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Court Proceedings

...After the jury went out in the Byers case, the two cases of the Com. vs. Peter Altimus, one a charge of disturbing a literary society, S. J. Mardis and John G. Stewart, prosecutors, and the other a case of A. & B., A. W. Repine, pros., were then called for trial and were not concluded until Thursday morning. It seems that A. W. Repine was teaching a school in Buffington tp. A literary society was organized which held their meetings in the school room. The deft. and some others interfered with the meeting and after the meeting was adjourned the deft. and Repine got into an altercation and Repine came out second best. The deft. was found guilty of disturbing the meeting and was sentence to pay $5 and costs. He was found not guilty of the A. & B. and the costs imposed upon him and the prosecutor, Repine, and each sentenced to pay one-half.

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Arrested for Indolence

Samuel McAdams of Buffington twp. is in jail on the charge of indolence and refusal to provide for his family. The information was made by Messrs. R. W. Mack and John G. Stewart, poor overseers of Buffington township.

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John G. Stewart was married to Mary McKee Sept. 11, 1877. Their children are as follows: (1) Robert McKee, born July 3, 1878, is now employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and lives at Turtle Creek, Pa. He married Carrie Davis, March 14, 1900, and their children are Robert, May, Mary, Arthur, Beatrice and Vivian. (2) James Allen was born Sept. 9, 1880. (3) Clara, deceased, was born April 15, 1882. (4) Mary Agnes, born Sept. 10, 1884 married Harry Spiker Aug. 22, 1905. Their children are Harold and Ray. (5) John Galbreath, born May 22, 1887, was married Sept. 12, 1910, and has one child, Mary. (6) Thomas Russel, born Dec. 24, 1889, has had two children, Violet (deceased) and an infant. (7) Annie Bell, deceased, was born Jan. 15, 1894. John G. Stewart died Nov. 22, 1894, at the age of thirty-nine, and is buried in the East Union cemetery. His wife is living at Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania.

John Galbreath Stewart died in 1894 and his wife Mary moved to Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. Since the house was "unoccupied," Mary had probably already moved by 1896.

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House Burned Near Buffington

The dwelling house of John G. Stewart, in Buffington township, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening of last week. The house was unoccupied and the fire is thought to be the work of an incendiary.

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Mrs. Mary M'Kee Stewart

Mrs. Mary McKee Stewart died yesterday at her home, 1314 Center st., Turtle Creek. She is survived by three sons, Robert, Allen and John, and one daughter, Mrs. Mollie A. Spiker, all of Turtle Creek, Pa.

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Mrs. Mary M. Stewart

Mrs. Mary McKee Stewart died yesterday in her home, 1314 Center street, Turtle Creek. She leaves three sons, Robert, Allen and John Stewart, and one daughter, Mrs. Molly A. Spiker, all of Turtle Creek.

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Deaths
Mrs. Mary McKee Stewart

Mrs. Mary McKee Stewart, aged 68 years, widow of John G. Stewart, who passed away 30 years ago, died at her home in Turtle Creek last Friday. Death was due to apoplexy. Funeral services and interment were conducted at Turtle Creek on Sabbath afternoon. The deceased was a daughter of the late J. M. McKee and was born and raised near East Union United Presbyterian Church. Her husband was a brother of Joshua T. Stewart of Indiana and W. G. Stewart of Dilltown, both of whom attended the funeral. She leaves these children: Robert M., Allen and John Stewart and Mrs. Mary Spicher [Spiker], all of Turtle Creek; 17 grandchildren and one sister Mrs. Strathern of Turtle Creek.

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Mrs. Mary Stewart

Mrs. Mary Stewart, aged 68 years, widow of the late John G. Stewart, and a native of Buffington township, died at her home in Turtle Creek on Friday as the result of a stroke of paralysis. She was a daughter of the late James McKee and resided for many years near East Union United Presbyterian church, in Buffington township. Her husband died 30 years ago. She leaves these three sons and one daughter: Robert, Allen and John Stewart and Mrs. Mary Spicher [Spiker], all of Turtle Creek. Another son [Russell] was killed in action while in the service of his country oversea. Seventeen grandchildren are living. Funeral services were held on Sunday and burial was made at Turtle Creek. J. T. Stewart, of town, and W. G. Stewart, of Dilltown- brothers-in-law of the deceased, attended the funeral.

[Other evidence suggests Mary was born at Turtle Creek, and although she lived many years in Buffington Township, she was not born there.]

Jno G. [John Galbreath] Stewart; Age 22; Married; Farmer;
Mary Stewart; Age 23; Wife; Married; Keeping House;
R. M. [Robert McKee] Stewart; Age 1; Son; Single;