Compiled
by Teresa Martin Klaiber
Isabelle A.
Stewart was born 20 December 1863, the daughter of Alfred aka Allen Stewart and
wife Sarah Elizabeth Hood.
Alfred C.
Stewart married 1 January 1863 Sarah Elizabeth Hood in Boyd County,
Kentucky. They were married by Bryant
Fannin at William P. Hood’s home here on Garner. William P. Hood and wife Matilda Howe were
Sarah’s parents.
Shortly
before Isabelle’s birth Alfred joined the 40th Kentucky Infantry
(Union) at Lexington, Kentucky on 1st of December. Alfred
was the son of Andrew Stewart and Rachel Cook who lived at Mount Savage, Carter
County, Kentucky. Alfred was shot while
on duty and died of his wounds 23 December 1864.
Isabelle’s
mother Sarah Elizabeth Hood Stewart next married James W. Howe on 29 October
1865. Howe, son of Geprge W Howe and
Sarah Fannin Howe, had been captured and served six months in Andersonville
Prison before returning home. In May
1866 the courts appointed Isabelle’s step father as her legal guardian. James
R. McBrayer acted as surety. One anomaly
appears on the court order. Her deceased father is listed as Allen Stewart instead
of Alfred as shown in all other known records[i].
Isabelle
appears, in July, 1870 on the census with her step father and mother listing
her age as six. The family is living on
Garner.[ii]
Fifteen months, later on 23 October 1871 Isabelle Alice Stewart died. At this writing the compiler does not know
the cause of her death.
Her burial in
Klaiber Cemetery is thought to be one of the earliest if not the first burial
in what today is Klaiber Cemetery. Her
grandfather William Pickett Hood and her step father’s mother Sarah Fannin Howe
both were buried in Klaiber cemetery two years later in 1874.
[i] KY
Boyd CT Order roll 344012 page 293
[ii] Note
a title search shows this was a portion of what is owned by this compiler and
her husband. The MT Hilton survey dated
April 1879 shows James Howe fields next to Philip Howe’s property with a marked
house thought to be the cabin that sits behind the authors home today. The Hilton survey can be found at the Boyd
County Public Library and the item is marked as B-6.
