_Elijah Murray AVERETT _+
_Murray Gill AVERETT _|
| |_Martha E. ALEXANDER ___+
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|_Hattie STAHILI ______|
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_Elisha AVERETT ___+
_William AVERETT __|
| |_Dorcas WILLIS ____+
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|--William Thomas AVERETT
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| _Thomas HICKEN ____
|_Elizabeth HICKEN _|
|_Catherine FEWKES _
[151] Unmarried
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_William Ray BAILEY ___|
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|--Nolan "S" BAILEY
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| _Steven W. THAXTON _+
|_Irma Sarepta THAXTON _|
|_Signora HANSEN ____
_John Robert COLEMAN _
_Leland George COLEMAN _|
| |_Mary Elzade AVERETT _+
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|--Leland Scott COLEMAN
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|_Louise SIMMONS ________|
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|--Robert GILL
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_William Frederick HAMBLIN _|
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|--William HAMBLIN
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| _Elijah AVERETT ____________+
|_Sina Cecelia AVERETT ______|
|_Johanna Christine NEILSON _+
_Alma MILLETT _____
_George Francis MILLETT _|
| |_Mary Ann THAXTON _+
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|--Willis Arnold MILLETT
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|_Perilla Ann BOND _______|
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_Roy Albert NESBITT _|
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|--Latisha NESBITT
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| _Phillip Carlton LAMB _+
|_Sarah Valene LAMB __|
|_Thelma SHUMWAY _______+
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_Charles Lowe RHOTON _|
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|--Royal Wendell RHOTON
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| _Wilson Glen SHUMWAY ___+
|_Louisa SHUMWAY ______|
|_Maria Janette AVERETT _+
_Thomas ROSS ___
_Thomas William ROSS _|
| |_Rachel SMITH __
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|--James Aaron ROSS
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| _John HARVEY ___
|_Margaret Ann HARVEY _|
|_Eliza AVERETT _+
_Samuel STEWART __+
_Joseph STEWART _|
| |_Lydia HARRISON __+
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|--William STEWART
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| _William GILBERT _
|_Sarah GILBERT __|
|_Lucy CONWAY _____
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WIFE: Elizabeth VanHooser, could have been born abt 1772 in Overton Co. Tenn.
BIOGRAPHY: Stewart Clan Magazine, June 1947, Vol XXIV: No12 : William Stewart born in Stokes (or Forsyth) County, N.C. about 1780, went with his parents to Overton (then Davidson or Sumner)County, Tennessee when rather young. There he married Elizabeth Van Hooser (or Van Hoosen), daughter of Abraham and Mary (Wilhelms) Van Hooser. They moved about 1811 to Madison Co., Ill., to which locality other members of the Stewart family also removed. However, they returned to Overton County during the War of 1812 and remained a few years before going again to Illinois. William went off and left his family, it is said and subsequently married Rebecca Llewellyn. He moved to Iowa with Rebecca and is believed to have raised several children by her. Elizabeth and her children lived for many years in Madison County, Ill, where she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about 1836. She died in Nauvoo, Ill, in 1842. Children of William and Elizabeth, all born in Overton Co, except Levi, who was born in Madison Co., Ill.
!MARRIAGE: 1) Elizabeth VanHooser (div); 2) Rebecca Lewellyn. SOURCE: Family record of William's son, Urban Van Stewart of Beaver, Utah.
!DIVORCE: In the Tennessee Archives can be found one of the older documents concerning the Stewarts in Overton Co., TN. This is a divorce petition for Wm. & Elizabeth. This was submitted to the General Assembly of the State of TN in the fall of 1824. Fifty-two men signed the petition. Wm. then married Rebecca Lewellyn. There were children by both marriages.
Elizabeth Van Hooser moved to Nauvoo, IL where she had relatives and was an early convert to the Mormon religion, along with her sons Riley, Levi, William Jackson and Urban Van. Elizabeth Stewart died on 28 Aug 1843 at the age of 54 in Nauvoo, Ill and is buried in the Old Nauvoo Burial Ground. William & Elizabeth's sons were with the early Mormons who ended up in Utah. There are many descendants; however, not much seems recorded about the second family. Lev & Urban both practiced pologamy & each had several wives with Levi being the father of 28 children & Urvan Van the father of 32 children.
Info obtained from:
1830 census of Madison Co., IL
Mge. Rec. of Madison Co., IL
1850,1860,1870,1880 censuses of Utah
Nauvoo death records
Springville Ward Records, Salt Lake Ward Records
Early Church Information Files
Springville Cem. Rec.
History of Wm. Jackson Stewart & Sarah Dickens Gentry
NOTES: Searched in the Nauvoo Genealogy Library for William Stewart. He is no listed in the Elmwood Cemetary of Fort Madison or City Cemetary of Fort Madison Researcher: Georgenia Stewart, Aug 1998.
!MARRIAGE: 1) Elizabeth VanHooser (div); 2) Rebecca Lewellyn. SOURCE: Family record of William's son, Urban Van Stewart of Beaver, Utah.
Birth date variation: 1780.