Private, Company F, 6th Iowa Infantry
Son of Alexander & L. C. Stewart. He was born on July 22, 1839 in Athens, Athens County, Ohio. He removed to Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa where he resided when he enlisted as a Wagoner in Company F of the 6th Iowa Infantry in July 1, 1861 and he was mustered into national service on July 17, 1861. He was wounded in the knee at the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi on July 16, 1863 and discharged due to disability with the rank of Private on March 16, 1864 at Keokuck Iowa.
His marriage to Lucy Ellen Orr on March 6, 1862 was recorded in Clarke County, Iowa. She was born August 5, 1845 in Ohio and died September 11, 1903, Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska. They had a son Oliver Otto Stewart, who was born May 10, 1878 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattomie, Iowa.
Henry Clayton Stewart died February 2, 1918 in Orting, Pierce County, Washington
Sources: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; “From F. B. Johnson, of the Iowa 6th,” published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, 1 AUG 1863; Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1, p. 888; Ancstral File record at http://www.familysearch.org/; Clarke County Iowa Early Marriages 1852-1873, p. 23
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From F. B. Johnson, of the Iowa 6th
Son of Alexander & L. C. Stewart. He was born on July 22, 1839 in Athens, Athens County, Ohio. He removed to Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa where he resided when he enlisted as a Wagoner in Company F of the 6th Iowa Infantry in July 1, 1861 and he was mustered into national service on July 17, 1861. He was wounded in the knee at the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi on July 16, 1863 and discharged due to disability with the rank of Private on March 16, 1864 at Keokuck Iowa.
His marriage to Lucy Ellen Orr on March 6, 1862 was recorded in Clarke County, Iowa. She was born August 5, 1845 in Ohio and died September 11, 1903, Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska. They had a son Oliver Otto Stewart, who was born May 10, 1878 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattomie, Iowa.
Henry Clayton Stewart died February 2, 1918 in Orting, Pierce County, Washington
Sources: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; “From F. B. Johnson, of the Iowa 6th,” published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, 1 AUG 1863; Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1, p. 888; Ancstral File record at http://www.familysearch.org/; Clarke County Iowa Early Marriages 1852-1873, p. 23
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From F. B. Johnson, of the Iowa 6th
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