Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Daniel STEWART, deceased; born in Scotland in the year 1799; in 1825, he removed 
to this country, locating in Herkimer Co., N. Y., where he resided until 1836, 
when he removed to Illinois, locating near Wilmington in the fall of that year; 
here he engaged in farming, which was his occupation up to the time of his death, 
which occurred Aug. 15, 1874. His marriage to Miss Calphurnia JACKSON, of Herkimer, 
N. Y., was in 1836; she survived him but a few years, her death occurring Nov. 9, 
1877; by this union, there were seven sons, only two of whom are living - Peter D. 
and Jerome B., now residents of Wilmington. Thomas enlisted in the 39th I. V. I. 
in August 1861; wounded Oct. 13, 1864, at the battle of Petersburg, and died of 
wounds on the 30th of the same month; Lincoln died at Chicago May 15, 1875.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.