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Captain John M. Stuart
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Captain John M. Stuart
- Born: 1817, Sussex Co., DE 2
- Marriage (1): Mary H. Baker on 31 Aug 1840 in Sussex Co., DE 1
- Died: Abt 1854, Sussex Co., DE
 Notes:
In Feb 15 1840, John and Mahala Stuart, widow of Peter Stuart deceased, of the village of Concord, Sussex Co. sold for $10 to Thomas Adams, three lots in Concord; Lots 151, 152, 153 adjoining Lot 150, now in the possession of John and Mahala Stuart. (SxLR)
1850 census states he was a sailor. He is not listed in the 1860 Census with his wife and children. This indicates he probably died after 1850 and before 1860. However, his son John Michael Stuart (perhaps a junior??) was born in 1854 suggesting a death year for Capt. J.M. Stuart at c1854.
John married Mary H. Baker, daughter of Thomas* Baker and Nancy (?), on 31 Aug 1840 in Sussex Co., DE.1 (Mary H. Baker was born on 12 Oct 1819 in Sussex Co., DE,3 4 5 6 died on 01 Oct 1890 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE 7 and was buried about 04 Oct 1890 in Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.)
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Sources
1
DE Marriage Records, Vol. 46 pg. 63.
2
1850 DE Census, Listed as John Stewart, age 33, in the 11th subdivision, Sussex Co., DE.
3
1850 DE Census, Listed as Mary H. Stewart, age 20, in the 11th subdivision, Sussex Co., DE.
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1860 DE Census, Listed as age 40 in the 1860, Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex Co., DE Census.
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1870 DE Census, Listed as Mary Stewart, age 50, in Wilmington #26, New Castle Co., DE. She is in household of Jesse Shiles.
6
1880 DE Census, Listed as Mary H. Stewart, age 60, in Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
7
DE Death Certificate.
