This story has slightly different dates than the 1974 Newspaper article which references the family Bible.
Old Families of Calvert
Calvert, Texas
8 October 1986 – The Calvert Tribune
By Reba Alsup
John Wayne Stewart, Jr. was born April 17, 1829 in Alabama, and is the grandfather of the Stewart family now living in Calvert: Lige, Floy, and Ted Stewart Cross. John Wayne married Bethena Elizabeth Dismukes, born about 1834, died April 16, 1886. Their children were: Margaret, died as an infant; William, born September 22, 1852; Jeff, born November 18, 1855; Elizabeth, born November 18, 1858, nicknamed "Dink;" Ellen, born Marth 28, 1861; Mary Levina, born August 3, 1865, nicknamed "Dump," John E., born January 14, 1869; Charles; born April 12, 1871.
All children were born in Talladega County, Alabama except Charles who was born after the family moved to Jackson Parish, Louisiana. They lived in Louisiana eight years and attended school at Vernon, Louisiana.
On December wt, 1877 the family was in Calvert on their way to Baileyville, having spent 25 days on the road in a covered wagon. The 1880 census shows the family in Milam County near the Caddo church and school. Soon after, they bought a fam on the Brazos River in Falls County.
John E. was orphaned at sixteen. He stayed with relatives until his marriage to Sarah White, daughter of Joseph White and Mary Ann Comstock White on January 1, 1894. Theysettled on Pond Creek across the Old River Road from the Sam E. Smith Farm adjoining the Joseph P. Sneed Farms. In 1923, they moved to Calvert. Their children were Pennie (deceased) married Fred Bailey, who lives in the old homestead. A daughter died in infancy. Lige Marcellus married Barney Ward Reagan (deceased), Lige is in the Calvert Rest Home. O. T. died of diphtheria when the twins, Ted and Baby were six months old. Lige survived diphtheria because Dr. Fontaine gave him the anti-toxin. Edith, who married Luther A. Sadler, lives in texas City. Baby (Babe) and Ted were twins. Baby who married Robert E. Lewis (deceased) lives in Temple. Ted, who married Coleman C. Cross, called Buzz (deceased) lives in Calvert.
John E. Stewart, Jr. was farmer, cattleman, proprietor of meat markets in Calvert. His first market was set up in a rented Oscar building. The rent checks wen to Gussie Oscar. The building is now called Cobb's Market and has a historical marker.
Sarah White Stewart died 23 June 1947. John E. Stewart died July 1, 1962. Both are buried in the Calvert Cemetery. The maternal grandparents of the Stewarts living in Calvert, were: first, Robert White, born 1786, Anson county, North Carolina; died December 13, 1853 in Leon County, Texas. He married Nancy Coburn of Leon County, Texas [This should be Anson County, North Carolina.]. She was born 1795 and died 1975. They had twelve children, one of whom was Joseph White.
Joseph settled on Jones Prairie in 1844 and lived out his life there. He owned 720 acres of land, a cotton gin, and numerous heads of cattle of which he took a great loss when he went into the Confederate Army in 1862, leaving his cattle unattended.
Joseph's wife, Mary Ann Comstock was born December 5 1825. She died August 2, 1905. She is buried at the Sneed's Chapel Cemetery. She was a shouting Methodist. Now that the chapel is gone, the marker designates Sneed's Cemetery.
Joseph married the widow of T. J. Gassaway. She married Mr. Gassaway after the death of her first husband William A. Pond. She preceded Joseph in death and was buried with the Ponds at the Little River Churchyard Cemetery. Her epitaph reads: Mrs. W. A. Pond, wife of W. A. Apond March 1913.
Joseph died on May 9 1913. While his wife died at age 70 he was 88 on his last birthday. He was buried at the churchyard cemetery at Sneed's Chapel. He helped build Sneed's Chapel, one of the churches Joseph Sneed organized. He was a Methodist and a Mason.
And so the story of the Stewarts must end without the fish stories like the ones of Lige's catch in the Brazos of the 80 lb catfish, and without any stories of daring during the 1913 floord with Big Brazos and Little Brazos met and men who wne to the Bottoms to save the cattle spent the night in trees, their families no knowing whether or not they were alive.
