S.M. STEWART, farmer, post-office
Mercer, was born in 1846 in County Derry, Ireland, to David and
Elizabeth (Campbell) Stewart, who came to America in 1850, and settled
in Lawrence County, Penn. Here the father was employed at the McKinley
Furnace for ten years. He then moved to a farm in that county. He
subsequently sold notions at wholesale over the surrounding country,
traveling by a four-horse team. He was employed in this for some time
by James Cochran, then of Hanover, Ohio. He finally joined the
firm of James Cochran & Co. He later removed to Pittsburgh and
followed this business, and subsequently established a business in
partnership with his sons, W. C:, D. W., S. M. and A. L., at Beaver
Falls, and continued a number of years, and then moved back to
Pittsburgh, where he continued in trade until death, in April, 1882.
His widow died in Mercer County, and had blessed him with eleven
children: J. B., W. C. (was in the One Hundred and Fifteenth
Pennsylvania Volunteers), D. W. (was in the One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers), S. M., James (deceased), A. L.,
R. W., Mary, Margaret J., Elizabeth and Mattie. The father was married
a second time, his last wife being Mrs. Mertilla Reed. S. M. Stewart
was educated in the common schools of Mercer County, and was married to
Zenobia E., daughter of George and Amanda Cotton, natives
of this county and the parents of the following children:
Zenobia, Melissa, Armina, Fannie, Mary, John, William, Edward and
Clarence. Mr. Stewart located where he now lives in 1887, and has built
a fine house in which to spend the remainder of his days. He and wife
are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Mercer, and he is a
Republican and belongs to the F. & A. M. His children are Eleanor,
Lina, Florence and Nina B.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 972
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