David Stewart was born on October 30, 1792 in Hanover, Pennsylania. He is the
son of Samuel Stewart Jr. and his second wife, Agnes Calhoun. On May 28, 1922
he married Sarah Walker in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
According to the book "Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and
German" by William Henry Egle, MD, MA he became the general manager at
Pennsylvania Furnace and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb,
Stewart & Co. He was one of the most prominent and wealthy members of the large Stewart family. He resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death.
On May 22, 1822 he married Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker & Ann, his wife of Alexandria, Pennsylvania. They had children: Ann-Caroline (b. March 8,
1823; m. James Rowland Hughes), Samuel-Calhoun (b. September 6, 1824; m.
Margaret Sample), William-Walker (b. April 4, 1826, m. Mary McGuffy),
Catherine-Walker (b. 1827), Frances (b. August 30, 1829; m. Lewis Speer),
Margaretta (b. December 30, 1831), David-Walker, and Thomas (d. July 31, 1837).
STEWART, DAVID, born Oct 30,1792, in Hanover township, Dauphin county, and died May 29,1869, at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, Pa.; buried in the Spruce Creek cemetery at Graysville. He was twenty-one years of age at the time of the exodus of the family from Hanover to Centre county in 1813. He became the general manager at Pennsylvania Furnace, and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb, Stewart & Co., which was synonymous with that of Lyon, Shorb & Co., Pittsburgh, manufacturers of the famed Juniata iron. Mr. Stewart was, undoubtedly, the most prominent and wealthy member of this large family; resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death. His house was noted for its elegant and liberal hospitality. In person he was large and imposing, showing traits of his Scotch ancestry, and was the last of his father's family, a long lived race and it may be noted that from the birth of his eldest brother, Robert, to the date of his own death, embraced a period of nearly one hundred years. He married, May 22, 1822, Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker and Ann, his wife, of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pa., originally from county Strabane in the north of Ireland. She was born September 23, 1799, and died at Coleraine Forges, April 24, 1874, having survived her husband, by whose side she now lies buried. From the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA, 1896 by J.M. Runk & Co., Chambersburg, PA, p 214-15.
son of Samuel Stewart Jr. and his second wife, Agnes Calhoun. On May 28, 1922
he married Sarah Walker in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
According to the book "Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and
German" by William Henry Egle, MD, MA he became the general manager at
Pennsylvania Furnace and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb,
Stewart & Co. He was one of the most prominent and wealthy members of the large Stewart family. He resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death.
On May 22, 1822 he married Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker & Ann, his wife of Alexandria, Pennsylvania. They had children: Ann-Caroline (b. March 8,
1823; m. James Rowland Hughes), Samuel-Calhoun (b. September 6, 1824; m.
Margaret Sample), William-Walker (b. April 4, 1826, m. Mary McGuffy),
Catherine-Walker (b. 1827), Frances (b. August 30, 1829; m. Lewis Speer),
Margaretta (b. December 30, 1831), David-Walker, and Thomas (d. July 31, 1837).
STEWART, DAVID, born Oct 30,1792, in Hanover township, Dauphin county, and died May 29,1869, at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, Pa.; buried in the Spruce Creek cemetery at Graysville. He was twenty-one years of age at the time of the exodus of the family from Hanover to Centre county in 1813. He became the general manager at Pennsylvania Furnace, and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb, Stewart & Co., which was synonymous with that of Lyon, Shorb & Co., Pittsburgh, manufacturers of the famed Juniata iron. Mr. Stewart was, undoubtedly, the most prominent and wealthy member of this large family; resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death. His house was noted for its elegant and liberal hospitality. In person he was large and imposing, showing traits of his Scotch ancestry, and was the last of his father's family, a long lived race and it may be noted that from the birth of his eldest brother, Robert, to the date of his own death, embraced a period of nearly one hundred years. He married, May 22, 1822, Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker and Ann, his wife, of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pa., originally from county Strabane in the north of Ireland. She was born September 23, 1799, and died at Coleraine Forges, April 24, 1874, having survived her husband, by whose side she now lies buried. From the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA, 1896 by J.M. Runk & Co., Chambersburg, PA, p 214-15.
