MRS. STEWART, 98, DIES SATURDAY
Mrs. Sally K. Stewart, 98, oldest resident of Nolan county, died at 4:40 Saturday morning at the home of her son, Bolin C. Stewart, 300 East Arkansas, after a protracted illness.
Mrs. Stewart was well-known among the older residents of West Texas, having come to Texas in 1848.
She was the eldest of five generations, having 105 descendants.
Born Sally Katherine Perry on Dec. 19, 1841, she came to Bastrop County when seven years old from her birthplace in Mobile, Ala. After her marriage in 1863 to William Jefferson Stewart, she moved to Burnet County where she resided until 1897. The family then moved to Nolan County.
She is survived by two sons, Bolin Christopher Stewart of Sweetwater and Divide and John William Stewart of Roscoe; 25 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Three children preceded her in death.
Mrs. Stewart had been a member of the Church of Christ for 70 years, having been baptized in the North Gabriel River in Burnet County.
Funeral services are to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the graveside in Hylton Cemetery with J. P. Crenshaw, minister of the Sweetwater Church of Christ, officiating. He will be assisted by Bailey Sligers.
Johnston Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
From The Sweetwater (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1939, Page Four
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Sallie Stewart
Death date: 16 Dec 1939
Death place: Residence, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 97 years 11 months 27 days
Birth date: 19 Dec 1841
Birth place: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: B. Perry
Father birth place:
Mother name: Kimbrough
Mother birth place:
Occupation:
Residence: 300 E. Arkansas, Sweetwater, Tex
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Hylton, Tex
Burial date: 17 Dec 1939
Informant: B. C. Stewart, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2118412
Digital GS number: 4030449
Image number: 3259
Reference number: cn56838
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Mrs. Stewart
...was born in Montgomery Co., AL
...died in Sweetwater, Nolan, TX
...parents were Benjamin Perry and Elizabeth W. Kimbrough.
...married Wm. Jefferson Stewart on 7-16-1863.
Bio info from MKHicks
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Wm. Jefferson "Buff" Stewart is shown on Ancestry Trees as born 9/20/1846 in Overton, Tenn. and died 8/19/1873 in Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas. No record of burial found by this contributor - 10/16/2021
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Mrs. Sally K. Stewart, 98, oldest resident of Nolan county, died at 4:40 Saturday morning at the home of her son, Bolin C. Stewart, 300 East Arkansas, after a protracted illness.
Mrs. Stewart was well-known among the older residents of West Texas, having come to Texas in 1848.
She was the eldest of five generations, having 105 descendants.
Born Sally Katherine Perry on Dec. 19, 1841, she came to Bastrop County when seven years old from her birthplace in Mobile, Ala. After her marriage in 1863 to William Jefferson Stewart, she moved to Burnet County where she resided until 1897. The family then moved to Nolan County.
She is survived by two sons, Bolin Christopher Stewart of Sweetwater and Divide and John William Stewart of Roscoe; 25 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Three children preceded her in death.
Mrs. Stewart had been a member of the Church of Christ for 70 years, having been baptized in the North Gabriel River in Burnet County.
Funeral services are to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the graveside in Hylton Cemetery with J. P. Crenshaw, minister of the Sweetwater Church of Christ, officiating. He will be assisted by Bailey Sligers.
Johnston Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
From The Sweetwater (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1939, Page Four
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Sallie Stewart
Death date: 16 Dec 1939
Death place: Residence, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 97 years 11 months 27 days
Birth date: 19 Dec 1841
Birth place: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: B. Perry
Father birth place:
Mother name: Kimbrough
Mother birth place:
Occupation:
Residence: 300 E. Arkansas, Sweetwater, Tex
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Hylton, Tex
Burial date: 17 Dec 1939
Informant: B. C. Stewart, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2118412
Digital GS number: 4030449
Image number: 3259
Reference number: cn56838
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Mrs. Stewart
...was born in Montgomery Co., AL
...died in Sweetwater, Nolan, TX
...parents were Benjamin Perry and Elizabeth W. Kimbrough.
...married Wm. Jefferson Stewart on 7-16-1863.
Bio info from MKHicks
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Wm. Jefferson "Buff" Stewart is shown on Ancestry Trees as born 9/20/1846 in Overton, Tenn. and died 8/19/1873 in Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas. No record of burial found by this contributor - 10/16/2021
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MRS. STEWART, 98, DIES SATURDAY
Mrs. Sally K. Stewart, 98, oldest resident of Nolan county, died at 4:40 Saturday morning at the home of her son, Bolin C. Stewart, 300 East Arkansas, after a protracted illness.
