Title	Mr.
Last Name	Stewart
First Name	William
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Place of Birth	Montwille, ME
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Place of Death	Ripey, ME
Date of Death	1928-05-25
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 6-7-1928 p5
Obituary	Taps have again sounded and this time another gallant soldier, of the fast disappearing host of Civil War veterans, has answered the call of the great Commander. William, Stewart, a long-time resident of Ripley, died here on May 25th, aged 87 years. He was a member of Co.B. of the 26th Regiment of Maine Infantry and belonged to a family of soldiers. He and five brothers responded to the call to arms in the dark days of the Rebellion, all were in the army at the same time, and the five did time in Rebel prisons, but all survived their terms of service. The subject of this sketch was born in Montville in this state, the son of Charles and Diana (Carver) Stewart, was one of a family of eleven, and he was justly proud of his Mayflower ancestry, his paternal forbears being able to trace their lineage back to Stuarts of Scotland, and his maternal grandfather was Lord Carver, one of the early Colonial governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; and the father of the deceased was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. Stewart was twice married, first to Eldora Jones of Ripley, daughter of Micah Jones, one of the pioneers of the town. One child was born to them, Charles Elmer who married Miss Evelyn Clark of Machias and died on March 26,1920, The soldiers second wife was Mrs. Emma Cross Leather of St. Albans, who died some ten years ago. He was a resident of Ripley from the time of his first marriage in 1873 to the time of his death. He was of robust constitution, of strong mentality and retained his intellectual powers in a marked degree to the time of his death. In the gathering twilight of life he was tenderly cared for by his devoted daughter-in-law, the widow of his deceased son and for her he had the greatest affection. The funeral took place in the village church in Ripley, it appropriately occurring on Memorial Sunday. Rev. W.H. Dunham of Dexter officiated, and delivered a well-deserved eulogy of the deceased. Among the attendants were Rev. H.H. Hathaway and wife of Harmony, Mrs. Hathaway being formerly Miss Susie Jones, a niece of the deceased, and his only blood relative in this vicinity. C.B. Donworth with Mrs. E.C. Donworth and her daughter, Mary and Margaret, all of Machias and close friends of the deceased, were present at the funeral.