BIO: Stewart - Warren Co History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Madison Township, page 448 BURWELL J. STEWART was born in Petersburg, Ind., August 25, 1818, and is said to have been the first child born on the site of that town. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Simonton) Stewart. The father was previously married to Rachel Wright, by whom he is the father of one child, now living in Kansas. Thomas was born in Virginia, and raised in Warren County, Ky. When a young man he was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and was sent into Pike County, Ind., and liking the country he resolved to locate there, which he did some time after marrying his first wife. They came on pack horses, and settled on a farm in the above named county. The father filled a number of different offices, and was a member of the State Legislature about nine terms. He died November 6, 1850. The mother was born in North Carolina, but was raised in Ohio. She came to Indiana, when quite young. Her death occurred December 24, 1848. Our subject was raised on the old homestead, and now owns part of the old place. His education is somewhat limited, but he was aided very much in his studies by Maj. John McIntyre. About 1836 he began flat-boating, and went to New Orleans every winter. June 5, 1845, he married Hemmer Ann Catt, and they became the parents of eight children, two dying in infancy. Six sons were raised to manhood, but only five are now living: Lawrence W. (decesed), Alexander L., John T., Stephen A.D., Robert M. and Clarence P. Mr. Stewart is a Democrat. His eldest son, Lawrence, now deceased, was a cripple from childhood. He acquired a good education and graduated from the State Normal. He was elected to the Legislature in 1876-77, and was county superintendent of schools of Pike County two terms, his death occurring while in office. The other sons are farmers, and are doing well, financially. The two youngest are yet at home. From: "Phyllis Hill" Date: 21 May 1998