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- [Brøderbund Family Archive #285, Ed. 1, Census Index: Western PA, PENNSYLVANIA CENSUS (WEST), Clarion County, 1870, Date of Import: May 16, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.285.1.10079.7]
Individual: Stewart, Robert
Race: W
Age: 40
Birth place: PA
Township: Perry Twp
Microfilm: Roll 1326, Page 575
"I reviewed the deeds of the Stewart farm in Porter Township currently owned by my aunt Mrs. Grover Stewart (she has the deeds going back to the early 1830's). The current farm was the result of two separate farm property axquisitions in the 1860's by William Stewart III who subsequently transferred the farm to his son Alexander Stewart, who transferred it to his brother Amos Stewart, who transferred the farm to his brother Robert Stewart, who transferred it to his son Frederick Shick Stewart, who transferred it to my grandfather Burton Harold Stewart, who transferred it to my uncle Grover Stewart. My father was the oldest son, but had decided he didn't want to make the farm his career and thus his younger brother acquired the farm in 1955" (Source - John Frederick Stewart)
On August 22, 1999, while attending a Stewart reunion on the farm of Gover Stewart in Porter Township, Clarion County, I drove by the farm homstead originally owned by Robert Stewart. It is adjacent to the farm currently owned by Janet K. Stewart, wife of Grover Stewart, deceased. The Robert Stewart farm was sold during the past several years to individuals not in the Stewart family. My understanding is that William Stewart III initially purchased the property (1) that was the Robert Stewart farm homestead, which Robert gave to his son Thomas Delbert Stewart, and where Robert and Christena lived until their deaths and (2) that is now is owned by Janet K. Stewart, wife of Grover Stewart, which property William Stewart III gave to his son Amos Stewart, who transferred it to Robert and which Robert later gave to his oldest son, Frederick Shick Stewart, who then built a second house on what is now the Grover Stewart farm where the reunion was held. The Hilliard farm, none of the original buildings remain standing, is just over the hill from the Squirrel Hill Cemetery and two farms away from the farms that Robert and Christena gave to Thomas Delbert Stewart and Frederick Shick Stewart. Robert and Christena Hilliard Stewart also owned and farmed the Hilliard homestead. While in high school, Robert would pass through the Hilliard property on his way to help his brother Amos, who was farming what is now the Grover Stewart farm. Robert and Christena married several years later after courtship at the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, where she was a life long member. Robert was a member of the Concord Presbyterian Church until his marriage. (Note to file by J.P. Rhein)
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