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Switzerland County

Descendants of

Timothy Beebe Con'd.

This descendant report has a number of Switzerland County families in it. The Beebe's also lived in Jefferson and Ripley Counties.  The name has a number of spelling variations. I am sure there are errors or omissions so please contact me if you have corrections or additions. Also included are copies of some documents from the Jefferson County, Library concerning the Beebe family. -- Submitted by Sheila Kell

Generation No. 4

35. WILLIAM HENRY6 STEWART (MARYETTE BEEBE5 MUNN, LUCRETIA4 BEEBE, TIMOTHY3, TIMOTHY2, GIDEON1) was born 25 Jan 1837 in Switzerland, County Indiana, and died in North Vernon, Indiana. He married AUGUSTINE DOW 13 Feb 1862 in Switzerland County Indiana, daughter of DOW and THEIBAUD. She was born 13 Dec 1843, and died in North Vernon, Indiana.

More About WILLIAM HENRY STEWART:
Burial: Hilcrest Cemetery, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
Census: 1870, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
Occupation: 1870, Farm Laborer
Residence: 1870, New Albany Ward 1, Floyd, Indiana

More About AUGUSTINE DOW:
Burial: Hilcrest Cemetery, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
Census: 1870, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
Nickname: 1870, Tena, is the name she used on the census this year

More About WILLIAM STEWART and AUGUSTINE DOW:
Marriage: 13 Feb 1862, Switzerland County Indiana

Children of WILLIAM STEWART and AUGUSTINE DOW are:

i. ELLA7 STEWART, b. 1863; m. LOUIS KETTLE, 1899; b. 1847, Ohio.
More About ELLA STEWART:
Census: 1930, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
Residence: 1920, New Albany Ward 7, Floyd, Indiana
More About LOUIS KETTLE:
Census: 1930, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
Occupation: 1920, Mill Foreman, Woolen Mill
Residence: 1870, Ohio, Clermont, Ohio
More About LOUIS KETTLE and ELLA STEWART:
Marriage: 1899
ii. JOHN LEWIS STEWART, b. Jan 1865, Indiana; d. Aft. 1930, Bono, Lawrence County, Indiana; m. LOLA M. VOYLES; b. Jan 1874, Indiana; d. 09 Feb 1918, Bono, Lawrence County, Indiana.
More About JOHN LEWIS STEWART:
Census: 1910, Bono Township, Lawrence County, Indiana
Occupation: 1910, Farmer on census
Residence: 1910, Bono, Lawrence, Indiana
Notes for LOLA M. VOYLES:
From: Diana S Flynn diana937@juno.com
Subject: OBIT: LOLA M. VOYLES STEWART - 1918 Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:35:32 -0500
BEDFORD DAILY MAIL, BEDFORD, INDIANA
MONDAY, FEB. 11, 1918
DEATH
Of Mrs. John L. Stewart Occurred At Her Home At Bono Saturday From Peritonitis.
FUNERAL THERE TODAY
Mrs. John L. Stewart, a well known resident of Bono and wife of one ofthat township?s prominent farmers, died Saturday from eritonitis at the age of 43 years.She was one of the most highly respected ladies of her section and had a large acquaintance. The funeral was held at Bono today burial following in the Tolbert cemetery. Besides a large circle of friends and relatives she is survived by the husband, one married daughter and a son.

BEDFORD DAILY MAIL, BEDFORD, INDIANA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1918
Mrs. Lola M. Stewart, wife of John L. Stewart died Saturday, Feb. 9th after a brief illness. She leaves a husband, son and daughter, mother, two brothers and one sister and scores of friends. Rev. Arlie Lane, of Lyons, officiated at the funeral service at Talbotts memorial chapel Monday at 3 o?clock. Interment at the Talbotts cemetery. Mrs. Monta Bush, of Prowsville; Mrs. Ella Kettle, of New Albany; Mrs. W. H. Stewart, of North Vernon; and Raymond Neideffer, of Bloomington, attended the funeral of Mrs. John L. Stewart on Monday.

More About LOLA M. VOYLES:
Burial: 11 Feb 1918, Tolbert Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana
Residence: 1900, Bono, Lawrence, Indiana
iii. MARTHA F."NETTIE" STEWART, b. Oct 1867, Indiana; m. HOLSCLAW; b. 1860, Indiana; d. Indiana.
iv. WAMEA "MAMIE" STEWART, b. 1873, Floyd County, Indiana; d. 30 Apr 1909; m. ADOLPHUS JEROME CORNWELL, 1894; b. 14 Jul 1866, Indiana; d. 01 Jun 1953, Tulare, California.
More About WAMEA "MAMIE" STEWART:
Residence: 1920, Medina, Medina, Ohio
More About ADOLPHUS JEROME CORNWELL:
Residence: 1870, Brown, Washington, Indiana
More About ADOLPHUS CORNWELL and WAMEA STEWART:
Marriage: 1894
v. CHARLES HENRY STEWART, b. 07 Sep 1875, New Albany, Indiana; d. Aug 1945, Marinette, Wisconsin; m. FLORA ROBERTS, 28 Jul 1898, Washington, County, Indiana; b. 17 Oct 1877, Cambellsberg, Brown Township, Washington Co. Indiana; d. 03 Dec 1937, St. Mary's Hospital, Racine, Wisconsin.
Notes for CHARLES HENRY STEWART:
Started out in Indiana, moved to Illinois and worked as share croppers. Bought a farm sight unseen, and moved the family north near a cabin Les owned. The cabin was near Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin. The farm was all rocks and woods and the family became very poor.
More About CHARLES HENRY STEWART:
Burial: Mound Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin
Census: 1930, Machinist, Clutch Factory
Occupation: 1900, Farm Laborer
More About FLORA ROBERTS:
Burial: 06 Dec 1937, Mound Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin
More About CHARLES STEWART and FLORA ROBERTS:
Marriage: 28 Jul 1898, Washington, County, Indiana
vi. PEARL MAY STEWART, b. Apr 1882; m. KANE.
vii. CLARENCE A. STEWART, b. 1870.
viii. ROBERT AMOS STEWART, b. 28 Dec 1884, Indiana; d. Aug 1963; m. PEARL MAY RILEY, 1905, Indiana; b. 1887, Indiana; d. 1970.
More About ROBERT AMOS STEWART:
Census: 1930, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Employment: 1942, From WWII Draft card, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Union Station, Indianapolis, Indiana
Occupation: 1930, Machinist, Machine Repair Shop
Ordination: 1910, Laborer
Residence: 1920, Jackson, Decatur, Indiana
More About PEARL MAY RILEY:
Residence: 1920, Jackson, Decatur, Indiana
More About ROBERT STEWART and PEARL RILEY:
Marriage: 1905, Indiana
ix. IDA S. STEWART, b. Mar 1888, Indiana; d. Bef. 1924; m. HENDERSON; b. 1884, Ohio.

