Daughter of Benjamin Matthews (b. ca. 1794 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC, d. before October 29, 1870 Johnston County, NC) and his wife Elizabeth Adams (b. April 22, 1796 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC. d. bet. 1866-1870 Johnston County, NC) of Johnston County, NC. Wife of Eldridge Stewart (September 2, 1822 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC, d. May 14, 1888 Harnett County, NC).

Granddaughter (paternal) of Jacob Matthews, Jr. (b. ca. 1768 Edgecombe County, NC, d. aft. 1850 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC) and his wife Dorcas Johnson (b. ca. 1772 NC, d. aft. 1850 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC) of Cumberland (now Harnett) County, NC.

Granddaughter (maternal) of John Adams (b. May 19, 1767 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC. d. after August 6, 1845 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC) and his wife Delilah "Delaney" Green (b. ca. 1774 NC, d. aft. 1850 Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC) of Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC.

Delaney Matthews married Eldridge Stewart on June 11, 1846 in Johnston County, NC [per bible record, marriage bond dated June 13, 1846]. Eldridge Stewart (1822-1888) was the son of Charles Stewart (1796-1844) and his wife Sarah Woodall (1805-1855) of Cumberland (Harnett) County, NC.

Eldridge Stewart and his wife Delaney Matthews were the parents of Charles Jefferson Stewart (1847, md. Lula V. Connor); Mary Catherine Stewart (1849-1928, md. Joseph Pherrell TIngen); Sallie Ann Stewart (1850-1907, md. Willis Alvin Coats); Elizabeth "Bettie" J. Stewart (1851-1907, md. Devereaux Turlington); Edith W. Stewart (1852-1854, died in childhood); Harriet I. Stewart (1854-1906, never married); Mildred Frances Stewart (1856-1923, md. Bartholomew Thomas Barnes); John Madison Stewart (1858-1919, never married); Ella A. Stewart (1860-1861, died in infancy); Florence D. Stewart (1862-1905, never married); Leo Catherine Stewart (1865-1906, never married); Benjamin Franklin Stewart (1866-1925, md. Lydia Catherine Byrd); and James Walter Stewart (1867-1948, md. Florence Byrd).

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