J. C. STEWART
J. C. Stewart, resides upon section 21, of Brighton township, where he owns a farm. He became a citizen of Cass county in the spring of 1880, at which time he removed from Shelby county to Marne. Mr. Stewart was born May 26, 1843, in Steuben county, New York. He is a son of John A. and Deborah (Tompkins) Stewart. He lived upon a farm in his native State until ten years of age, when his parents removed to Illinois. He resided with them until 1861. He then enlisted, at the age of eighteen, in company D, of the Fifty-first Illinois Infantry; was mustered into service at Chicago, and served in the Mississippi department. He was afterwards transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battles at Island No. 10, Stone River and Chickamauga, where he was taken prisoner by the rebels, and sent to Libby prison at Richmond. From there he was taken to Danville, remaining there, and at Andersonville, five months, then sent to Charleston, thence to Florence, South Carolina, where he was confined five months. He was paroled in March, 1865, at Wilmington, North Carolina. The date of his capture was September, 1863. Soon after being paroled he was discharged and mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, where he attended the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. He returned home and subsequently went to Hardin county, Iowa, and bought a farm, which he sold, and moved to Marshall county. Here he again bought a farm which he sold, and went to Lee county, Illinois, where he was married November 20, 1871, to Lucretia Long, a native of Pennsylvania. After his marriage he went back to Hardin county and remained two years, then removed to a farm four miles north of Marne, but in Shelby county. He lived here, as before stated, until he came to Cass county. Mr. Stewart has been successful in his financial undertakings, and is in possession of a competency. He at present owns quite a large amount of real estate. His residence is upon a farm one half mile north of Marne. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have three sons...Herbert, Frank and John. He belongs to the G.A.R..
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 603.