36. MARGARET ANN6 STEWART (MARYETTE BEEBE5 MUNN, LUCRETIA4 BEEBE, TIMOTHY3, TIMOTHY2, GIDEON1) was born 31 Oct 1842 in Switzerland Co. Indiana, and died 04 Sep 1917 in Indianapolis,Marion County, Indiana. She married MARCUS KILBURN RICKETTS 17 Jul 1859 in Switzerland Co., Indiana, son of ROBERT RICKETTS and ANNE LAREW. He was born 05 Nov 1827 in Moorefield, Switzerland, IN, USA, and died 23 Aug 1896 in New Albany, Floyd, IN, USA.
More About MARGARET ANN STEWART:
Burial: 06 Sep 1917, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis
Residence: 1917, at time of death lived at 618 N. Alabama, copy of death certificate.
More About MARCUS RICKETTS and MARGARET STEWART:
Ceremony By: 17 Jul 1859, Rev. Abraham Adkinson
Divorce: Article in paper documents divorce, cruel treatment and failure to provide, are reasons
Marriage: 17 Jul 1859, Switzerland Co., Indiana
Married by: Rev. Abraham Adkinson

Children of MARGARET STEWART and MARCUS RICKETTS are:

i. JOSEPHINE7 RICKETTS, b. 24 Dec 1860, Switzerland, IN, USA; d. 06 Feb 1861, Switzerland, IN, USA.
ii. MARY ELIZA RICKETTS, b. 25 Aug 1862, Switzerland, IN, USA; d. 25 Jul 1948; m. HENRY CONNER, 1880, Floyd County, Indiana; b. 1858, Indiana.
More About MARY ELIZA RICKETTS:
Residence: 1870, Cotton, Switzerland, Indiana
More About HENRY CONNER and MARY RICKETTS:
Marriage: 1880, Floyd County, Indiana
iii. ESTELLA RICKETTS, b. 27 Sep 1865, Dearborn, IN, USA; d. 12 Jun 1926, Switzerland, IN, USA; m. ELIAS ALBERT MILLER, 18 Sep 1884, Floyd, IN, USA; b. 1856.
More About ESTELLA RICKETTS:
Residence: 1870, Cotton, Switzerland, Indiana
More About ELIAS ALBERT MILLER:
Occupation: 1900, Carpenter (Railroad)
More About ELIAS MILLER and ESTELLA RICKETTS:
Marriage: 18 Sep 1884, Floyd, IN, USA
iv. ANNA RICKETTS, b. 15 Aug 1867, Jefferson, Switzerland, IN, USA; d. 31 Oct 1935, Springville, Utah; m. MARTIN HIMES LA FOLLETTE, 27 Aug 1890, New Albany, Floyd, IN, USA; b. 02 Sep 1864, New Albany, Floyd, IN, USA; d. 10 May 1927, Burlington, Big Horn, WY, USA.
More About MARTIN LA FOLLETTE and ANNA RICKETTS:
Marriage: 27 Aug 1890, New Albany, Floyd, IN, USA
v. EMMA FLORENCE RICKETTS, b. 01 Sep 1869, Switzerland, IN, USA; d. 30 Jan 1921, Indianapolis, Marion, IN, USA; m. ALONZO BANKS, 22 Jan 1887.
More About ALONZO BANKS and EMMA RICKETTS:
Marriage: 22 Jan 1887
vi. ORLANDO ROLLAND RICKETTS, b. 15 Jul 1873, Switzerland, IN, USA; d. Aug 1951; m. CHRISTINA BUHL, 18 May 1899, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana; b. 31 Oct 1878, Bosingen, Germany; d. 03 Nov 1964, Iva, Anderson, South Carolina.
More About ORLANDO ROLLAND RICKETTS:
Occupation: Building Inspector, City of Indianapolis
Residence: 3902 E. 31st Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
More About CHRISTINA BUHL:
Baptism (LDS): November 5, 1878
Burial: Sutherland Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
More About ORLANDO RICKETTS and CHRISTINA BUHL:
Marriage: 18 May 1899, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
vii. JESSIE PEARL RICKETTS, b. 25 Oct 1875, Vevay, Switzerland, IN, USA; d. 06 May 1948, Los Angeles, CA, USA; m. ROBERT A. PEARCE, 29 Mar 1906, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
More About ROBERT PEARCE and JESSIE RICKETTS:
Marriage: 29 Mar 1906, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
viii. ALBERT PORTER RICKETTS, b. 13 Aug 1880, Grandview, Spencer, IN, USA; d. 12 May 1933, Indianapolis, Marion, IN, USA; m. (1) LENA HUFFMAN, 18 Jul 1901; b. Abt. 1884; m. (2) VIOLA HOWARD, Jan 1910, Indianapolis, Indiana; b. Sep 1887, Michigan.
More About ALBERT PORTER RICKETTS:
Occupation: Chicken Farm, Diner
More About ALBERT RICKETTS and LENA HUFFMAN:
Marriage: 18 Jul 1901
More About ALBERT RICKETTS and VIOLA HOWARD:
Marriage: Jan 1910, Indianapolis, Indiana

