J. L. Stewart

STEWART, LAUGHLIN, MCCORCLE

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/24/2004 at 22:24:14

J. L. Stewart is a son of William M. and Ann (Laughlin) Stewart, and was born in Bond county, Illinois, February 28, 1824. Here he remained until 1832, when his parents moved to Putnam, Illinois, where they remained until May of the year 1839; they then moved to Muscatine county, and afterward to Johnson county, Iowa. In this latter county Mr. Stewart’s mother died, in 1848. His father still survives her, and is now living in Washington Territory, and on the 24th of April, 1882, he reached his eighty-eighth year.
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J. L. Remained in Johnson county until 1844, and then moved to Linn county, where he lived for about nine years. In 1853 he came to Shell Rock, Iowa, and worked at mill-wrighting, on the old saw mill. However, he did not move his family here until 1855. He continued working in the mill until 1870, when he opened a wagon shop, and since that time has been in business for himself. Mr. Stewart was a delegate to the convention that led to the establishment of the first mail route through the village.
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He was married in Johnson county, Iowa, September 22, 1844, to Miss Maria Ann McCorcle, who is a native of Piketon, Ohio. Only one child has been born to them, and it died in infancy. His father is a Presbyterian preacher. J. L. is a worker in the M. E. Church.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages 707 - 708