Family:James Stewart and Mary Redden (1)

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James H. Stewart
b. Oct 1833 North Carolina
d. Bet 1900 and 1910 Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States
Parents: Unknown Christopher and Harriet Polk
Mary Ann Christopher
b. Bet 1837 and 1839 Illinois, United States
d. Bet 1872 and 1877 Douglas, Illinois, United States
m. 7 Sep 1860 Edgar, Illinois, United States
Facts and Events
Marriage[1] 7 Sep 1860 Edgar, Illinois, United States
Children
BirthDeath
1.
James Stewart
1859 Douglas, Illinois, United States
Bet 1860 and 1870 Douglas, Illinois, United States
2.
Charles N. Stewart
4 Dec 1861 Douglas, Illinois, United States
28 Mar 1924 Witchita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
3.
Marion H. Stewart
1867 Douglas, Illinois, United States
Aft 1910 Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States
4.
Francis Ellsworth Stewart
17 Oct 1869 Douglas, Illinois, United States
Aug 1941 Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States
5.
Sarah Stewart
1872 Douglas, Illinois, United States
Aft 1880 Douglas, Illinois, United States
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Their marriage date is inconclusive. Sometimes the Brushy Fork families did not record their marriages, so there may be no record of these two marrying. However, the records in Edgar County for 1860 and Douglas County in 1867 are intriguing. Our Mary's father's last name could have been Christopher. A white Thomas Christopher lives in the New Albany/Hitesville district of Coles County in 1850 though he can't be located in the 1840 census. She could also be Mary Pollard and be James Stewart's second wife and Francis and Sarah might be her only biological children since this is the child who is living with the Wilmots in 1880 (though granted she is also the youngest). If she is Mary Pollard, she is not the same woman as Mary J. Pollard who married Ely Hinds in Douglas County in 1870 and who is the daughter of George & Eliza Pollard. All of this makes it sound unlikely that our Mary Redden is Mary Pollard; it seems more plausible that she could be Mary Christopher.

References
  1. ↑ Illinois State Archives, and Illinois State Genealogical Society. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900. (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Archives, 1985–Present).

    James H. Stewart married Sarah Goss 1877 Mar 1 Bk. 1/p. 21 Douglas County

    James H. Stewart married Mary Christopher 1860 Sept 7 Bk. B/p. 36 Edgar County

    James Stewart married Mary Pollard 1867 Sept 21 Bk. 1/p.86 #783 Douglas County

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