37. AMELIA FRANCES6 STEWART (MARYETTE BEEBE5 MUNN, LUCRETIA4 BEEBE, TIMOTHY3, TIMOTHY2, GIDEON1) was born 01 Oct 1844 in Craig Township, Switzerland Co. Indiana, and died 04 Nov 1924 in Vevay, Switzerland Co. Indiana. She married FRANCIS MARION ROUS 03 Nov 1863, son of PERCY ROUS and MARY COLE. He was born 23 Sep 1839 in Vevay, Switzerland County, IN, and died 29 Apr 1922 in Vevay, Switzerland Co. Indiana.
More About AMELIA FRANCES STEWART:
Burial: Vevay Cemetery, Vevay. Switzerland County, IN., Row 9
Notes for FRANCIS MARION ROUS:
Obituary as published in Vevay Newspaper:

Obituary Francis M. Rous

Francis M. Rous, the eldest son of Captain and Mrs. Mary P. Roous, was born in Vevay on Sept. 23, 1839 and died April 29, 1922. He lacked but a few days of rounding out 83 years of life. He boyhood was spent in this city and all his life within the confines of the county. He bacame a Mason in 1862, joining the lodge at Bennington and remained a member until his death, being one of the county's oldest Masons in point of years of service. In early manhood he joined the Methodist Church and loyally kept the faith thence-forward On November 3, 1862 he married Amelia F. Stewart and she with two children, Louis P. Rous, of Vevay and Mrs. India V. Hizer of Aurora survive him. Another daughter Nannie E. died some years ago. In the presence of death words are futile things if they are used only to extol the virtues of the departed or give expression of a grief which is at once natural and universal. But if we draw a lesson for the living from the records of the dead then, and then only, do we find justification for what may be uttered here. What makes up the sum total of true manhood?Is it place or power? Pomp or show?

Nay, none of these. Faith, Kindliness, Forbearance, Industry, Incorruptible honesty. Devotion to vamily and friends. A willingness to share uncomplainingly all the vicissitudes of life--from the cradle to the grave--these are the things that make a man. And measured by all these tests Francis M. Rous was a man. He lived close to nature and there he learned, as it is nowhere else to be learned, fixedness of purpose, serenity of soul, and a superb and supreme confidence in the beauty and righteousness of life altogether.

He did not rail at fate, nor question that his place in life was what he chose to make it. When he came to man's estate he gladly accepted a man's duties and a man's responsibilities, completely performed a man's work and was content with its rewards. How much more can be said of any human being. True, some mens lives are cast in places where responsibility to their fellow men give varying degrees of opportunity for public service, but within the boson of his family one man may be as truly a nobleman and gentleman as another. Cast in a mold of true gentility, trained to respect the right and opinions of others, our friend was none the less tenacious of his own. He believed and lived by the docrine of the square deal. It is doubtful if he had an enemy in all the world and when we can say this with truth of a man who has lived in the full light of day for more than four score years within a circumscribed locality, what greater tribute can we pay him? Here a man's weaknesses and a man's faults, if he has any will find him out. Not only do they find him out but it is a lamentable trait of humanity to magnify and multiply them. The record of human frailities is almost always unfair to the subject.

Therefore, it is worthy of remark that it is sometimes possible, as is the case here, for a man to live fully and leave naught of bitterness behind. And when the end shall come--as it must come to each and all--no greater boon can be vouchsafed to any man that that he shall lie down and die in the bosom of his family, that his eyes shall vision for their last conscious sight the old familiar scenes, the spots which in infancy, manhood and old age, he has known and loved. When a man goes to "Join the innumerable caravan" there is no port from which he can more safely sail than from under his own roof, sheltered by the branches of his own trees and with farwells nodded to him by his own flowers.

Death under these circumstances is sublime.

