This week's
Ancestor Insight might seem a little bare-boned. I really don't know
too much other than the bare birth, marriage and death facts on my
great grandmother Frances' Tennessee family. I will try to add a
little context and try to create a story line. Well, here it goes:
John Burton
Stewart was my 3rd great grandfather. He was born on 8
September, 1854 in McNairy County, Tennessee to Fleetwood and Sarah
Ann Stewart. John was raised in McNairy and Hardin Counties,
Tennessee. Like many people of that time and place, John was a
farmer.
Hester Ann
Barnett, daughter of Jesse and Lethe Barnett, became his wife in
1876. He and Hester had eight children: Samuel, Martha, James,
Lenora, Virgil, Hallie, Winnie and Jessie – some of the children
were born in McNairy County, others in Obion County, and one in Dyer
County, Tennessee.
In 1918
John became a widower, and John died on December 4, 1927 in Ridgely,
Tennessee, aged 73. We have not been able to find a tombstone for
John, and it's likely he's buried among the unmarked graves of the
rural Tennessee cemeteries.
Published:
16 January 2015
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tylerjamesmccane@gmail.com
Next Week:
Hester Ann Barnett Stewart, 3rd Great Grandmother
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Mariah Elizabeth Southard
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