Norman Stewart1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3424, (1874 - 1910)
FatherBryce Stewart4,3,5 (22 Apr 1811 - 22 Jan 1894)
MotherSallie West Cobb4,5,3 (11 Apr 1849 - 29 Sep 1922)

Key Events:

Birth: 18 Feb 1874, Edinburgh, Scotland6,7,8
Marriage: 23 Nov 1897, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, Mary Taylor (5 Apr 1875 - Jan 1968)9,10,11
Death: 3 Jan 1910, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania12,13,14
Burial: 6 Jan 1910, Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania15,1
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     Norman Stewart was born on 18 Feb 1874 in Edinburgh, Scotland.6,7,8
     He immigrated to the U.S. when his parents returned home from their extended wedding tour of Europe, arriving with them in New York on 20 Aug 1874 aboard the Bothnia.16,17,18
     He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of his parents, Bryce Stewart and Sallie West Cobb.2
     Norman was named an heir in the will of Bryce Stewart, his father, dated 6 May 1891 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, to receive one-quarter of his property in Virginia, and one-third of his property in Tennessee Kentucky, Florida, and Arkansas. His share was to be held in trust until he reached age 25, and his father urged him to leave it with the executors to invest after that. He was to receive from his share up to $1200 per year for his education and maintenance.
     His father's will was probated in Clarksville on 26 Jan 1894.19 No inventories of the estate have been found, but newspaper accounts of the probate estimated the values of the estate at $500,000 to $1,000,000.20
     After the death of his father, he and his mother lived in Clarksville as late as 1895.21 Norman and his mother moved to Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, where her sisters Marina and Virginia were living.22,23
     Norman married Mary Taylor, daughter of James P. Taylor and Margaret D. Ayres, on 23 Nov 1897 in Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, with Rev. A. L. Benton, pastor the Presbyterian Church, officiating.9,10,11
     Norman and Mary appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, on South Main St., enumerated 14 Jun 1900, reporting that the family owned its home, mortgage free. Their son Norman was listed as living with them, as were two servants, Lizzie Dolan, age 18 and a cook, and Carrie M. Hibbard, a widow age 26 and a nurse.24
     He reported his occupation as capitalist on the 1900 census, but reported he was a druggist six years later when he applied for citizenship.25,26
     Norman applied for citizenship in the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on 26 Sep 1906, while living in Scranton. The application seems to have been approved, although the final order has not been found. While he claimed citizenship on the 1900 census, his father was not a citizen and apparently his mother's citizenship was insufficient to qualify him.27,28
     Norman died on 3 Jan 1910 in Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, at age 35.12,13,14 He was buried on 6 Jan 1910 in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.15,1

Children:
     Children with Mary Taylor:

  • Norman T. Stewart24,29 (6 Jul 1898 - 1 Oct 1970)
  • John Stewart29,30 (13 Nov 1904 - 19 Apr 1918)

Citations

  1. [S3296] Norman Stewart tombstone, Montrose Cemetery.
  2. [S391] Bryce Stewart household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  3. [S5370] Norman Stewart, Certificate of Death.
  4. [S391] Bryce Stewart household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows them in the same household, apparently living as parent and child (the relationship column is not populated).
  5. [S645] Titus, Picturesque Clarksville, pg 384.
  6. [S10050] Marriage Applications, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, 1875, no. 213, Norman Stewart and Mary Taylor, affidavit of applicant, shows date, city, and state.
  7. [S5370] Norman Stewart, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and country.
  8. [S391] Bryce Stewart household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows age 6 and state, as Tennessee.
  9. [S10050] Marriage Applications, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, 1875, no. 213, Norman Stewart and Mary Taylor, return, shows date, city, and officant.
  10. [S3314] Norman Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows them as married 2 years.
  11. [S3321] Sally W. Stewart household, 1910 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows his wife as Sally's daughter-in-law.
  12. [S5369] Sallie West Stewart, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and county.
  13. [S3296] Norman Stewart tombstone, Montrose Cemetery, shows year.
  14. [S3321] Sally W. Stewart household, 1910 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows his wife as a widow.
  15. [S5368] Jennie Cobb Williams, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  16. [S3319] Bothnia arrival 20 Aug 1874, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, pg 1, shows Bryce Stewart age 63, Julia (or Sulia) W. age 25, and Norman age 9 mo.
  17. [S3316] Speer, Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans, pg 387, shows he traveled to Europe in 1866, 1873, and 1881, each time traveling nearly two years over the continent.
  18. [S3317] Norman Stewart, Naturalization Petitions for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, shows month, year, and port of entry.
  19. [S8704] Will Books, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, S:575, will of Bryce Stewart.
  20. [S10056] "Bryce Stewart's Will," Nashville Banner, 26 Jan 1894.
  21. [S3324] "Clarksville, Tennessee City Directory, 1895," Ancestry.com, records for Sallie W. Stewart, Norman Stewart, and Mamie Tapscott, show address.
  22. [S3324] "Clarksville, Tennessee City Directory, 1895," Ancestry.com, records for Sallie W. Stewart and Norman Stewart, shows them both residing at 303 Main.
  23. [S3317] Norman Stewart, Naturalization Petitions for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, shows he had lived continuously in Pennsylvania since Dec 1884, or perhaps 1894. The year is unclear, but appears more like 1884. But other evidence says they were still in Clarksville until 1894 or 1895, and Bryce died in Jan 1894.
  24. [S3314] Norman Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.
  25. [S3314] Norman Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as capitalist.
  26. [S3317] Norman Stewart, Naturalization Petitions for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, shows occupation as druggist.
  27. [S3317] Norman Stewart, Naturalization Petitions for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
  28. [S3319] Bothnia arrival 20 Aug 1874, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, pg 1, shows him and his father as "belonging" to Scotland and his mother to the USA.
  29. [S3321] Sally W. Stewart household, 1910 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as Sally's grandson.
  30. [S5371] John Stewart, Certificate of Death.