Josiah Stewart and M. E. Garvin

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Husband Josiah Stewart ¹

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           Born: 22 Nov 1841 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Josiah Stewart (1813-1881) 1 2
         Mother: Nancy Beggs (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 26 Sep 1867 3

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Wife M. E. Garvin ³

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           Born: 9 Jul 1843 3
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General Notes: Husband - Josiah Stewart

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He attended the schools of Hickory Township, Mercer County, PA, until he was eighteen years of age and until 1871 remained on the farm as his father’s assistant. In 1887 he engaged in the drug business at Clarksville and after developing that business to a profitable basis he established himself as an undertaker as well. On October 1, 1902, he was appointed postmaster of Clark.
His war record commenced in October, 1861, when he enlisted at Clarksville in Company C, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry under Captain J. B. Hoagland and Colonel Maxwell. His command was first dispatched to Harrisburg and thence to Washington, D. C., where it joined the force there collected for the protection of the capitol. In March, 1862, he was sent to Alexandria, Virginia, and accompanied his regiment down the Potomac River to Fortress Monroe. The boat on which he took passage was the first to navigate the Potomac River after its blockade by the Confederate forces. Being placed on the sick list and incapacitated for active service he returned to his home near Clarksville during the later portion of 1862. He was for many years a member of the Clarksville Post No. 557, G. A. R., and his Republicanism was as firm as that which was usually founded upon the events of the Civil war. He served the city of Clarksville and Mercer County for eighteen years as justice of the peace, resigning that office to accept the appointment as postmaster. He was also honored by membership on the school board for fourteen years and served on the city council for twelve terms. Further he was a delegate to the Republican state convention in 1884 and in 1896 was appointed a member of the National League. Mr. Stewart was always a great admirer of President McKinley and a strong supporter of his protective policies. His work in furtherance of these measures had much to do with the encouragement and founding of the wool industry in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, the last named state being turned into the Republican column largely through his campaign work.

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General Notes: Wife - M. E. Garvin

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Her father was a farmer of Cool Spring Twp, Mercer Co, PA.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 761.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1160.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 762.