The Voisin/Stewart Family
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Husband: Joshua Thompson Stewart
Born: 02 August 1862 1
Married: 04 June 1913 17 18
Died: 07 October 1940 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania 3 4
Indiana Memorial Hospital

Buried: 09 October 1940 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania 10
Greenwood Cemetery

Father: James Stewart
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Cole
Spouses: Emma Mack

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Joshua Thompson Stewart
1912
Wife: Genevieve Morrison
Born: 14 March 1879 in East Mahoning Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania 13
Died: 29 November 1942 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania 14
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01 (M): J. Richard "Dick" Stewart
Born: 22 March 1922 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Died: 18 March 2005 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania
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Joshua Thompson Stewart:

*RELN: GGU (5)

Biography: 1913, Indiana County, Pennsylvania 2

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Joshua T. Stewart was educated in the public schools of Buffington township, the select schools at Strongstown, Armagh and Greenville, Millersville State normal school, Ada (Ohio) Normal University, and Indiana State normal school. He was reared on a farm in Buffington township. He became a member of the East Union United Presbyterian Church at the age of sixteen and was elected superintendent of the Sabbath school of the same church at the age of seventeen. At the age of eighteen he entered the profession of teaching in his native township, where he taught three terms of school; also taught two terms of school in West Wheatfield township. After having taught five terms in the public schools and attending school three or four months in the summer, besides assisting his parents on the farm, he decided to enter the Indiana State normal school, from which he graduated in 1888. After graduating he taught one term as assistant principal of the public schools of Indiana borough. The following summer he conducted a select school at Smithport, Banks township, Indiana county.

On Jan. 1, 1889, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Emma Mack, a daughter of Hugh and Mary Ann (McCrorey) Mack, of West Wheatfield township, and they went to housekeeping in Mechanicsburg borough, where he taught the two winters and three summers following. His select schools in this place were very largely attended and many young men and women were prepared to enter the teaching profession. He then purchased the store of William Goffe, in Centerville, Pa., and having been elected as principal of the public schools of New Florence, Pa., decided to locate at Centerville. With the help of his wife and clerks he managed the store and taught two winters and one summer at New Florence and one summer at Armagh, Pa. These two summer terms were conducted jointly by Prof. C. A. Campbell and J. T. Stewart. There were one hundred and twenty-five students enrolled in the school at Armagh, ninety of whom were in the teachers' grade. The joint school held the following year at Armagh and New Florence enrolled two hundred students, the majority of whom were teachers. The two following summers J. T. Stewart taught at Grisemore, Pa., a country place where two very successful terms of school were held. In these schools, teachers from Indiana, Cambria and Westmoreland counties were enrolled.

He then decided to be a candidate for the superintendency of the schools of Indiana county and moved in 1895 to Indiana, Pa., that he might be in a convenient place to make a canvass for the office. He was defeated for the office in 1896 and engaged to teach school at Greenville (Penn Run), Pa., where he taught two summers and one winter term. The attendance at his summer terms was very large, the enrollment being one hundred each time. The schools were a decided success and the work was highly appreciated by the pupils and citizens.

In 1899 he was elected on first ballot by a handsome majority over three other candidates, as the superintendent of the schools of Indiana county, which position he held for nine years. During his term the schools increased in number and efficiency and the Teachers' County Institute and Directors' Association were a pronounced success. At the close of his three terms as superintendent of the schools he with his family went to Greeley, Colo., where they spent the winter, returning in the spring to their home on Philadelphia street, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Emma, the wife of J. T. Stewart, died Nov. 15, 1910. She was a member of the first United Presbyterian Church of Indiana, Pa. She was a loving wife and devoted mother, and would bear suffering without a complaint that others might be comforted. She is buried in the Greenwood cemetery at Indiana, Pa. Their children are: (1) Joseph Mack, born in Mechanicsburg, Jan. 9, 1890, was educated in the public schools of Indiana borough, Greeley normal school and the Indiana State normal school. At the age of seventeen he taught the Ferguson school in White township, Indiana county, with marked success. He was employed for two years surveying for the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad Company, and resigned to accept a position as bookkeeper in the Citizens' National Bank of Indian, Pa., which position he held for one year, when he was elected as the cashier of the Bolivar National Bank, and in May, 1913, was elected cashier of the Merchants' & Miners' Deposit Bank of Portage, Pa., at a salary of $1,500. On Oct. 28, 1911, he was married to Emma Sacks. They have one child, Joseph Mack Stewart, Jr., born Dec. 13, 1912. (2) Elizabeth Mary Edna, born in Centerville, Feb. 10, 1894, graduated from the public schools of Indiana borough in 1910, and is now a senior in the Indiana State normal school. The son and daughter are both members of the First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana, Pa. (3) A third child, Irene, was born Feb. 4, 1897, and died May 8, 1897.

