T. W. Stewart, a well known farmer of the Third District of White County, was born March 3, 1843, in Person County, N. C. When about seven years of age he immigrated to Tennessee with his mother and located in Hawkins County, E. Tenn., and came to White County in 1859. His mother, Frances (Epps) Stewart, was of Dutch descent, born in 1806, in Lunenburgh County, Va., and died in White County in 1867. The father, David S., was born about 1800, in North Carolina, where he died in 1844. His mother was an English lady, whose maiden name was Drummond. Our subject was raised on a farm and educated in the country schools. At the age of eighteen he entered the Confederate Army, Company I, Eighth Tennessee Cavalry. He served during the entire war. and was in several of the most famous battles, but received no serious injury. After the restoration of peace and his return home, he spent one session at school and then engaged in farming, to which occupation his attention has since been given. He is one of the most substantial and enterprising agriculturists in the county and an esteemed citizen. He is a Democrat. October 31, 1866, he married Martha M., daughter of William and Betsy Anderson. This union resulted in the birth of William A., Elizabeth F., Lizzie Gertrude, Mary Lucinda, Lillian May, Martha Maranda, Leonie and Joseph Wyatt.

Source:   Goodspeed Pub. Co. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of the Counties of White, Warren, Coffee, DeKalb, and Cannon, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1887.