Beyond sublimity we may not go.
More About FRANCIS MARION ROUS:
Burial: 01 May 1922, Vevay Cemetery, Vevay,Switzerland County IN. Row 9
Census: 1910, Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, IN. is listed as Frank Rouse
More About FRANCIS ROUS and AMELIA STEWART:
Marriage: 03 Nov 1863

Children of AMELIA STEWART and FRANCIS ROUS are:

i. NANCY "NELLIE" E.7 ROUS, b. 1876.
ii. INDIA VIOLA ROUS, b. 1864, Indiana; d. 01 Dec 1963, Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana; m. JEFFERSON HIZER, 1885; b. 15 Sep 1861; d. 18 Oct 1931.
More About INDIA VIOLA ROUS:
Burial: 03 Dec 1963, I.O.O.F Cemetery, Vevay. Switzerland County, IN
Census: 1870, She is listed as 5yrs old and name given is Indiana
Residence: 1910, Aurora Ward 4, Dearborn, Indiana
More About JEFFERSON HIZER:
Occupation: 1900, In census states he is a merchant
Residence: 1870, Cotton, Switzerland, Indiana
More About JEFFERSON HIZER and INDIA ROUS:
Marriage: 1885
iii. LOUIS PERCY ROUS, b. 20 Jun 1873; d. 29 Apr 1922, Switzerland County, Indiana; m. MARY BARBARA LANHAM; b. 1882.
More About LOUIS PERCY ROUS:
Burial: I.O.O.F Cemetery, Vevay. Switzerland County, IN
More About MARY BARBARA LANHAM:
Residence: 1900, Jefferson, Switzerland, Indiana

38. THEOFIELD MARTIN6 STEWART (MARYETTE BEEBE5 MUNN, LUCRETIA4 BEEBE, TIMOTHY3, TIMOTHY2, GIDEON1) was born 20 Mar 1847 in Switzerland Co. Indiana, and died 21 Oct 1903 in Alexandria, Indiana Death Records 1882-1920. He married (1) MARY E. MCKAY 12 Feb 1873 in Switzerland County, Indiana, daughter of DANIEL MCKAY and GAZELL MCKAY. She was born 22 Jan 1853 in Switzerland County, Indiana, and died 1888 in Switzerland Co. Indiana. He married (2) EMMA F. MCMAHAN 31 Jul 1889, daughter of UNKNOWN MCMAHAN and UNKNOWN. She was born Sep 1857.
More About THEOFIELD MARTIN STEWART:
Burial: Oddfellows Cemetery, Alexandria, Madison CO. Indiana
Census: 1870, Listed as farmhand living in Sigmon house with his brother John L.
Residence: 1900, Living in the City of Alexandria, Monroe Township, Madison County Indiana
Notes for MARY E. MCKAY:
Their Tombstone reads Frank son of M.E. and T.M., Mary E. wife of T.M., Della daughter of M.E. and T.M.
It looks like they all died in the same year 1888-----WHAT HAPPENED?

More About MARY E. MCKAY:
Burial: Mt.Zion Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland Co. Indiana
Residence: 1880, Craig, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
More About THEOFIELD STEWART and MARY MCKAY:
Marriage: 12 Feb 1873, Switzerland County, Indiana
More About EMMA F. MCMAHAN:
Census: 1920, Alexandria, Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana
Occupation: 1920, Nurse in a Private Home
Residence: 1920, Living with her sister Mary J. and her Husband William R. Perry.
More About THEOFIELD STEWART and EMMA MCMAHAN:
Marriage: 31 Jul 1889

Children of THEOFIELD STEWART and MARY MCKAY are:

i. DELLA7 STEWART, b. 12 Jul 1874, Switzerland County, Indiana; d. 02 Jun 1888, Switzerland Co. Indiana.
More About DELLA STEWART: Burial: Mt.Zion Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland Co. Indiana
Residence: 1880, Craig, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
ii. FRANK STEWART, b. 01 Oct 1877, Switzerland County, Indiana; d. Switzerland Co. Indiana.
More About FRANK STEWART: Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery, Switzerland County, Indiana

39. SIMEON6 STEWART (MARYETTE BEEBE5 MUNN, LUCRETIA4 BEEBE, TIMOTHY3, TIMOTHY2, GIDEON1) was born 29 Jul 1849 in Switzerland Co., Indiana, and died 24 Feb 1925 in Paris, Jennings Co., Indiana. He married (1) EMMA FLORENCE ABRAMS 25 Aug 1869 in Switzerland Co., Indiana, daughter of WILLIAM ABRAMS and MARGARET. She was born 1848, and died 1877 in Switzerland Co., Indiana. He married (2) GENEVA AGNES AYERS 23 Mar 1879, daughter of JOSEPH AYERS and HARRIET ZENER. She was born 25 Sep 1852 in Jefferson County, Indiana, and died 26 Jul 1940 in Paris, Jennings Co., Indiana.
More About SIMEON STEWART:
Burial: Paris, Jennings Co., Indiana
Census: 1880, Living on the home place with his mother
Occupation: 1900, In census lists himself as a Painter
Residence: 1880, Craig, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
More About EMMA FLORENCE ABRAMS:
Census: 1860, Living with family of Watson Weir in Mount Pleasant Township, Deleware County, Indiana, Post Office, Yourktown.
More About SIMEON STEWART and EMMA ABRAMS:
Marriage: 25 Aug 1869, Switzerland Co., Indiana
Notes for GENEVA AGNES AYERS:
Written by Geneva (Stewart) Ayers and read at her funeral by Rev. McCoy

When on these lines in future years, You cast your smiles, Perhaps your tears.
Let thoughts of me your mind engage and think of me who wrote this page.
Remember me when death shall close, My eyelids in their last repose.
and evening breezes gently wave, The long green grass over my grave.

From They Say and Do In The Country , by Charles E. Heberhart, Madison Courier, June 28, 1938.

Some time ago a paragraph in an historical note on Jefferson County piques the curiosity of the writer. It was an invitation to his speculative imagination. It envisioned things so exotic that it seemed fantastic.

This paragraph simply stated that along about 100 years ago silk worms had been grown, thread spun from their cocoons, fabric woven for dress materials and quite an industry developed. Though short lived. In the village of Paris on the northwestern border of this county. Also that a certain individual, one Dr.-----Foster, initials and address omitted , had a piece of this cloth.