Old Families of Calvert
Calvert, Texas
8 October 1986 – The Calvert Tribune
By Reba Alsup
John Wayne Stewart, Jr. was born April 17, 1829 in Alabama, and is the grandfather of the Stewart family now living in Calvert: Lige, Floy, and Ted Stewart Cross. John Wayne married Bethena Elizabeth Dismukes, born about 1834, died April 16, 1886. Their children were: Margaret, died as an infant; William, born September 22, 1852; Jeff, born November 18, 1855; Elizabeth, born November 18, 1858, nicknamed "Dink;" Ellen, born Marth 28, 1861; Mary Levina, born August 3, 1865, nicknamed "Dump," John E., born January 14, 1869; Charles; born April 12, 1871.
All children were born in Talladega County, Alabama except Charles who was born after the family moved to Jackson Parish, Louisiana. They lived in Louisiana eight years and attended school at Vernon, Louisiana.
On December wt, 1877 the family was in Calvert on their way to Baileyville, having spent 25 days on the road in a covered wagon. The 1880 census shows the family in Milam County near the Caddo church and school. Soon after, they bought a fam on the Brazos River in Falls County.
John E. was orphaned at sixteen. He stayed with relatives until his marriage to Sarah White, daughter of Joseph White and Mary Ann Comstock White on January 1, 1894. Theysettled on Pond Creek across the Old River Road from the Sam E. Smith Farm adjoining the Joseph P. Sneed Farms. In 1923, they moved to Calvert. Their children were Pennie (deceased) married Fred Bailey, who lives in the old homestead. A daughter died in infancy. Lige Marcellus married Barney Ward Reagan (deceased), Lige is in the Calvert Rest Home. O. T. died of diphtheria when the twins, Ted and Baby were six months old. Lige survived diphtheria because Dr. Fontaine gave him the anti-toxin. Edith, who married Luther A. Sadler, lives in texas City. Baby (Babe) and Ted were twins. Baby who married Robert E. Lewis (deceased) lives in Temple. Ted, who married Coleman C. Cross, called Buzz (deceased) lives in Calvert.
John E. Stewart, Jr. was farmer, cattleman, proprietor of meat markets in Calvert. His first market was set up in a rented Oscar building. The rent checks wen to Gussie Oscar. The building is now called Cobb's Market and has a historical marker.
Sarah White Stewart died 23 June 1947. John E. Stewart died July 1, 1962. Both are buried in the Calvert Cemetery. The maternal grandparents of the Stewarts living in Calvert, were: first, Robert White, born 1786, Anson county, North Carolina; died December 13, 1853 in Leon County, Texas. He married Nancy Coburn of Leon County, Texas [This should be Anson County, North Carolina.]. She was born 1795 and died 1975. They had twelve children, one of whom was Joseph White.
Joseph settled on Jones Prairie in 1844 and lived out his life there. He owned 720 acres of land, a cotton gin, and numerous heads of cattle of which he took a great loss when he went into the Confederate Army in 1862, leaving his cattle unattended.
Joseph's wife, Mary Ann Comstock was born December 5 1825. She died August 2, 1905. She is buried at the Sneed's Chapel Cemetery. She was a shouting Methodist. Now that the chapel is gone, the marker designates Sneed's Cemetery.
Joseph married the widow of T. J. Gassaway. She married Mr. Gassaway after the death of her first husband William A. Pond. She preceded Joseph in death and was buried with the Ponds at the Little River Churchyard Cemetery. Her epitaph reads: Mrs. W. A. Pond, wife of W. A. Apond March 1913.
Joseph died on May 9 1913. While his wife died at age 70 he was 88 on his last birthday. He was buried at the churchyard cemetery at Sneed's Chapel. He helped build Sneed's Chapel, one of the churches Joseph Sneed organized. He was a Methodist and a Mason.
And so the story of the Stewarts must end without the fish stories like the ones of Lige's catch in the Brazos of the 80 lb catfish, and without any stories of daring during the 1913 floord with Big Brazos and Little Brazos met and men who wne to the Bottoms to save the cattle spent the night in trees, their families no knowing whether or not they were alive.
