Biography of John M. Steward, pages 668 / 669.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.   Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John M. Steward, son of James P. and  Fanny Steward, pioneers of De Kalb 
County, Ind., was born in Jackson Township, Jul 6, 1841.  James P. was born 
Sept. 12, 1792.  He first married Salley Bidwell Nov. 17, 1816, to whom were 
born seven children---Eliza, Horace, Mary, Irena, James L., Caroline and 
Salley, of whom none are now living.  Salley, his wife died March 10, 1833.  
He again married, Oct 23, 1833, Mrs. Fanny Pellet, a daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. McGown, born Nov. 25, 1802.  She was married to Richard Pellet Jan. 2, 
1825, and to them were born three children---Lucinda, Adelbert and Richard.  
Richard and Lucinda are deceased.  Richard Pellet died April 15, 1829.  To 
Mr. and Mrs. Steward were born four children---Harriet N., now Mrs. 
Jonathan Ervin; Dulcena, David W., and John M.  Dulcena is deceased.  
James P. Steward died Jan. 2, 1841, and in 1844 or 1845, his widow married 
John Watson, and early pioneer to Indiana, from the State of Maryland, and 
settled and lived in Jackson Township.  To them was born one son---James W., 
who is now dead.  Mrs. Watson died Sept, 5 and Mr. Watson Sept. 26, 1871.  
James P. and Fanny Steward emigrated from Pennsylvania to Indiana in 1836, 
entered and bought eighty acres of land on section 36, Jackson Township, 
which is now the property of John M., the youngest son.  Nine children , 
as follows, came with them to Indiana---Eliza, Horace, Irena, James L., 
Caroline, Sally, Harriet N., and Dulcena Steward and Lucinda Pellet.  John 
M. has made this township his home a greater part of his life.  In 1861 and 
1862 he worked with J. and R. Ettinger, in Auburn and Waterloo, at the 
cabinet-maker’s trade.  With this exception, and the time he was in the 
army, he has devoted his attention to agricultural machinery.  He enlisted 
in Company A, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, Aug. 10, 1862, and served 
nearly three years, his discharge bearing date of June 7, 1865.  He was in 
the campaign with General Buell against General Bragg, and in the battles 
of Perryville, Tullahoma and Stone River with General Rosecrans, in battles 
of Stevenson, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and 
Tunnell Hill and intermediate skirmishes with Generals Thomas and Sherman; 
in battles of Ringgold, Buzzard’s Roost, Rocky-face, Resaca, Kingston, Rome, 
Allatoona Pass, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River, Decatur and Atlanta, 
and all intermediate skirmishes; with Sherman to the sea, through the 
Carolinas, via Richmond to Washington City, D.C., and was in review at 
Richmond, May 11, 1865, and also in grand review at Washington, May 24, 
1865.  After his discharge he returned to Indiana.  March 3, 1866, he 
married Mrs. Lydia J. Steward, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Tarney, 
early pioneers to Indiana from Ohio, and widow of his brother James L., 
who was a soldier in Company B, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry, and died at 
Fort Fisher, N.C., Feb. 14, 1865, leaving six children, Samuel T., 
Elizabeth T., now Mrs. Samuel George; Jasper N., Ida A., now Mrs. James 
Furnish; Lewis W., Eva J., now Mrs. Wm. C. Reed.  To Mr. and Mrs. John M. 
Steward have been born two children---Adelbert Sherman and Rosella Myrmetta. 
Mr. Steward is of patriotic parentage, his father having served in the war 
of 1812.  His brother, David W., served in Company E., Eleventh Indiana 
Zouaves.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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