Yesterday the writer went to Paris, Old Paris, if you please, to do a little verifying. The historical paragraph was written quite a few years back and the job promised to be difficult. The reward was greater than the writer had any right to expect.

In the first place he found still living the granddaughter and the grandson of the maker of the silk who had first hand knowledge of how it was done. In the second he got a picture of life in the early days of the last century that is both interesting and informative. In the third place he found the family tied in with the beginnings of river navigation by steamboat and brings to light a chapter in the history of one branch of the Roosevelt family that is vaguely known, if known at all.

The two central figures in this experience yesterday are Mrs. Jennie Stewart (Grandmother Stewart) 86 years old and her brother, Leonidas Zener Ayers, 78. Mrs. Stewart lived a few years of her life in West Madison, while Mr. Ayers has spent almost all his days in Paris.

Paris itself is quaint and intriguing. Its streets stand unchanged except to be improved since the early part of the 19th century. Down the main road of the town Gen John H. Morgan's flankers and part of his main army rode 75 years ago next month and only one house that is new since then has changed the view Morgans men must have had that day.

In a little brick house off the main road lives Mrs. Stewart. She was doing some canning when the writer dropped in on her yesterday. Despite her advanced years she is active, cheerful and as such in tune with today as any of those sixty years her junior.

Mrs. Stewart smiled kindly at the writer and invited him in. She gave a final check on proceedings in the kitchen and then with a cheerful smile and gesture, as much as to say "fire-away", sat down for a chat,

"Yes, it's true silk cloth was made here", she said. It was before my day but it was in the family and my aunts were among those who wore dresses out of our homemade product."

"The weaving of the silk cloth, also the spinning and the dyeing were done by my grandmother, Mrs. David Zener. This was back in 1829. My grandfather, David Zener, planted a long line of Mulberry Trees, known as the Monte Carlo variety, along the property east of town now belonging to John Ray. Later he brought in silk worms. They had great difficulty getting them. They were fed on the leaves of the mulberry and the silk gathered in their cocoons later.

"They apparently quite prolific for the industry grew very rapidly. My grandmother made the row. the cloth coming about--here she spread her hands to indicate the size, which was about 14 inches--so wide."

"She made her own dyes to dye the material with. These dyes were generally good for woollen materials she also made. For one color of red she grew 'Madder' and for another red she used 'cochineal those little red insects, you know, dissolving the bugs in muriatic acid and using a few drops of the drained off acid to set the dye. For blue, she used indigo, making a solution that she set with a kind of yeast. Yellow she made from the bark of a sweet apple tree. By putting the yellow and blue together she got her green.

"And let me say the dyes were permanent, as well as beautiful. I have seen much of the fabric that was existent when I was a girl and it was fresh and unfaded for years after it was made."

"My grandmother had seven daughters,--Lydia, Elizabeth, Sarah, Harriet(my mother), Malinda, Catherine and Betsy(Magdaline). She, among other things made a silk dress for each of the sisters. They were known as 'Changeable silk and very pretty. When Elizabeth got married she made a special dress for her and for the skirt alone, it took six widths. (This would be about 64 or so inches).

"My grandmother made the silk cloth for years on her looms for which special steel parts had to be imported. Then came the products of the large silk mills and ended that business. The silk was widely known and the materials were very beautiful."

From Mrs. Stewart's description the material was much like what is known as shantung, slightly coarse and heavy. She said the panels of Elizabeth's wedding dress were later distributed among her sisters as keepsakes. Mrs. Stewart in turn, has given her section to her grand-children by whom it is very cherished.

"Probably one of the most difficult things Grandmother did" said Mrs. Stewart, "was the making of plaid silks and woolens, this called for great skill in setting up the frames. For the woolen goods, the fleece of the Marino sheep imported by Grandfather was used. All of the girls had beautiful woolen dresses, as well as silk and a certain type of flannel dress goods my Grandmother made."

Mrs. Stewarts' Grandmother enjoys probably a unique place in state history, as well as her Grandfather, for originating the idea, so far as it is known, they were the first and only ones in the west then to raise silkworms, spin the thread and weave it into cloth.

1st Sat April, 1879, Coffee Creek Baptist Church Records: Church met and discourse by Bro. Wm. MONROE, a letter was granted to Sister Jennie STEWARD formerly FLOOD. Adjourned.
Frank Phillips, clerk
Wm. Monroe, moderator
Jennie Flood baptism 1878 letter 1879

More About GENEVA AGNES AYERS:
Burial: Paris, Jennings Co., Indiana

More About SIMEON STEWART and GENEVA AYERS:
Marriage: 23 Mar 1879

Children of SIMEON STEWART and EMMA ABRAMS are:

