Pennsylvania Teachers Association. He married Mary C. Liebendorfer, 19 years his junior, on November 8, 1893, and fathered John Q. (b. 09/09/94), Mary Rebecca (b. 10/15/94), and James H. (b. 09/26/96).
Cause of death is listed as "progressive paresis."
bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in New Brighton, Beaver County, March 28, 1864, mustered there the same day as a private with Co. B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company June 9, 1865.
After the war, he became a teacher and then served four years as a state representative from Lawrence County. After that, he entered service with the state education hierarchy and was, for a time, president of the Pennsylvania Teachers Association. He married Mary C. Liebendorfer, 19 years his junior, on November 8, 1893, and fathered John Q. (b. 09/09/94), Mary Rebecca (b. 10/15/94), and James H. (b. 09/26/96).
Cause of death is listed as "progressive paresis."
bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt
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