David Stewart was born on October 30, 1792 in Hanover, Pennsylania. He is the
son of Samuel Stewart Jr. and his second wife, Agnes Calhoun. On May 28, 1922
he married Sarah Walker in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
According to the book "Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and
German" by William Henry Egle, MD, MA he became the general manager at
Pennsylvania Furnace and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb,
Stewart & Co. He was one of the most prominent and wealthy members of the large Stewart family. He resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death.
On May 22, 1822 he married Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker & Ann, his wife of Alexandria, Pennsylvania. They had children: Ann-Caroline (b. March 8,
1823; m. James Rowland Hughes), Samuel-Calhoun (b. September 6, 1824; m.
Margaret Sample), William-Walker (b. April 4, 1826, m. Mary McGuffy),
Catherine-Walker (b. 1827), Frances (b. August 30, 1829; m. Lewis Speer),
Margaretta (b. December 30, 1831), David-Walker, and Thomas (d. July 31, 1837).
STEWART, DAVID, born Oct 30,1792, in Hanover township, Dauphin county, and died May 29,1869, at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, Pa.; buried in the Spruce Creek cemetery at Graysville. He was twenty-one years of age at the time of the exodus of the family from Hanover to Centre county in 1813. He became the general manager at Pennsylvania Furnace, and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb, Stewart & Co., which was synonymous with that of Lyon, Shorb & Co., Pittsburgh, manufacturers of the famed Juniata iron. Mr. Stewart was, undoubtedly, the most prominent and wealthy member of this large family; resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death. His house was noted for its elegant and liberal hospitality. In person he was large and imposing, showing traits of his Scotch ancestry, and was the last of his father's family, a long lived race and it may be noted that from the birth of his eldest brother, Robert, to the date of his own death, embraced a period of nearly one hundred years. He married, May 22, 1822, Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker and Ann, his wife, of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pa., originally from county Strabane in the north of Ireland. She was born September 23, 1799, and died at Coleraine Forges, April 24, 1874, having survived her husband, by whose side she now lies buried. From the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA, 1896 by J.M. Runk & Co., Chambersburg, PA, p 214-15.
son of Samuel Stewart Jr. and his second wife, Agnes Calhoun. On May 28, 1922
he married Sarah Walker in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
According to the book "Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and
German" by William Henry Egle, MD, MA he became the general manager at
Pennsylvania Furnace and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb,
Stewart & Co. He was one of the most prominent and wealthy members of the large Stewart family. He resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death.
On May 22, 1822 he married Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker & Ann, his wife of Alexandria, Pennsylvania. They had children: Ann-Caroline (b. March 8,
1823; m. James Rowland Hughes), Samuel-Calhoun (b. September 6, 1824; m.
Margaret Sample), William-Walker (b. April 4, 1826, m. Mary McGuffy),
Catherine-Walker (b. 1827), Frances (b. August 30, 1829; m. Lewis Speer),
Margaretta (b. December 30, 1831), David-Walker, and Thomas (d. July 31, 1837).
STEWART, DAVID, born Oct 30,1792, in Hanover township, Dauphin county, and died May 29,1869, at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, Pa.; buried in the Spruce Creek cemetery at Graysville. He was twenty-one years of age at the time of the exodus of the family from Hanover to Centre county in 1813. He became the general manager at Pennsylvania Furnace, and subsequently entered the firm under the title of Shorb, Stewart & Co., which was synonymous with that of Lyon, Shorb & Co., Pittsburgh, manufacturers of the famed Juniata iron. Mr. Stewart was, undoubtedly, the most prominent and wealthy member of this large family; resided at Coleraine Forges, Huntingdon county, from 1831 until his death. His house was noted for its elegant and liberal hospitality. In person he was large and imposing, showing traits of his Scotch ancestry, and was the last of his father's family, a long lived race and it may be noted that from the birth of his eldest brother, Robert, to the date of his own death, embraced a period of nearly one hundred years. He married, May 22, 1822, Sarah Walker, daughter of John Walker and Ann, his wife, of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Pa., originally from county Strabane in the north of Ireland. She was born September 23, 1799, and died at Coleraine Forges, April 24, 1874, having survived her husband, by whose side she now lies buried. From the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA, 1896 by J.M. Runk & Co., Chambersburg, PA, p 214-15.
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