i. PEARL7 STEWART, b. 1874, Switzerland Co., Indiana; m. CHARLES BASCOM WILLARD, 1894; b. 1856, Madison, Florida; d. Apr 1921.
More About PEARL STEWART:
Census: 1900, Suwannee,Live Oak, Florida
Residence: 1880, Craig, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
More About CHARLES BASCOM WILLARD:
Census: 1900, Suwannee, Live Oak, Florida
Occupation: 1900, Hotel Keeper
Residence: 1870, Quincy, Gadsden, Florida
More About CHARLES WILLARD and PEARL STEWART:
Marriage: 1894
ii. JENNIE STEWART, b. 08 Feb 1870, Lawrenceville, Illinois; d. 02 Nov 1924, Benham, Indiana; m. ANDREW SAYLOR, 12 Mar 1889, Vevay, Indiana; b. 09 Sep 1866, Jefferson Co., Indiana; d. 19 Jul 1944, Kentucky.
More About JENNIE STEWART:
Burial: Vevay, Indiana
Residence: 1910, Milton, Jefferson, Indiana
More About ANDREW SAYLOR:
Burial: Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana
Census: 1910, Milton Township, Jefferson County, Indiana
Residence: 1910, Milton, Jefferson, Indiana
More About ANDREW SAYLOR and JENNIE STEWART:
Marriage: 12 Mar 1889, Vevay, Indiana
iii. EMMA MAE STEWART, b. 1877, Indiana; d. Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; m. WILLIAM H. MAYNARD, 1894, Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana; b. Oct 1864, Kentucky; d. Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
More About EMMA MAE STEWART:
Burial: Columbus, Indiana
Residence: 1880, Craig, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
More About WILLIAM H. MAYNARD:
Burial: Columbus, Indiana
Census: 1920, Mckinley Street Columbus, Indiana
Occupation: 1900, In census states he is a Carpenter, Living in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana.
Residence: 1930, Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana
More About WILLIAM MAYNARD and EMMA STEWART:
Marriage: 1894, Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana

Children of SIMEON STEWART and GENEVA AYERS are:

iv. CLARA7 STEWART, b. Abt. 1880, Log Cabin, Brooksburg, Switzerland County, Indiana; d. Abt. 1880, Switzerland County, Indiana.
v. MATHIAS STEWART, b. 30 Apr 1881, Log Cabin, Brooksburg, Switzerland County, Indiana; d. 11 May 1886, Switzerland County, Indiana.
vi. FRANCIS MARION STEWART, b. 23 Feb 1885, Log Cabin, Brooksburg, Switzerland County. Indiana; d. Feb 1953, Lakewood, CA.; m. DELLA AMANDA THEOBALD, 11 Jun 1913, Hendricks Township, Shelby Co. Indiana; b. 05 Mar 1885, Shelby Co. Indiana; d. 24 Jan 1957, Lakewood, CA.
More About FRANCIS MARION STEWART:
Burial: Rose Hills Cemetery, Whittier, CA.
Census: 1900, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana
Draft Card Info.: 12 Sep 1918, RR#3, Greenfield, Hancock County Indiana
Military service: Navy, served on the USS North Dakota and USS Birmingham, Coal Passer and Engineer.
Neighbors: 1920, Bert, Leona, Katherine, Merle, Carl Theobald
Occupation: 1910, Fireman 1st Class, USS Brimingham
Physical Discription: 1918, Height medium, build slender, eyes blue, hair black.
More About DELLA AMANDA THEOBALD:
Burial: Rose Hills Cemetery, Whittier, CA.
More About FRANCIS STEWART and DELLA THEOBALD:
Marriage: 11 Jun 1913, Hendricks Township, Shelby Co. Indiana
vii. BENJAMIN HARRISON STEWART, b. 23 Jul 1888, Log Cabin, Brooksburg, Switzerland County, Indiana; d. 27 Apr 1976, San Francisco/Alameda, California; m. CATHERINE COLVIN, 27 Sep 1911; b. 04 Oct 1893, Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; d. 18 May 1967, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana.
More About BENJAMIN HARRISON STEWART:
Burial: Skyview Cemetery, Vallejo, California
Census: 1910, 3-wd, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, living with 1⁄2 Sister Josephine Arbuckle & Husband.
Military service: Navy, USS West Virginia, jumped ship, got a bad conduct discharge in 1908
Occupation: 1920, Power House Engineer, Rushville, Indiana
Residence: 1920, W 5th Street, Rushville, Indiana
More About CATHERINE COLVIN:
Burial: 20 May 1967, East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Indiana
Census: 1930, At age 33, living with her parents & boys Colvin & Jack in Rushville, IN
Occupation: 1930, Practical Nurse, at a Hospital
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Marriage: 27 Sep 1911
viii. CHARLES STEWART, b. 31 Aug 1891, Log Cabin, Brooksburg, Switzerland County, Indiana; d. 09 Jan 1989, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; m. EDNA MAE HARRELL, 25 Dec 1915, Christian Church, Bloomington Indiana, by Reverand Crawley; b. 26 Feb 1893, Blooming Grove, Franklin County, Indiana; d. 20 Dec 1980, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
Notes for CHARLES STEWART:
Recollections on the Familys History
By Charles Stewart

(This information is a compilation gathered from several conversations by his grandson, John S. Willis, over a period spanning the last two years of his life. Despite being in his nineties at the time, he was very lucid and enjoyed excellent recall.)

1. My father's family:

My grandfather was JOHN STEWART. He and his wife, Maryette Munn, rode on horseback to Indiana from Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. He left Pennsylvania because he was being raised by an Uncle who mistreated him. They married and settled in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, My dad's three brothers Louis (John), William, and Theofield (know as Tip) were born in Vevay, along with his three sisters, one was Magdaline Stewart who married Marcus Ricketts. One was married to Lewis J. Adams.

Uncle Louis Stewart was a surgeon in New Albany, IN. He was the oldest and in addition to being a physician, owned a drug store in New Albany. My father Simeon Stewart worked in Louis's drugstore as a young man. My grandfather John Stewart was, prior to getting married a flat boat man . He worked from Pittsburgh, PA to New Orleans, LA. They would would ride the "flatboats" to New Orleans and return by steamboat.