Mrs. Stewart was well-known among the older residents of West Texas, having come to Texas in 1848.
She was the eldest of five generations, having 105 descendants.
Born Sally Katherine Perry on Dec. 19, 1841, she came to Bastrop County when seven years old from her birthplace in Mobile, Ala. After her marriage in 1863 to William Jefferson Stewart, she moved to Burnet County where she resided until 1897. The family then moved to Nolan County.
She is survived by two sons, Bolin Christopher Stewart of Sweetwater and Divide and John William Stewart of Roscoe; 25 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Three children preceded her in death.
Mrs. Stewart had been a member of the Church of Christ for 70 years, having been baptized in the North Gabriel River in Burnet County.
Funeral services are to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the graveside in Hylton Cemetery with J. P. Crenshaw, minister of the Sweetwater Church of Christ, officiating. He will be assisted by Bailey Sligers.
Johnston Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
From The Sweetwater (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1939, Page Four
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Sallie Stewart
Death date: 16 Dec 1939
Death place: Residence, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 97 years 11 months 27 days
Birth date: 19 Dec 1841
Birth place: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: B. Perry
Father birth place:
Mother name: Kimbrough
Mother birth place:
Occupation:
Residence: 300 E. Arkansas, Sweetwater, Tex
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Hylton, Tex
Burial date: 17 Dec 1939
Informant: B. C. Stewart, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2118412
Digital GS number: 4030449
Image number: 3259
Reference number: cn56838
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
* * * * * *
Mrs. Stewart
...was born in Montgomery Co., AL
...died in Sweetwater, Nolan, TX
...parents were Benjamin Perry and Elizabeth W. Kimbrough.
...married Wm. Jefferson Stewart on 7-16-1863.
Bio info from MKHicks
* * * * * *
Wm. Jefferson "Buff" Stewart is shown on Ancestry Trees as born 9/20/1846 in Overton, Tenn. and died 8/19/1873 in Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas. No record of burial found by this contributor - 10/16/2021
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Mrs. Sally K. Stewart, 98, oldest resident of Nolan county, died at 4:40 Saturday morning at the home of her son, Bolin C. Stewart, 300 East Arkansas, after a protracted illness.
Mrs. Stewart was well-known among the older residents of West Texas, having come to Texas in 1848.
She was the eldest of five generations, having 105 descendants.
Born Sally Katherine Perry on Dec. 19, 1841, she came to Bastrop County when seven years old from her birthplace in Mobile, Ala. After her marriage in 1863 to William Jefferson Stewart, she moved to Burnet County where she resided until 1897. The family then moved to Nolan County.
She is survived by two sons, Bolin Christopher Stewart of Sweetwater and Divide and John William Stewart of Roscoe; 25 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Three children preceded her in death.
Mrs. Stewart had been a member of the Church of Christ for 70 years, having been baptized in the North Gabriel River in Burnet County.
Funeral services are to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the graveside in Hylton Cemetery with J. P. Crenshaw, minister of the Sweetwater Church of Christ, officiating. He will be assisted by Bailey Sligers.
Johnston Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
From The Sweetwater (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1939, Page Four
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Sallie Stewart
Death date: 16 Dec 1939
Death place: Residence, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 97 years 11 months 27 days
Birth date: 19 Dec 1841
Birth place: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name:
Father name: B. Perry
Father birth place:
Mother name: Kimbrough
Mother birth place:
Occupation:
Residence: 300 E. Arkansas, Sweetwater, Tex
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Hylton, Tex
Burial date: 17 Dec 1939
Informant: B. C. Stewart, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2118412
Digital GS number: 4030449
Image number: 3259
Reference number: cn56838
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Mrs. Stewart
...was born in Montgomery Co., AL
...died in Sweetwater, Nolan, TX
...parents were Benjamin Perry and Elizabeth W. Kimbrough.
...married Wm. Jefferson Stewart on 7-16-1863.
Bio info from MKHicks
* * * * * *
Wm. Jefferson "Buff" Stewart is shown on Ancestry Trees as born 9/20/1846 in Overton, Tenn. and died 8/19/1873 in Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas. No record of burial found by this contributor - 10/16/2021
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