While living in Mechanicsburg, J. T. Stewart was elected and ordained as elder of the United Presbyterian Church of that place, and served in the same capacity in the New Florence United Presbyterian Church, and at present is the clerk of the session of the First United Presbyterian Church at Indiana, Pa. He is a director of the Citizens' National Bank and secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Indiana, Pennsylvania.

On June 4, 1913, he married Genevieve Morrison, a graduate of the Indiana State normal school and a teacher of successful experience. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison, of East Mahoning township, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.

Cause of Death: Malignant carcinoma of the pylorus [stomach]

Obituary: 07 October 1940, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph 5

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Joshua Stewart
Served in Legislature For Three Terms

Indiana, Pa., Oct. 7 (AP) Joshua T. Stewart, 78, who served three terms in the State Assembly and was a Republican candidate for a fourth term at next month's election, died today in an Indiana hospital of complications that developed after an operation.

Stewart served nine years as county [superintendent] of schools and was state deputy of weights and measures from 1927 to 1934.

He leaves his wife, five sons and daughters.

Obituary: 07 October 1940, Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania; The Indiana Gazette 6

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J. T. Stewart, Assemblyman, Passes Away
Veteran Lawmaker Dies In Hospital at 9:12 A. M. After Operation
Long and Useful Career in Education and Politics Closes

J. T. Stewart, veteran lawmaker, educator and historian, died at (:12 o'clock this morning in the Indiana Hospital, where he had been admitted for an operation August 17.

With his passing, Indiana County lost one of its most active and well known citizens, whose career of civic usefulness dated from his entry into the teaching profession at the age of 18 and did not terminate until his death at the age of 78.

First elected to the State Assembly in 1935, he had served three full terms and was the nominee of the Republican party for a fourth. In addition to an active career in politics and education, Mr. Stewart found time to pen a history of the county, to engage actively in civic and religious functions and to [form] friendships throughout the county. He was engaged in private business at different times, once as proprietor of a store and another time as an insurance agent.

Joshua T. Stewart was born August 22, 1862, in Buffington Township, the son of James and Elizabeth Jane (Cole) Stewart and grandson of Major James Stewart, who was born in the same township in 1796.

Receiving his early education in the public schools of Buffington Township and select schools in Strongstown, Armagh and Greenville (Penn Run), he later attended the Millersville State Normal School, the Ada, Ohio, Normal University and the Indiana Normal School, now the State Teachers College. He was graduated from the latter in 1888.

He became a member of the East Union United Presbyterian Church at the age of 16 and was elected Sunday School superintendent at 17.

He entered the teaching profession at 18 in his native township, where he taught three terms, later teaching in West Wheatfield Township. He also taught school at Smithport, New Forence, Grisemore, Mechanicsburg, Armagh and Greenville.

In 1899 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools, which position he held for nine years.

Mr. Stewart was a clerk of the session in the first United Presbyterian Church here and superintendent of the Bible School for 17 years.

He was state deputy of wights and measures from 1927 to 1934, secretary of the board of the Y. M. C. A. here for 10 years and active in many other affairs.

One of the late legislator's outstanding achievements and a lasting monument to his memory is his two-volume historical work, "Indiana County--Her People, Past and Present," published in 1913.

On January 1, 1889, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Emma Mack, of West Wheatfield Township. They set up housekeeping in Mechanicsburg. To this union two children were born, Joseph Mack Stewart and Elizabeth Mary Edna. A third child, Irene, died in early infancy. Their mother died November 15, 1910.

On June 4, 1913, Mr. Stewart was married to Genevieve Morrison, a native of East Mahoning Township, a school teacher. To this union three children, J. T., Jr., Eleanor and Richard, where born.

Surviving are the children to the first marriage, Joseph Mack Stewart, Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Morris Straub, Johnstown; his widow, Mrs. [Genevieve] (Morrison) Stewart, 717 School street, and her three children, J. T. Stewart, Jr., Harrisburg; Miss Eleanor Stewart, a teacher at Wehrum, and Richard, a pupil in Indiana High School, at home. Two brothers, William G. Stewart, Dilltown, and C. C. Stewart, Brushvalley, also survive.

