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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Malcolm N. M. STEWART, banking, Wilmington; born in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N. Y., 
July 24, 1834, and is a son of Peter and Elizabeth STEWART; in 1836, his father's 
family removed to Illinois, locating in the north part of the present city of 
Wilmington, the location having been selected by his father the year previous; 
this has been the home of the subject of this sketch since the above date. At the 
breaking-out of the war in 1861, he enlisted in the Chicago Dragoons (April 17), 
being the first volunteer from Will Co.; on the 15th of July 1862, he enlisted in 
the 100th I. V. I., receiving his commission of First Lieutenant of Co. A on the 
30th of the following month; promoted to Captain in September, 1864, and on the 
13th of March, 1865, received Brevet Major's commission; during his term of 
service, he participated in the following battles; Phillipi, Rich Mountain, 
Laurel Hill, Chaplin Hill, Stone River, Chickamauga, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, 
New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Columbia, Franklin 
and Nashville. Owns several tracts of farm and coal lands; also city property. 
Married in 1871, to Miss Annie, eldest daughter of A. J. and Jane MCINTYRE; two 
children by the union - Jean and Margaret. Mr. STEWART is giving considerable 
attention to thoroughbred horses, having imported from both France and England 
some very fine stock.


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