Clarissa Stewart, daughter of Anna (née Russell) and Galbreath Stewart, was born in 1830 near Greensburg (now Tinney) in Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. Her family relocated in the early 1830s to Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, where her father became an entryman. (He died in 1848.) Clarissa Stewart is not found in the 1850 U.S. Census. Her mother and brother were then enumerated in Carroll Township. A decade later, Clarissa Stewart, a school teacher, was living with her mother in Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio.
"Clara Stuart" and David S. Bell were married on 30 October 1860 in Franklin County. She was then 30; he was a widower, 44, with three sons, and was a farmer in Huron County, Ohio. The couple became the parents of Cora Emeline and Edwin Stewart, and from the early 1860s resided in Greenwich Township, Huron County. Clarissa and David S. Bell were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Notes
David S. Bell "married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: A. J. Baughman, History of Huron County, Ohio: its progress and development, with biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 402-03.)
Regarding the settlement of Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio—
"Galbreath Stewart from Greensbury [sic ], Sandusky County, [Ohio,] established himself in this vicinity about the same time [1830-32]." (Charles Sumner Van Tassel, Story of the Maumee Valley, Toledo, and the Sandusky Region, vol. 2 (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1929), p. 2050.) Greensburg, in Scott Township, was later renamed Tinney.
Galbreath Stewart entered 160 acres in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio, obtaining the patent (11509) on 25 May 1835. This quarter-section of land was near the Lake Erie shore.
1840 U.S. Census, Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio; p. 13 (printed).
[19.] Galbraith Stewart.
• Seven persons in household including one female aged 5 thru 9, and two females aged 10 thru 14.
1850 U.S. Census: not found. (Clarissa's mother and brother enumerated in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co.)
1860 U.S. Census, Westerville, Blendon Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; dwelling 470, family 468, lines 7-8, p. 32 (printed), p. 63 (written) 6 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Westerville)
7. Clarrissa Stewart, 29, school tea. (-0-; $100), O [Ohio].
8. Ann -----, 65, dom[estic]., Pa.
• Clarissa resided with her mother.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Comment
It is unclear how Clarissa Stewart and David S. Bell may have met. The locations where they were enumerated in 1860 are more than 80 miles apart (on modern roads). Perhaps through Quaker connections.
Reviewed 26 November 2021.
"Clara Stuart" and David S. Bell were married on 30 October 1860 in Franklin County. She was then 30; he was a widower, 44, with three sons, and was a farmer in Huron County, Ohio. The couple became the parents of Cora Emeline and Edwin Stewart, and from the early 1860s resided in Greenwich Township, Huron County. Clarissa and David S. Bell were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Notes
David S. Bell "married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: A. J. Baughman, History of Huron County, Ohio: its progress and development, with biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 402-03.)
Regarding the settlement of Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio—
"Galbreath Stewart from Greensbury [sic ], Sandusky County, [Ohio,] established himself in this vicinity about the same time [1830-32]." (Charles Sumner Van Tassel, Story of the Maumee Valley, Toledo, and the Sandusky Region, vol. 2 (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1929), p. 2050.) Greensburg, in Scott Township, was later renamed Tinney.
Galbreath Stewart entered 160 acres in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio, obtaining the patent (11509) on 25 May 1835. This quarter-section of land was near the Lake Erie shore.
1840 U.S. Census, Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio; p. 13 (printed).
[19.] Galbraith Stewart.
• Seven persons in household including one female aged 5 thru 9, and two females aged 10 thru 14.
1850 U.S. Census: not found. (Clarissa's mother and brother enumerated in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co.)
1860 U.S. Census, Westerville, Blendon Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; dwelling 470, family 468, lines 7-8, p. 32 (printed), p. 63 (written) 6 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Westerville)
7. Clarrissa Stewart, 29, school tea. (-0-; $100), O [Ohio].
8. Ann -----, 65, dom[estic]., Pa.
• Clarissa resided with her mother.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Comment
It is unclear how Clarissa Stewart and David S. Bell may have met. The locations where they were enumerated in 1860 are more than 80 miles apart (on modern roads). Perhaps through Quaker connections.
Reviewed 26 November 2021.
Clarissa Stewart, daughter of Anna (née Russell) and Galbreath Stewart, was born in 1830 near Greensburg (now Tinney) in Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. Her family relocated in the early 1830s to Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, where her father became an entryman. (He died in 1848.) Clarissa Stewart is not found in the 1850 U.S. Census. Her mother and brother were then enumerated in Carroll Township. A decade later, Clarissa Stewart, a school teacher, was living with her mother in Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio.
"Clara Stuart" and David S. Bell were married on 30 October 1860 in Franklin County. She was then 30; he was a widower, 44, with three sons, and was a farmer in Huron County, Ohio. The couple became the parents of Cora Emeline and Edwin Stewart, and from the early 1860s resided in Greenwich Township, Huron County. Clarissa and David S. Bell were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Notes
David S. Bell "married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: A. J. Baughman, History of Huron County, Ohio: its progress and development, with biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 402-03.)
Regarding the settlement of Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio—
"Galbreath Stewart from Greensbury [sic ], Sandusky County, [Ohio,] established himself in this vicinity about the same time [1830-32]." (Charles Sumner Van Tassel, Story of the Maumee Valley, Toledo, and the Sandusky Region, vol. 2 (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1929), p. 2050.) Greensburg, in Scott Township, was later renamed Tinney.
