Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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DANIEL A. STEWART

Daniel A. STEWART, a farmer living on section 8, Magnolia Township, came to Harrison County, August 23, 1871, and worked by the month on a farm, for about two years, after which his father's family came to the county, and he worked at home for the next ten years, when he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, upon which he now lives. It was wild land at the time he purchased it, but he has improved it and is now in possession of a beautiful home. He built a story and a half frame house, 16x24 feet, and a barn in the fall of 1890, with sheds, outbuildings, etc. He now has under cultivation about seventy acres, while the balance is in pasture and meadow land. His present farm consists of two hundred and forty acres.

Our subject came from the Buckeye State, was born in Washington County, Ohio, April 22, 1853, and remained with his parents until he came to Harrison County, Iowa, where he was married November 12, 1883, to Miss Matilda MORROW, by which marriage union five children were born: Marie, Joseph, Francis, Jane, and Hugh. Matilda (MORROW) STEWART was born in Harrison County, Iowa, Christmas Day, 1856, and remained with her parents until the date of her marriage.

The father of our subject, Hugh STEWART, was born in the county of Antrim, Ireland, in 1816, and when a boy came to Pennsylvania, and from there to Washington County, Ohio, and in the spring of 1861 went to Indiana, where he remained until the spring of 1872, and then came to Harrison County, Iowa, and laid down life's burdens, October 13, 1889. His wife, whose maiden name was Ann MCBRIDE, was also a native of Ireland, and is still resident of this county. They were the parents of ten children, Daniel being the fourth child. They lived, as they died, consistent members of the Roman Catholic Church, of which our subject and his wife are also members.

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