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William
Stewart, son of James and Lydia Moorehead Stewart, was born April 15,
1791 in New Castle County, Delaware. In 1815 he married Elizabeth Decherd, who was born in 1796 in Abingdon, Virginia. They moved to Winchester in 1831 and were the parents
of sixteen children. Confederate General Alexander Peter Stewart was one
of their sons. After Elizabeth died in 1847, William married Mary Newman
in 1853. They had no children. William, a Winchester merchant, alderman,
and postmaster, served several years as County Trustee, Register of Deeds
in 1865-1866, and was Mayor of Winchester in 1867-1868. He died in 1869
in Winchester. |
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Mayor
William Stewart |
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1867-1868 |