Galbreath Stewart entered 160 acres in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio, obtaining the patent (11509) on 25 May 1835. This quarter-section of land was near the Lake Erie shore.
1840 U.S. Census, Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio; p. 13 (printed).
[19.] Galbraith Stewart.
• Seven persons in household including one female aged 5 thru 9, and two females aged 10 thru 14.
1850 U.S. Census: not found. (Clarissa's mother and brother enumerated in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co.)
1860 U.S. Census, Westerville, Blendon Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; dwelling 470, family 468, lines 7-8, p. 32 (printed), p. 63 (written) 6 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Westerville)
7. Clarrissa Stewart, 29, school tea. (-0-; $100), O [Ohio].
8. Ann -----, 65, dom[estic]., Pa.
• Clarissa resided with her mother.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Comment
It is unclear how Clarissa Stewart and David S. Bell may have met. The locations where they were enumerated in 1860 are more than 80 miles apart (on modern roads). Perhaps through Quaker connections.
Reviewed 26 November 2021.
"Clara Stuart" and David S. Bell were married on 30 October 1860 in Franklin County. She was then 30; he was a widower, 44, with three sons, and was a farmer in Huron County, Ohio. The couple became the parents of Cora Emeline and Edwin Stewart, and from the early 1860s resided in Greenwich Township, Huron County. Clarissa and David S. Bell were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Notes
David S. Bell "married, for his second wife, Clarissa Stewart, who was born in Scott township, Sandusky Co., Ohio, February 28, 1830, daughter of Galbraith and Anna (Russell) Stewart. To this marriage two children were born: Cora E., who was first married to John Luxon, and is now Mrs. C. B. Benedict, of Ripley township, and Edwin S., a farmer of Greenwich township." (Bio. of David S. Bell in: A. J. Baughman, History of Huron County, Ohio: its progress and development, with biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 402-03.)
Regarding the settlement of Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio—
"Galbreath Stewart from Greensbury [sic ], Sandusky County, [Ohio,] established himself in this vicinity about the same time [1830-32]." (Charles Sumner Van Tassel, Story of the Maumee Valley, Toledo, and the Sandusky Region, vol. 2 (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1929), p. 2050.) Greensburg, in Scott Township, was later renamed Tinney.
Galbreath Stewart entered 160 acres in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio, obtaining the patent (11509) on 25 May 1835. This quarter-section of land was near the Lake Erie shore.
1840 U.S. Census, Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio; p. 13 (printed).
[19.] Galbraith Stewart.
• Seven persons in household including one female aged 5 thru 9, and two females aged 10 thru 14.
1850 U.S. Census: not found. (Clarissa's mother and brother enumerated in Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co.)
1860 U.S. Census, Westerville, Blendon Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; dwelling 470, family 468, lines 7-8, p. 32 (printed), p. 63 (written) 6 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Westerville)
7. Clarrissa Stewart, 29, school tea. (-0-; $100), O [Ohio].
8. Ann -----, 65, dom[estic]., Pa.
• Clarissa resided with her mother.
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN9-6JB: accessed 13 Dec 2012), David S. Bell and Clara Stuart, 30 Oct 1860.
1870 U.S. Census, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwelling 179, family 183, lines 17-21, p. 22 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (Post Office: Norwalk)
17. Bell, David, 54, farmer ($5,000; $1,025), Ohio.
18. ----- Clara, 40, keeping house, Ohio.
19. ----- Cora E., 8, at school, Ohio.
20. ----- Edwin S., 6, at school, Ohio.
21. Stewart, Bell, 19, teaching school, Ohio.
• Rebecca Ann "Belle" Stewart was Clarissa's niece, daughter of her brother David. (See: Find a Grave Memorial 112090863.)
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 23, Greenwich Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; dwellings 6-7, families 7-8, lines 22-28, and 29-30, p. 56 (printed), p. 1A (written), 1 Jun 1900.
22. Benedict, Charles, head, Nov 1861, 38, married 8 years, Ohio, farmer.
23. ----- Cora, wife Sep 1861, 38, married 8 years, 4 children (4 living); born in Ohio, parents in Ohio.
24. ----- Ray, son Aug 1884, Ohio.
25. ----- Elbert, son, Jan 1894, 6, Ohio.
26. Luxon, Bell, step-daughter, Oct 1884, 15, Ohio.
27. ----- Salon, step-son, May 1886, 14, Ohio.
28. ----- Earl, step-son, Jan 1888, 12, Ohio.
29. Bell, David, head, Apr 1816, 84, married 39 years; born in Ohio, parents in New Jersey; farmer.
30. ----- "Clarisa," wife, Feb 1830, 70, married 39 years, 2 children (2 living); born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania.
• Cora Benedict was David and Clarissa Bell's daughter.
Comment
It is unclear how Clarissa Stewart and David S. Bell may have met. The locations where they were enumerated in 1860 are more than 80 miles apart (on modern roads). Perhaps through Quaker connections.
Reviewed 26 November 2021.
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DIED SEPT. 8, 1909 AGED 90Y. 4M. 14D.
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