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Veteran’s Information
Veteran’s Name: Francis Marion STEWART
Birth Date: 1846
Location: Illinois
Death Date: 8 February 1926
Location: Orange County, California
Buried at (Cemetery): Fairhaven Memorial Park
Plot Location: W-473
GPS Coordinates: N33° 46' 11.43636" W117°
50' 36.75017"
(DMS) Datum: NAD83. Coordinates are +/- 1.00 feet of the grave location.
Side Served: Union
Rank: Private
Company: G
Unit: 148th Infantry Regiment
State: Illinois
Occupation: Farmer, Traveling Salesman
Family Information
Parents –
Father: Peter Stewart
Birth Date/Location: 23 March 1818, Pennsylvania
Death Date/Location: 20 July 1903, Henry County, Illinois
Mother: Eliza Jane Pyatt
Birth Date/Location: August 1823, Ohio
Death Date/Location: Unknown
Spouse: Carrie M. Edwards
Birth Date/Location: 1855, Illinois
Death Date/Location: 1904, Delta County, Colorado
Marriage Date/Location: 20 November 1873, Henry County, Illinois
Children –
Name: Harry S. Stewart
Birth Date/Location: August 1874, Henry County, Illinois
Death Date/Location: Unknown
Name: Ralph Edwards Stewart
Birth Date/Location: July 1876, Henry County, Illinois
Death Date/Location: 1 November 1960, Seattle, King County, WAshington
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Name: Clyde Herbert Stewart
Birth Date/Location: 6 July 1878, Henry County, Illinois
Death Date/Location: 11 March 1938, Delta, Delta County, Colorado
Name: Jack Floyd E. Stewart
Birth Date/Location: 8 February 1884, Henry County, Illinois
Death Date/Location: 17 July 1947, Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois
Name: Alta G. Stewart
Birth Date/Location: October 1886, Illinois
Death Date/Location: Unknown
Spouse: M. Evelyn A. Walton (Tucker)
Birth Date/Location: 1860, Illinois
Death Date/Location: 20 November 1939, Orange County, California
Marriage Date/Location: 31 December 1906, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado
Children – stepsons
Name: Charles Orwell Tucker
Birth Date/Location: 19 April 1896, Illinois
Death Date/Location: 3 October 1988, Orange County, California
Name: Floyd Tucker
Birth Date/Location: Illinois
Death Date/Location: unknown
Name: C T Tucker
Birth Date/Location: Illinois
Death Date/Location: unknown
Additional Information
Member of Gordon Granger Post No 138, GAR
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Francis M Steward age 18 and born in Henry County, Illinois enlisted as a Private in
in Co G, 148th Illinois US Infantry on 28 January 1865 at Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois for a
period of 1 year. Living in Morristown, Henry County, Illinois he was single and a farmer. He
mustered in 28 January 1865 and mustered out 5 September 1865 in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tennessee.
Photograph of tombstone for Francis M. Stewart, Fairhaven Memorial Park, Orange County, California
taken by Charles Lewis Beal, 7/13/201. Used with the permission of Charles Beal.
Sources
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Compiled by Fred Delap in cooperation with the Illinois State Archives,
http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp
• Record for Francis M Steward
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148th Illinois Infantry Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, Volume 7,
Revised by Brigadier General J.N. Reece, Adjutant General, 1900
http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyil/148th_il_infantry.html
Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls);
Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
 District 7, Dubuque County, Iowa; Roll M432_183, Page 72A, Family 1068, Record for Frances
M Stewart
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 Western, Henry County, Illinois; Roll M653_182, Page 1035, Family 21, Record for M Stewart
1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington,
D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
 Colona, Henry County, Illinois; Roll M593_229, Page 355B, Family 12, Record for Frank
Stewart
Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the
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 Colona, Henry County, Illinois; Roll T9_213, Page 234A, ED: 105, Family 188, Record for
Francis M. Stewart
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Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls
 Delta, Delta County, Colorado; Roll T623_122, Page 14B, ED: 0014, Family 318. Record for
Francis Stewart
 Colona, Henry County, Illinois; Roll T623_306, Page 6A, ED: 0008, Family 105, Record for
Peter C Stewart
Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records
of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
 North Delta, Delta County, Colorado; Roll T624_114, Page 7B, ED: 0026, Family 164, Record
for Francis M Stewart
 Western, Henry County, Illinois; Roll T624_291, Page 13A, ED: 0141, Family 306, Record for
Eliza Stewart
Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
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"Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KNQP-D63 : accessed 22 March 2015), Francis M Stewart and
M Evelyn Tucker, 31 Dec 1906, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States; citing p. 2395, State
Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,138 .
Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Record for Jack Floyd E. Stewart
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Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 – 1900, Searchable Database,
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
• Record for Francis M Stewart and Carrie M Edwards
• Record for Peter Steward and Eliza Jane Pyatt
World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National
Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls
 Record for Clyde Herbert Stewart, Delta County, Colorado
 Record Ralph Edwards Stewart, Kings County, Washington
 Record for Jack Earl Stewart, Wayne County, Michigan
United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth
Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives
and Records Administration.
• Record for Jack Earl Stewart
California, Death Index, 1905-1939. California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital
Records
• Record for Francis M Stewart
• Record for Evelyn A Stewart
State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California
Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
• Record for Charles Orwell Tucker, Mother's Maiden Name: Walton
Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2008.
• Record for Ralph Edwards Stewart
Findagrave.com, searchable database of cemeteries with tombstone inscriptions, memorials and
photographs
 Memorial 20978663, Created by Gamie Pamie. Record for Francis M. Stewart
 Memorial 20978636, Created by Gamie Pamie. Record for Evelyn A. Stewart
 Memorial 33522344, Created by Lynn Williams. Record for Carrie M. Edwards Stewart
 Memorial 33522587, Created by Lynn Williams, Record for Clyde H Stewart
 Memorial 18300025, Created by Patsy Lubben DiMarco. Record for Delbert Ashton Stewart
 Memorial 66449394, Created by Debra Spengler, Record for Peter C Stewart
 Memorial 66449425, Created by Debran Spengler, Record for Eliza J Platt Stewart
“Hold Services for F. M. Stewart:, Santa Ana Register, Santa Ana, California, Friday, February 12,
1926, Pg 23, Col 8
“Francis Stewart Dies in Orange”, Santa Ana Register, Santa Ana, California, Tuesday, February 9,
1926, Pg 17, Col 5
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