Thomas Taylor Stewart

Thomas Taylor Stewart

Male 1822 - 1919  (96 years)


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  • Name Thomas Taylor Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 23 Nov 1822  Fernwood, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Aug 1919  Fernwood, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Mexico, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I35451  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Alexander T Stewart,   b. 1783, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1876, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Taylor,   b. 10 Sep 1784, East Haddam, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1857, Fernwood, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1818 
    Family ID F11776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Maria Joslyn,   b. 1831, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1866, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 10 Dec 1855 
    Children 
     1. Frederick A. Stewart,   b. 22 Jun 1859, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1947, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Mary Louise Stewart,   b. Aug 1860, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1901, Wessington, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Elizabeth A. Lizzie Taylor,   b. 14 May 1864   d. 9 Sep 1954 (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Ella V. Stewart,   b. 14 Aug 1864, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1896, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F11353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Susannah Smith,   b. Dec 1829, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1902, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 23 Oct 1867 
    Children 
     1. Carrie May Stewart,   b. 4 Nov 1868, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1953 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Cora M. Stewart,   b. 1 May 1872, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1937, Fernwood, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F11352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Stewart, Thomas T., of Massachusetts ancestry, was born in Richland, November 23, 1822, a son of Alexander of Massachusetts, who died here aged ninety years.

      He married Sarah Taylor of Connecticut, who died aged sixty-seven years. Their children were Rhoda (deceased), Thomas T., and Abigail. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and the grandfather of the Revolutionary war.

      Subject was educated in Richland and has served as town assessor thirty years, constable six years, collector three years, and is a dairyman. December 10, 1855, he married Mariah Joslyn, who died in 1866, and their children were Fred A., Mary L., Ella V., all of whom survive.

      October 23, 1867, he married second, Susannah, widow of A. B. Taylor, and daughter of Hiram and Mary Smith of Onondaga county, and their children are Carrie M., (married Chas. Jewell), Cora M., Fred A. (who married Mattie Rood), Mary L. (who married Andrew Holmes), Ella V. (who married Fred Calkins). Mrs. Stewart had one child by her first husband, Lizzie Taylor, who married S. R. Butterworth.

      Mr. Stewart is a Mason, and a Granger. Mrs. Stewart had one brother who was in the late war.

      Thomas T. Stewart of Fernwood was born in this town in 1820 and has lived all these years in the town of his nativity. He has been a citizen of whom. his neighbors could speak with confidence and this fact is emphasized when the records are reviewed and we find that he served the town as collector for several years and was elected to the office of assessor for thirty-three years.

      He followed the business of farming as long as he was able to apply his energies to an occupation. He was made a Free and Accepted Mason in Pulaski Lodge. No. 415, in 1860 and was always at the communications when he was able to come. He is the oldest mason in years and in membership in the Lodge. He was a charter member of South Richland Grange, No. 256, which was organized forty-two years ago.

      Mr. Stewart has always voted the Republican ticket and was one of the many who were disappointed to lose their vote by the defeat of Mr. Hughes. His wife, who traveled in the way with him for a great many years, died fifteen years ago. Six children, came to gladden the home. Two daughters died many years ago and four children survive, a son, F.A. Stewart, who resides upon the old farm and cares for the aged parent; Mrs. H.A. Scranton, Fernwood; Mrs. C.A. Jewell and Mrs. L.R. Butterworth, of Pulaski.

      Source: Pulaski Democrat, Dec 27, 1916

  • Sources 
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    2. [S33] Ancestry.com, Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

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