Friends will be received after noon tomorrow at the family home, 7171 School street. Funeral arrangements have not been complete yet. They will however, be conducted in the First United Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Stillman A. Foster, D. D., pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Rev. R. E. McClure, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of Blairsville.

Obituary: 07 October 1940, Kane, Pennsylvania; The Kane Republican 7

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Joshua T. Stewart Dies at Indiana

Indiana, Pa., Oct. 7 (INS) Joshua T. Stewart, 78, Republican state representative for three terms and the GOP nominee for a fourth term from his Indiana county district, died today in Indiana hospital from complications following an operation.

Stewart, one of the oldest and most scholarly members of the Pennsylvania legislature, underwent an operation on August 22, his 78th birthday.

A school teacher early in life, he served as superintendent of Indiana county schools from 1899 to 1908 and as state deputy of weights and measures from 1927 to 1934. He was the author of a two-volume history of Indiana county published in 1913.

Indiana's Republican county committee will meet to select a successor for his place on the ballot.

Stewart's widow and five sons and daughters survive.

Obituary: 07 October 1940, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Lancaster New Era 8

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Joshua T. Stewart, Legislator, Dies

Indiana, Pa., Oct. 7 (A. P.) Joshua T. Stewart, 78, who served three terms in the State Assembly and was a Republican candidate for a fourth term at next month's election, died today in an Indiana hospital of complications taht developed after an operation.

Stewart entered a hospital last August 17 and underwent an operation five days later.

A school teacher in early life, Stewart served nine years as County Superintendent of Schools and was state Deputy of Weights and Measures from 1927 to 1934. He was the author of a two-volume history of Indiana county, published in 1913.

His widow and five sons and daughters survive.

Stewart, who attended Millersville State Normal School for one [summer] about forty years ago, occasionally returned to the campus here and considered himself "an alumnus" of the institution.

Obituary: 08 October 1940, Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania; The Indiana Gazette 9

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Stewart Rites on Wednesday

Friends of the late Joshua T. Stewart will be received at the family home, 717 School street until 10:00 a. m. Wednesday. Services will be held at the First United Presbyterian Church, Wednesday, at 2:00 p. m., the Reverend Stillman A. Foster D. D. of Indiana and the Reverend R. E. McClure D. D. of Blairsville in charge. The body will lie in state from noon Wednesday until the hour of the service. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Newspaper: 09 October 1940, Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania; The Indiana Gazette 11

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E. E. Hewitt, Sr., For Assembly
Name Will Appear on November Ballot in Place of Late J. T. Stewart

In accordance with state election laws, the executive and finance committees of the Indiana County Republican Committee have certified Earl E. Hewitt, Sr., as the nominee for the Republican election as representative in the general assembly at the November election.

Immediate action was made necessary by the death Monday of the Hon. Joshua T. Stewart of Indiana, who became the nominee at the Primary election. Mr. Hewitt, the present representative in the Assembly, was a candidate for the re-nomination at the Primary.

Funeral services for Mr. Stewart were to be conducted at 3 p. m. today in the First United Presbyterian Church, with interment to follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

Occupation: Teacher 12

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Author of "Indiana County, Pennsylvania Her People, Past and Present," 2 vols. (1913). Superintendent IC [Indiana County, Pennsylvania] Schools, 6-2-1899/5-31-1908. Member, Pennsylvania House, 1935-40.

"After retiring as IC Sup't, Mr. S. and family spent eight months in Greeley, Colo., then returned 1909 to Indiana where he entered the real estate and insurance business representing U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. He was District Deputy of Weights & Measures, 1927-34.

"In 1934 at the age of 72 he was nominated and elected to the Pennsylvania House on the Republican ticket, and was reelected in 1936 and 1938. He was nominated by his party for a fourth term in April 1940 but died before the election in November.

"Mr. S. joined the East Union U. P. Church at age 16 and a year later became sup't of the Sabbath School. When he moved to Brush Valley he became an elder there and also at New Florence later. When he moved to Indiana he connected with First U. P. Church, was a ruling elder 1902-40, sup't of the Sabbath School 17 yrs., and teacher of the young men's Bible class. He was secretary of the Board, Y.M.C.A., 10 yrs. and a director of Citizens' National Bank, Indiana."
--Clarence D. Stephenson, "Indiana County 175th Anniversary History."

