John M. Stewart^[1]

1838 -

• Gender	Male
  Submitter	425
  Birth	14 May 1838	Carroll Co., Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I13096	Clan Moffat Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Joseph Stewart   d. 1842
  Mother	Elizabeth Moffett   d. 1866, Owen Co., Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F1327	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Louisa J. Rockwell,   b. Owen Co., Indiana, USA
  Marriage	3 July 1861
  Family ID	F1435	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John was a blacksmith, and the second of four children. He came to Owen Co when he was 11 years of age with his mother, and settled in Marion Twp, where he remained until 1855. He then went to Ohio, and remained for nearly three years, learning the blacksmith trade. Late in 1857, he returned to Owen Co worked at his trade in Lancaster until July, 1862, and then enlisted in Company F, Seventy-first Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. Dyer. Eleven days later. he was wounded in the battle of Richmond, Ky., between the shoulders. He was captured, and held as a prisoner of war at Richmond until November, when he was sent to his home. He received his discharge on account of disabilities Dec. 2, 1862, and for two years was almost helpless. From 1866 to 1868, he filled the office of Postmaster at Lancaster. He came to Spencer, where he went into partnership with a blacksmith, for the Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad, for two years. He worked at dressing tools for a bridge company at Attica, and then came back to Spencer. He was a member of the I.O.O.F., the G.A.R. and the Christian Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Robert and Frances Moffitt, Original Moffat GEDCOM File.