This story has slightly different dates than the 1974 Newspaper article which references the family Bible.
Old Families of Calvert
Calvert, Texas
8 October 1986 – The Calvert Tribune
By Reba Alsup
John Wayne Stewart, Jr. was born April 17, 1829 in Alabama, and is the grandfather of the Stewart family now living in Calvert: Lige, Floy, and Ted Stewart Cross. John Wayne married Bethena Elizabeth Dismukes, born about 1834, died April 16, 1886. Their children were: Margaret, died as an infant; William, born September 22, 1852; Jeff, born November 18, 1855; Elizabeth, born November 18, 1858, nicknamed "Dink;" Ellen, born Marth 28, 1861; Mary Levina, born August 3, 1865, nicknamed "Dump," John E., born January 14, 1869; Charles; born April 12, 1871.
All children were born in Talladega County, Alabama except Charles who was born after the family moved to Jackson Parish, Louisiana. They lived in Louisiana eight years and attended school at Vernon, Louisiana.
On December wt, 1877 the family was in Calvert on their way to Baileyville, having spent 25 days on the road in a covered wagon. The 1880 census shows the family in Milam County near the Caddo church and school. Soon after, they bought a fam on the Brazos River in Falls County.
John E. was orphaned at sixteen. He stayed with relatives until his marriage to Sarah White, daughter of Joseph White and Mary Ann Comstock White on January 1, 1894. Theysettled on Pond Creek across the Old River Road from the Sam E. Smith Farm adjoining the Joseph P. Sneed Farms. In 1923, they moved to Calvert. Their children were Pennie (deceased) married Fred Bailey, who lives in the old homestead. A daughter died in infancy. Lige Marcellus married Barney Ward Reagan (deceased), Lige is in the Calvert Rest Home. O. T. died of diphtheria when the twins, Ted and Baby were six months old. Lige survived diphtheria because Dr. Fontaine gave him the anti-toxin. Edith, who married Luther A. Sadler, lives in texas City. Baby (Babe) and Ted were twins. Baby who married Robert E. Lewis (deceased) lives in Temple. Ted, who married Coleman C. Cross, called Buzz (deceased) lives in Calvert.
John E. Stewart, Jr. was farmer, cattleman, proprietor of meat markets in Calvert. His first market was set up in a rented Oscar building. The rent checks wen to Gussie Oscar. The building is now called Cobb's Market and has a historical marker.
Sarah White Stewart died 23 June 1947. John E. Stewart died July 1, 1962. Both are buried in the Calvert Cemetery. The maternal grandparents of the Stewarts living in Calvert, were: first, Robert White, born 1786, Anson county, North Carolina; died December 13, 1853 in Leon County, Texas. He married Nancy Coburn of Leon County, Texas [This should be Anson County, North Carolina.]. She was born 1795 and died 1975. They had twelve children, one of whom was Joseph White.
Joseph settled on Jones Prairie in 1844 and lived out his life there. He owned 720 acres of land, a cotton gin, and numerous heads of cattle of which he took a great loss when he went into the Confederate Army in 1862, leaving his cattle unattended.
Joseph's wife, Mary Ann Comstock was born December 5 1825. She died August 2, 1905. She is buried at the Sneed's Chapel Cemetery. She was a shouting Methodist. Now that the chapel is gone, the marker designates Sneed's Cemetery.
Joseph married the widow of T. J. Gassaway. She married Mr. Gassaway after the death of her first husband William A. Pond. She preceded Joseph in death and was buried with the Ponds at the Little River Churchyard Cemetery. Her epitaph reads: Mrs. W. A. Pond, wife of W. A. Apond March 1913.
Joseph died on May 9 1913. While his wife died at age 70 he was 88 on his last birthday. He was buried at the churchyard cemetery at Sneed's Chapel. He helped build Sneed's Chapel, one of the churches Joseph Sneed organized. He was a Methodist and a Mason.
And so the story of the Stewarts must end without the fish stories like the ones of Lige's catch in the Brazos of the 80 lb catfish, and without any stories of daring during the 1913 floord with Big Brazos and Little Brazos met and men who wne to the Bottoms to save the cattle spent the night in trees, their families no knowing whether or not they were alive.
