STEWART, Levi C. (1836-1909)

STEWART, CHENEY, ARROWSMITH, PHILLIPS, SHELLY

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 3/16/2004 at 18:24:04

Fulton’s “History of Jefferson County,” Pub. 1912, Vol. II, page 390.

LEVI C. STEWART was a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Cheney) Stewart, b. Jan. 29, 1836, in Sangamon County six miles south of Springfield, Ill. He was married on Oct. 26, 1855, to Miss Callista Potter Arrowsmith, near Glasgow, Jefferson County, Iowa, the ceremony being performed by Rev. E. H. Winans. Callista P. Arrowsmith, daughter of John and Lucy Rose Arrowsmith, was born March 1, 1833, in Westville, Champaign County, Ohio. In the fall of 1842, her parents came to Pittsburg, Van Buren Co., Iowa, and settled in Round Prairie Township near Glasgow, in Jefferson County. Here at home her marriage to Levi C. Stewart occurred. Five children. She underwent an attack of typhoid fever, which caused her demise on March 23, 1867, and in July was buried at Forest Home cemetery at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. September 22, 1868, Mr. Stewart was married to Caroline L. (Phillips) Shelly, a daughter of Henry Phillips, born Jan. 5, 1832, in Green Co., Iowa (Ohio?). No children. In the spring of 1862 Mr. Stewart discontinued farming, and leaving his wife and children with her parents at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, he departed, on May 1, in company with a party consisting of his brother, brother-in-law, and others, for the gold fields in the far west, making the overland trip with ox teams. They went to Baker City, Oregon, Powder Creek Mine, thence to Centerville, Idaho, 400 miles from Umatilla Landing in Oregon. Their return journey they made by way of San Francisco where they took passage for New York by the water route. They arrived home in August, 1863, after an absence of 15 months. His family in Mt. Pleasant rejoiced at his return, eagerly accompanied him back to the farm in Lockridge Township, where Mr. Stewart has been engaged in farming ever since.