Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Hon. Lazarus Stewart and Jane Stewart




Husband Hon. Lazarus Stewart 1 2 3

           Born: 1777 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Mary Thompson (      -1826) 1 2 4



Wife Jane Stewart 5

           Born: 10 Oct 1794 - Mifflintown, Juniata Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Dec 1872 3
         Buried:  - Uniondale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA


         Father: Robert Stewart (1769-1836) 6
         Mother: Mary Wilson (      -1818/1819) 7




Children

General Notes: Husband - Hon. Lazarus Stewart


He came from Hanover township, Lancaster (later Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania, to western Pennsylvania when a young man.

He was the first sheriff of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, who officiated at the first and only public hanging in the county.

He was twice a member of the legislature, and twice elected sheriff of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 769.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 436.

3 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 328.

4 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 329.

5 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 327.

6 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 322, 382.

7 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 382.


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