Louis served as a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War. My father Simeon first married a Jewish lady by the last name of Abrams. They had three daughters Pearl, Jennie and Emma. Emma married Bill Maynard. They had two sons, Ken and Kermit and daughters Trixie, Bessie and Pearl. Ken and Kermit became movie actors, mostly Westerns (my grandson John remembers seeing several of their movies on TV in the 1950's.)

2. My Mothers Family:

Nicholas Baker, my Great Great Grandfather, was the engineer on the 1st steamboat to operate on the Ohio River. The boat was named the New Orleans and was owed by Nicholas Roosevelt, great grandfather of President Teddy Roosevelt. This steamboat started in Pittsburgh, PA and went down to the falls at Louisville, Ky. Indians on the riverbank were scared and ran back into the woods upon seeing the steamboat. The Bakers were related, or in someway connected with an Ash family who operated steam ferrys in Vevay, Indiana.

Baker's daughter Pheobe married my great grandfather, David Zener, after he came back from the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812. He was raised in Cincinnati, OH area. He was a captain in the Army and may have served in an Ohio Unit. He walked back to Indiana, where he settled, but on the way he suffered frostbite and almost froze to death. He was saved by a tribe of Indians who took care of him. They made wooden rockers for him to walk with and saved his feet. He lived with the Indians for three years and taught them to garden and do many other things. The Indians wanted to adopt him into the tribe, but he told them he was a white man and needed to return home.

After returning to Indiana my great grandfather Zener built a wool carding machine and many other things. He was a miller and built machinery for milling. He also raised silk worms.

My mother, Geneva (Jennie) Ayers, was 1st married to Bernard Flood, a railroad builder, who was working on the old Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, which later became the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He and my grandmother moved into Kentucky where he built more railroads.

Mr. Flood was a Catholic and mother joined that church. They had a son who died at an early age and then a daughter, Josephine Flood. They then moved back east and lived in the Shenandoah Valley, where Mr. Flood built another railroad line. My mother spoke of how beautiful the scenery was there and how warm the climate was.

Mr. Flood had a drinking problem and mother was forced to leave him, returning to live with her parents. Her father Joseph Ayers, fought for the North in the Civil War. He was a commanding officer at Camp Morton, which was located on "E" Street, Indianapolis, IN and never left Indiana during the war. He trained soldiers while at Camp Morton.

3. Episodes in a Long Life:

I recall when I was five years old that my dad Simeon Stewart, was in charge of the fairgrounds in Madison, Jefferson County, IN. We had a black porter, Walter Smith, who had been a servant for General U.S. Grant during the Civil War. He took care of me as a young boy and I loved him very much. We lived in a hotel at the fairgrounds. I recall sharing sandwiches with our pet cat. My brothers Ben and Frank and I used to slide down the beer chute in the basement of the hotel. I recall one day Ben pulled Frank and I in a little red wagon, down a hill towards the Ohio River, there was a sharp axe in the wagon and my mother was scared.

We moved on a farm, west of Paris Crossing, Jennings County, IN. I recall going out to a stack of straw and was frightened when a wolf jumped out. Some of the men chased it with dogs, but never caught it. The wolf had been shot in the leg before I saw it. I was five or six years old at the time. We moved to Hill Town about a half mile west of Paris Crossing, In, where we lived for a brief period of time, then moved to Old Paris, IN where I started school

In 1900, we moved a half mile east of Commiskey, IN, on the George Corya Farm, where we lived for about three years. My two brothers and I walked to Paris Crossing, IN where we saw out first movie. It was a distance of about 5 miles each way. I don't recall the name of the movie. It was shown on the second floor of a hardware store. I was about nine years old at the time. My brother Frank Stewart and I were attacked by a wild boar while walking in the woods near where we lived. Frank picked up a club and hit the boar on the nose and it ran off, saving us from harm. Our family took in timber cutters where we lived. They cut down a large oak tree and found the scalp of a man with red hair inside. They estimated the tree had about fifty years of growth around the scalp.

In 1902, we moved over Charles F. Lurton's Grocery on first or Main street, in Commiskey, In. Dad brought in a quail with a broken wing. Mother set the wing and we had a nice pet until it was well enough to fly. Dad took it out in the woods and let it loose.

In 1904, we moved to Paris Crossing, IN where we lived until 1906. Edgar Watson was the agent for the B & O Railroad. The station where he worked was the hangout for the local kids. He hired me to take care of the the switch lights for ten cents per day. I filled the lights with lard oil. He also started an orchestra that played in all the local events. I played the first mandolin. He wanted me to become a telegraph operator for the railroad but I didn't. He was a good man who kept a lot of young boys from getting into trouble. One rainy March day a gang of us boys hopped a freight train at Paris Crossing, IN. and rode nearly to Louisville, KY. Someone hollered we were going into Louisville and we all jumped off. Bob Craig landed in a water filled ditch and we had to wring him out. We then hopped a ride bace to Paris Crossing. We were about eleven or twelve years old at the time. One day we got lucky. A freight train came by and stopped near us. A "brakey' got off and broke into a car load of watermellons and got a big one out. When he tried to jump back on the caboose the wartermelon slipped out of his hands. Seven of us boys had all the watermelon we could eat.

My brother Ben Stewart and I rode the train to Mitchell, IN to visit the Squire family. Their mother was a sister of fathers first wife. We called them cousins but they wern't. One day while riding the cement train to the quarries, we walked over to the White River. We borrowed a skiff and crossed the river where there was a big watermelon patch. We got seven watermelons. We saw two men in a tent watching the watermelon parth. They both had shotguns.