Genevieve Morrison:

*RELN: Spouse of GGU (0)

Occupation: Teacher 15

Obituary: 16

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Church Leader Passes Away Here
Short Illness Is Fatal to Mrs. J. T. Stewart

Mrs. Genevieve (Morrison) Stewart, widow of Joshua T. Stewart, whose death occurred October 7, 1940, died in Indiana Hospital Sabbath morning about 10:30 o'clock. Death was attributed to complications which followed an operation, from which she never rallied. A leader in church, Sabbath school and civic work, word of Mrs. Stewart's passing came as a profound shock to her family, friends and associates. Her home life had endeared her to her family; her practical endeavors in the field of youth had equally endeared her to the community; her active interest in Christian and civic organizations made her one of Indiana's outstanding citizens.

A daughter of William and Tabitha Morrison, she was born March 14, 1879, in South Mahoning township. Her education was begun in the township schools and completed in Indiana State Normal School, from which she was graduated with the class of 1901. She taught at various times in the township schools and at Big Run, Vandergrift and Monessen, and was principal for several terms of the Neville Island Schools, Pittsburgh. Her marriage to Mr. Stewart occurred June 4, 1913.

Her first religious affiliation was with the Marion Center Presbyterian Church and following her marriage to Mr. Stewart she became connected with the membership of the First United Presbyterian Church in Indiana. Her talents as a teacher were used to good effect in church and missionary work, in which she soon became a leader. With the late Mrs. Harry W. Ecarhart she was one of the first to be identified with the Week-Day Bible School and was actively engaged in that work when her final illness came. Ever interested in the cause of temperance Mrs. Stewart was a long-time member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and had served as president of the Indiana Union and the County organization. Socially she was a member of the New Century Club and was actively engaged in the civic program of that organization.

Surviving Mrs. Stewart are three children: Miss Eleanor M. Stewart, at home; J. T. Stewart, Jr., of Indiana and J. Richard Stewart, with the U. S. Field Artillery in Camp Forrest, Tenn. She was a sister of C. L. Morrison of Marion Center. There is a grandson, James William Stewart of Indiana.

Friends are being received in the family home, 717 School street. The body will lie in state in the First United Presbyterian Church from noon Wednesday until 3:00 o'clock, when services will be conducted. The Rev. Dr. James K. Leitch, newly-called minister of the congregation, will officiate and interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Footnotes
  1. Joshua Thompson Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago, Illinois: J. H. Beers, 1913); digital images, The Internet Archive, Text Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/indianacountypen01stew: accessed. [411].
  2. Ibid., downloaded; 9 December 2009; Volume I, Pages 705-706.
    Quality: 2.
  3. Stephenson, Clarence D., Indiana County 175th Anniversary History (Between 1980 and 2000) [552].
  4. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963,; database on-line, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com: accessed); Pennsylvania. Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [500], downloaded; 4 July 2015; 96439-242; Joshua T. Stewart; 7 October 1940.
  5. Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). [509], 7 Oct 1940, Page 18 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  6. Indiana [Pennsylvania] Gazette. [385], 7 Oct 1940, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  7. The Kane Republican (Kane, Pennsylvania). [558], 7 Oct 1940, Page 8 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  8. Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania). [416], 7 Oct 1940, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  9. Indiana [Pennsylvania] Gazette. [385], 8 Oct 1940, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  10. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963,; database on-line, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com: accessed); Pennsylvania. Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [500], downloaded; 4 July 2015; 96439-242; Joshua T. Stewart; 7 October 1940.
  11. Indiana [Pennsylvania] Gazette. [385], 9 Oct 1940, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  12. Joshua Thompson Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago, Illinois: J. H. Beers, 1913); digital images, The Internet Archive, Text Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/indianacountypen01stew: accessed. [411].
  13. Ibid.
  14. Indiana [Pennsylvania] Gazette. [385], 30 Nov 1942, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  15. Joshua Thompson Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago, Illinois: J. H. Beers, 1913); digital images, The Internet Archive, Text Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/indianacountypen01stew: accessed. [411].
  16. Indiana [Pennsylvania] Gazette. [385], 30 Nov 1942, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
  17. Joshua Thompson Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago, Illinois: J. H. Beers, 1913); digital images, The Internet Archive, Text Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/indianacountypen01stew: accessed. [411].
  18. Indiana [Pennsylvania] Gazette. [385], 30 Nov 1942, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).
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Revised: June 12, 2023

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