Karl Steward's Funeral Services

Hey Everyone!!


Today i thought i would share some pictures from my Grandpa Karl's funeral services. All these pictures were taken back in October in Indian Valley, Idaho.



                    Karl's four sons. {Left to right: Terry, Steve, Randy and Kelly.}

                                                    Karl's grave site, right next to his mother (Grace).

                                                Grace (Karl's mother) grave site.

                                                Indian Valley Community Church.

                                                Me and my sisters, along with all our family.
                                                                    Left to right:
(Back Row) Michelle, Amanda, Gavin, Samuel, Jacob, Emmett, Gabrielle, Cruz, Veronica, and Andres.
(Front Row) Dasean, Leo Jr., Kyle, Luke and Karina

                                                 My Uncle Randy with all his family
                                                               Left to Right:
(Back Row) Johnny, Javani, Star Jr., Cindy, Randy, Kobe, Jillian, Joey
(Front Row) Kelsey, Keely

                                                                   Steward Hill

David's Children

I recently posted about my 3 times great grandfather, David Steward. Now i'm going to share everything i know about his children.

Eugene Hudson Steward (David & Eliza's son) was born January 19, 1842 in Ohio. In 1863 he married Tabitha Jane Naylor. Eugene was 21, Tabitha was 19, when they got married. Tabitha was a Quaker.

They had 6 children together:

1. Florence Ellen Steward was born May 14, 1864. She married James Edwards and they had 6 children together. James passed away and Florence got remarried to John Thomas Ware in 1912. She passed away on August 21, 1913 and is buried in Indian Valley.

2. Nancy Marquetta Steward was born September 20, 1869. She married Orin Byers and they had 4 boys together. She passed away on December 5, 1936 and is buried in Indian Valley.

3. John Kelsey Steward was born March 6, 1871. He married Carrie Calhoun and they had 2 children together. He passed away on December 31, 1925 and is buried in Kansas.

4. Anna Blanche Steward was born March 13, 1873. She married Charles Warfield and they had 11 children together, 2 of those 11 children were twin boys. She passed away on January 25, 1929.

5. Emma Steward was born June 22, 1879. She married Emmet Phillips and they had 5 children together. She passed away on April 4, 1959 and is buried in Ohio.

6. George Eugene Steward was born March 29, 1887. He married Olie Pryor. I'm not sure if they had any children together or not. I had a hard time finding any information on him. I don't even know when he passed away.

Eugene passed away on September 11, 1922 from Pneumonia related to having heart disease. He was 80 years old.

Tabitha passed away on July 19, 1931. She was 86 years old.



William Madison Steward (David & Eliza's son) was born September 6, 1843. On December 9, 1861, when he was 18 years old, he enlisted in the military. He was part of the Ohio 62nd Infantry, Company E. He fought in the civil war, and i'm pretty sure he fought in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the Civil War and Hilton Head:

Why do i think he fought there? Because on his military record it says he was "Mustered out on 15 March 1863 at Hilton Head, South Carolina"

For those of you wondering "mustered out" means discharged from service.

Now what happened to William after the war is a bit iffy. All i know is he passed away on September 1, 1864 at 20 years old. Here is his page on the Find A Grave website.

George Emory Steward (David and Eliza's son) was born on January 14, 1846. You can read all about him HERE.

Mary Elizabeth Steward (David and Eliza's daughter) was born on December 9, 1847.

She married David Watson in 1882 when she was 35 years old and he was 67 years old. They had 4 children together. He passed away on July 6, 1900. She went on to live with her son Stanley. She died in his house on August 9, 1932, she was 84 years old.

Alvena Evaline Steward (David & Eliza's daughter) was born on January 19, 1850.

 She married George Hoopes. I don't know much more about her, other than she passed away on April 17, 1930. She was 80 years old.

Asbury Spencer Steward (David & Hannah's son) was born on April 20, 1854. He married Mary Frances Davidson and together they had 8 children.

Mary died in 1916. Asbury, later on in life, married Jennie Beal. Asbury died on March 3, 1937.

Oliver Merrick Steward (David & Hannah's son) was born on February 18, 1857. He married Jane Hess and they had 2 daughter's together. Jane died in 1925. 3 years later, he married Lizzie Decker. Oliver then passed away on April 20, 1930, he was 73 years old.

