A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . cMrl4^ cM^J- cJvaxC^-nJ o^^ IlS^^ ?\3?>^ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 423 ily across the ocean, and sailed for Americain 1847. Willi many other emigTants hetook passage in a large vessel named thePrince James, and, althong-h they had a veryrough voyage, linally reached New York,having jjeen thirteen weeks on the this time there had been forty-twodeaths among the passengers. The nextyear Mrs. Stewart followed her husband,bringing two children with her, leaving onelittle grave in Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart located in Liv-in
A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . cMrl4^ cM^J- cJvaxC^-nJ o^^ IlS^^ ?\3?>^ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 423 ily across the ocean, and sailed for Americain 1847. Willi many other emigTants hetook passage in a large vessel named thePrince James, and, althong-h they had a veryrough voyage, linally reached New York,having jjeen thirteen weeks on the this time there had been forty-twodeaths among the passengers. The nextyear Mrs. Stewart followed her husband,bringing two children with her, leaving onelittle grave in Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart located in Liv-ingston county, New York, he engaging asa farm hand, but in the spring of 1856 hemoved to Peoria county, Illinois, where hebought a small piece of new land, which hestarted to improve; but he was killed in ex-cavating a well in the fall of 1859, and thusdied when only thirty-six years of Stewart was thus left with four chil-dren, the oldest, Robert, only sixteen yearsold. Plowever, she was a woman of greatforce of character and resolved to do herbes
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