Person:John Stuart (38)

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JOHN HOPKINS STUART - born in Rockbridge county, September 15, 1811, and Jane E. McCown, born in this county, September 15, 1822, were here united in marriage on the 13th of March, 1845. He was a son of Walker and Polly (mcClure) Stuart, and his wife's parents were John and Polly (Culton) McCown. Joy and sorrow have visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, seven children have been born to them and death has taken four away. This birth and death record is: Mary E., born March 11, 1846; E. E., born March 27, 1848, died September 29, 1879; John A., born June 17, 1850, died June 4, 1862; Robert W., born December 24, 1852; Margaret J., born November 11, 1856, died June 6, 1862; Frances E., born August 29, 1860; Charley, born December 23, 1864, died September 24, 1865. The occupation of John H. Stuart is farming, and his postoffice address is Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge county, Virginia.

Source: Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia (NY, Richmond, and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty and Company Publishers, 1884). p. 411.

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