While researching the Stewart Family, I noticed that several of the children of John Stewart and Sarah Mullinax named their children after Presidents of the United States. Jane's brother Jonathan Stewart named one of his sons, Andrew Jackson Stewart. Andrew was born in 1832 and died in 1911. Jonathan had a brother also named Andrew. It's possible that he might also have been Andrew Jackson Stewart. Jane's sister, Elizabeth Stewart married David Skates. Elizabeth and David Skates named one of their children, Andrew Jackson Skates.
Andrew Jackson Skates was born in 1832 in South Carolina and died September 20, 1863 at the Battle of Chicamauga in Tennessee.
Jonathan Stewart named another of his sons, James K. Polk Stewart. James was born November 18, 1844 in South Carolina and died August 16, 1864 in a battle near Petersburg, Virginia. Jane Stewart Manning and Thomas Manning also named a son, James K. Polk Manning. James was born June 16, 1844, just five months before his cousin James K. Polk Stewart. James, the son of Jane and Thomas, died at age 10 on April 19, 1854 from the bite of a water moccasin. Jane Stewart Manning and Thomas Manning named my Great great grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Manning. Thomas Jefferson was born September 24, 1832 and died February 10, 1891. Thomas Jefferson Manning named one of his children, Thomas Jefferson Manning, Jr.
Polly Stewart Wells and John Wells named one of their sons Benjamin Franklin Wells. Benjamin was born in 1841 in Georgia. I don't know the date of his death. I found his name listed on a monument in Walker county Georgia, "Wall of Honor". It lists Walker county residents who were Veterans of the Civil War.
Andrew Jackson Stewart, the son of Jonathan Stewart, named one of his sons Ulysses Grant Stewart. Ulysses was born in 1870 and died in 1942. Apparently Andrew Jackson Stewart and his wife named another son Ulysses Grant Stewart. This son died very young and was born before their second Ulysses.
It was not unusual in the 1800's to see children named after Presidents of the United States, but I found it interesting to see eight in the immediate Stewart family.
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