Martha Almyra Steward (David & Hannah's daughter) was born on April 11, 1859. Unfortunately she died when she was only 1 year old, on August 29, 1860.

The David Steward Family {PDF File}

During my Ancestry search i came across this story which was written by Inez Steward (she is David's Great Great Granddaughter) about David and his family . It was very hard to read, so i re-typed it and made it into a PDF file that way i could be able to share it with everyone.

Here is a little preview:

You can download & print this story for free by clicking on the link below.

The David Steward Family

And here is a picture of Inez, the one who wrote this story.

David Steward

David Steward (My 3 times Great Grandfather) was born on March 28, 1819 in Monroe, Ohio. His parents are George Steward and Nancy Ann Skinner.

On April 30, 1841, he was 22 years old, he married Elizabeth (Eliza) Damsel in Belmont, Ohio. They had 6 children together: Eugene Hudson Steward, William Madison Steward, George Emory Steward, Mary Elizabeth Steward, Alvena Evaline Steward, and an Infant Daughter (she was born sleeping).

Elizabeth died on February 29, 1852. Their infant daughter was born sleeping on February 26, 1852. Which leads me to believe Elizabeth died due to complications from child birth.

On August 18, 1853 David married Hannah King.

The picture below is of David and his second wife Hannah. I'm not sure what year it was taken.

David and Hannah had 3 children together: Asbury Spencer Steward, Oliver Merrick Steward and Martha Almyra Steward.

David passed away on January 15, 1901, at the age of 81 years old. He is burried in Barnesville, Ohio. Hannah passed away on January 27, 1910, at the age of 73 years old. She is also burried in Barnesville, Ohio.

I'll do another blog post on everything i know about their children next.

Also, if you have any information on any of the people listed above, please let me know! Thanks,

George & Victoria's Children

In my last post i talked about George and Victoria Steward. Now i'll share with you everything i know about their children.

Arthur M Steward was born about 1868 in Iowa. On March 12, 1890 he married Kate Anderson. His father (George Emory Steward) was one of his witnesses.

They went on to have 2 children together, Guy A Steward and George Merric Steward. On October 30, 1929 at the age of 61, Arthur passed away.

Albert D Steward was born about 1869 in Iowa. He married Sarah and they had a daughter together, Clara. He passed away in 1925 at the age of 56.


Elsie O Steward was born about 1872 in Iowa. She married Richard Ragan on November 28, 1889. They had 6 children together: Georgia E, Imo C, Eunice I, Sylvia L, Leslie M, and Clifton A. Richard passed away sometime before 1910 and Elsie died in September of 1958 at the age of 86.

Alva John Steward was born February 22, 1876. By 1910 he was married to Myrtle and they had 3 kids; Tessie M, Hubert G, and Howard. On his WWI draft it says "one arm gone", i'm not sure how he lost his arm. Below is his draft card.

By 1920 Alva and Myrtle had divorced and he was married to another woman Pearl. And on the 1920 census they had listed as having a black servant living with them, by the name of Cliff L Stuckey. By 1930 he was divorced again. Then by 1940 he was married again, this time to a woman named Louise. He died on November 30, 1946 at the age of 70. He is buried in Indian Valley.

Eliza Steward was born about 1880. I really don't have any information about her.

Modie Imo Steward was born in January of 1882. She married Andrew Hutchison. The picture below is of them together. I really don't know much more about her, except that she died in 1964. She was 82 years old. She is buried in Indian Valley.

Clyde Emory Steward was born on November 14, 1886. You can read about his life HERE!

Argie V Steward was born on September 30, 1889. By the age of 21 she was married to Amasa Hutchison and they had 5 children together: Christena, Imo Eliza, Victoria, Louise, and Eldon. She died on February 4, 1920, she was 31 years old. Here is her obituary:

INFLUENZA TAKES MRS. HUTCHISON. (2/6/1920 COUNCIL, ID) This, Tursday,morning Dr. Fuller informs us that he has been advised by telephone of the death of Mrs. Argie Hutchison, wife of Amasa Hutchison, at her home in Indian Valley last night. The cause of death is said to have been pneumonia, presumabley associated with influenza. She had been ill about a week.
From indirect information we gather that Mrs. Hutchison was thirty-one years of age. By her death five children, the youngest one year, are all left motherless.
At the time this is put inot type we have not been advised as to the date of the funeral.
The deceased had a broad acquaintance in the county and was known as a very estimable lady