Thomas Shaw Stewart and Nancy Hurst Irwin

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Husband Thomas Shaw Stewart ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 6 Aug 1833 - Stewart Station, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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           Died: 17 Apr 1896 5
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         Father: John Stewart (1789/1796-1865) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Margaret Shaw (1799-1858) 4 6 7 8

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Nancy Hurst Irwin ^{2 4 10 11}

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           Born: 30 Jul 1845 2 11 12
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           Died: 3 Jul 1902 13
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         Father: John Irwin (1811-1876) 2 12 14
         Mother: Mary Jane Dickey (1818-      ) 2 12

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Children

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1 M John Irwin Stewart ^{4 13}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1871 - Stewart Station, Westmoreland Co, PA 13
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         Spouse: Esther Maxwell McAteer (      -      ) 4 13
           Marr: 23 Feb 1899 13

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2 F Mary Margaret Stewart ^{4 13}

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           Born: 17 Jul 1872 13
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         Spouse: Joseph T. Miller (      -      ) 4 13

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Shaw Stewart

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His education was acquired in the common schools of the township, completed by a year or two at an academy at Turtle Creek. At the age of seventeen he taught school at Baker's schoolhouse. His was a most unruly aggregation of scholars, a certain element in the school having worsted and thrown out a succession of teachers. Mr. Stewart went to his brother John, then on the school board, and insisted that he was capable of handling the school. He persisted in the face of continued refusal, and finally had his way. Although not of remarkable physical development he conquered his small domain, subduing or ousting the unruly element, and for two or three years taught the school successfully. He became a farmer, passing his entire life on the homestead, known as the "Stewart farm." He served as school director in the township for one term. He was a Republican until the latter years of his life when he threw himself rather actively into politics in the interests of the Prohibition party, on one occasion being its candidate for the legislature. He was one of the organizers and builders of the United Presbyterian church at Stewart Station, of which he was an elder for a number of years. With the exception of one year he was superintendent of the Sunday school from the inception of the church until his death.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 468.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 559.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 210, 354, 410.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 146.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 211, 410.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 411, 468.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 431.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 210, 410.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 145.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 211, 354, 410.

11 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 136.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 354.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 211.

14 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 135.