Old Families of Calvert
Calvert, Texas
8 October 1986 – The Calvert Tribune
By Reba Alsup
John Wayne Stewart, Jr. was born April 17, 1829 in Alabama, and is the grandfather of the Stewart family now living in Calvert: Lige, Floy, and Ted Stewart Cross. John Wayne married Bethena Elizabeth Dismukes, born about 1834, died April 16, 1886. Their children were: Margaret, died as an infant; William, born September 22, 1852; Jeff, born November 18, 1855; Elizabeth, born November 18, 1858, nicknamed "Dink;" Ellen, born Marth 28, 1861; Mary Levina, born August 3, 1865, nicknamed "Dump," John E., born January 14, 1869; Charles; born April 12, 1871.
All children were born in Talladega County, Alabama except Charles who was born after the family moved to Jackson Parish, Louisiana. They lived in Louisiana eight years and attended school at Vernon, Louisiana.
On December wt, 1877 the family was in Calvert on their way to Baileyville, having spent 25 days on the road in a covered wagon. The 1880 census shows the family in Milam County near the Caddo church and school. Soon after, they bought a fam on the Brazos River in Falls County.
John E. was orphaned at sixteen. He stayed with relatives until his marriage to Sarah White, daughter of Joseph White and Mary Ann Comstock White on January 1, 1894. Theysettled on Pond Creek across the Old River Road from the Sam E. Smith Farm adjoining the Joseph P. Sneed Farms. In 1923, they moved to Calvert. Their children were Pennie (deceased) married Fred Bailey, who lives in the old homestead. A daughter died in infancy. Lige Marcellus married Barney Ward Reagan (deceased), Lige is in the Calvert Rest Home. O. T. died of diphtheria when the twins, Ted and Baby were six months old. Lige survived diphtheria because Dr. Fontaine gave him the anti-toxin. Edith, who married Luther A. Sadler, lives in texas City. Baby (Babe) and Ted were twins. Baby who married Robert E. Lewis (deceased) lives in Temple. Ted, who married Coleman C. Cross, called Buzz (deceased) lives in Calvert.
John E. Stewart, Jr. was farmer, cattleman, proprietor of meat markets in Calvert. His first market was set up in a rented Oscar building. The rent checks wen to Gussie Oscar. The building is now called Cobb's Market and has a historical marker.
Sarah White Stewart died 23 June 1947. John E. Stewart died July 1, 1962. Both are buried in the Calvert Cemetery. The maternal grandparents of the Stewarts living in Calvert, were: first, Robert White, born 1786, Anson county, North Carolina; died December 13, 1853 in Leon County, Texas. He married Nancy Coburn of Leon County, Texas [This should be Anson County, North Carolina.]. She was born 1795 and died 1975. They had twelve children, one of whom was Joseph White.
Joseph settled on Jones Prairie in 1844 and lived out his life there. He owned 720 acres of land, a cotton gin, and numerous heads of cattle of which he took a great loss when he went into the Confederate Army in 1862, leaving his cattle unattended.
Joseph's wife, Mary Ann Comstock was born December 5 1825. She died August 2, 1905. She is buried at the Sneed's Chapel Cemetery. She was a shouting Methodist. Now that the chapel is gone, the marker designates Sneed's Cemetery.
Joseph married the widow of T. J. Gassaway. She married Mr. Gassaway after the death of her first husband William A. Pond. She preceded Joseph in death and was buried with the Ponds at the Little River Churchyard Cemetery. Her epitaph reads: Mrs. W. A. Pond, wife of W. A. Apond March 1913.
Joseph died on May 9 1913. While his wife died at age 70 he was 88 on his last birthday. He was buried at the churchyard cemetery at Sneed's Chapel. He helped build Sneed's Chapel, one of the churches Joseph Sneed organized. He was a Methodist and a Mason.
And so the story of the Stewarts must end without the fish stories like the ones of Lige's catch in the Brazos of the 80 lb catfish, and without any stories of daring during the 1913 floord with Big Brazos and Little Brazos met and men who wne to the Bottoms to save the cattle spent the night in trees, their families no knowing whether or not they were alive.
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