In 1906, dad bought a house in Paris, Jennings Co., IN. It had been used as a parsonage for the Methodist Church. He paid $300.00 for this house. This is the house I painted a picture of. It was a fine old house built of brick and had 21⁄2 inch solid poplar doors and window frames. We were the third owners. It was built in the 1800's. I think the historical society has made a shrine of this house. The house is on the west side of 2nd street, across from a school. This was the first school I attended. Mother and I planted two hard maples in the front yard, which made beautiful shade threes. This is the house I left to live with my half sister Jose, in Rushville, IN. One night while walking home from Paris Crossing IN at about 9:00pm, I saw a meteor go by so close over my head that I could feel the heat. It landed about a quarter of a mile south and burned a place on the ground. It smelled like sulpher.

In May 1907, my brother Frank Stewart joined the Navy. In June 1907, my brother Ben and I joined the Navy in Seymour, IN. We were sent to Indianapolis, IN where I was turned down because of the vision in my one eye. The recruiter said "you SOB you're bline: and sent me home. Frank was sent to the Atlantic fleet and served four years. He was on the "North Dakota" and the scout cruiser "Birmingham." He was a coal passer and later an engineer. Ben was sent to the Pacific Fleet and served on the "West Virginia" he jumped ship while in Colon, South America. He got a bad conduct discharge from the Navy in 1908. He was on a ship that called at the port of San Francisco, CA> shortly after the earthquake.

One day Bob Craig, one of my friends, and I were going out of the house. I was carrying a .22 rifle and it went off accidentally. I shot myself in the foot. I had to sit for six weeks with my foot higher than my head. Dr. Gaddy probed for two inches but couldn't find the bullet. I was fifteen at the time. I carried that bullet in foor until I was twenty Then Dr. Will Smith cut it out. We had apet rooster. It would perch on the arm of my chair. Whe it wanted in the house it would knock on the door with its beak. Because it sounded like a person knocking on the door, mother would have to let it in.

In September, 1909, I went to live with my half-sister, Jose Arbuckle, who lived at 405 N. Sexton Street, Rushville, Rush Co. IN> She was my favorite. Her husband got me a job as a "cub" painter with the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co. (I&CTC). I&CTC was an electric rail line. I served my apprenticeship as a coach painter. This line (the I&CTC) originally ran all the way to Cincinnati, OH, but stopped in Connersille, IN. Another spur of the I&CTC went to Greensburg, IN.

My brother Ben Stewart married Katherine Colvin in the fall of 1910. That same year I bought a fine violin from Ferdinand Schaeffer, conductor of the Indianapolis Philharmonic Orchestra. I paid $100.00 for it. I studied violin with Guy Rubush, who gave lessons to raise money while he was studying to be a doctor.

In 1911, I saw my first airplane it looked like a box kite. The pilot was out front in the open. It was flying from the direction of Wright Field, Dayton OH and headed in the direction of St. Louis, MO.

In 1912, I saw Jan Kubeelc, a concert violinist; play at the Murat Shrine in Indianapolis, IN. He was wonderful. Later the same year I saw another violinist, Eugene Ysaye play at the Murat Shrine. He was also good, but not as good as Kubeelc.

I left the I&CTC and visited my parents until March, 13th. My brother Frank Stewart and I started for Indianapolis and we got caught in the big flood of 1913. We got as far as Shelbyville, on the "Big Four" train and found that the bridge over the Blue River was washed out. We finally got across the river and got to Indianapolis, where we stayed with Aunt "Mag" and Uncle Wilbur Malcomb. They were living at 5940 University Avenue, Irvington Section, Indianapolis, IN. My brother Ben Stewart and his wife Katherine had a son Colvin Stewart during this same flood. Their house was surrounded with water at the time and they called him their "flood baby".

My brother Frank Stewart married Della Theobald. They lived at 721 S. Audubon Street, Indianapolis, IN. I boarded with them until fall. I then returned to Rushville, IN and went back to work for the I&CIC. Frank was working for Uncle Wilber Malcomb in Indianaplis, IN. doing carpentry work. It was still 1913.

My brother Frank and I then opened a general painting shop at 400 S. Audubon Street, Indianapolis, IN. There we did sign and house painting. We shared a phone with Perry Wysong, a barber who was a drunk. One day I looked in his shop and he was sitting with a towel around his head. He had put a sign on the door saying "home sick." The phone was on the wall between us. We painted our Uncle and Aunt Malcomb's house. While I working on the dog house I heard Frank, who was up on the roof, yell. He had been stung by a wasp on the nose, which swelled to twice its normal size and did it hurt.

One Sunday my brother Frank and I walked out to the Indianapolis Speedway, which was about 8 miles. We saw "Wild Bob" Burman break the world speed record of 79.4 MPH. The Speedway had only been open for three years at the time. Although I've been to see the time trials several times over th years, this was the only time I went to see the actual race.

Prior to my brother Frank getting married, he and I "batched" it for awhile. One week we lived on brick cheese and olive oil. One day we looked outside and saw an undertaker. Frank said "My God they're after us." Franks girl Della, had a sister in law, Shirley Corey, who worked for Mrs. Shipp, as a companion. Shirley and I started going together. One night we went to Riverside Park and did not get home until 2:00 AM. When I got home Frank and Della were locked out. They were on the back porch crying and were ready to shoot me. I worked with Frank until fall and then returned to work at the I&CTC
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Marriage: 25 Dec 1915, Christian Church, Bloomington Indiana, by Reverand Crawley

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