Capt. of "Clifton" John W. Stewart, (immigrant)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1880, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1920, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama

Notes:

(from email from Charlie Vincent - cvincent@281.com)
The Gentz or Gantz name is familiar because a woman by
that name married John Stewart in Sabine Pass in the mid-1800s. John's sister was Margaret Stewart, who was married to another of my great grandfathers, C.W. (Colin) Balston, who served with Spaight's troops at Sabine Pass and was later assigned to one of the ships the Confederates captured there 8 Sept. 1863.

Thanks again,
Charlie

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(ancestry.com)
Inquiry abt John Stewart from Chris Miller
My name is Chris Miller and I'm looking for information on John STEWART (ancestors and descendants and how John got to Texas). I hope the following story will ring a bell.

During the Civil War, John Stewart was captain of the gunboat Clifton (Previously caputed from the North and used by the South for blockade-running of cotton to Mexico.). One day during a heavy fog, the Clifton ran aground off the coast of Sabine Pass, Texas. Two Yankee gunboats were in pursuit in an effort to recapture the Clifton and its cargo. To prevent recapture, Captain Stewart ordered the cotton to be saturated with kersene and the ship set afire. The crew walked to Sabine Pass. In due time, the rocker-arm of the ship was salvaged and mounted on a concrete base on the bank of the Sabine River, within the city of Beaumont, as a memorial to the courageous crew.

John's son Willie, John's first marriage, married Emma ALLEN (both of Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, Texas). Willie and Emma died in 1896-1898 leaving their 5 children as orphans. They all moved in with an Aunt Kate Stewart in Mobile, Alabama. I have information once the family got to Alabama.

Thank you for your help,
Chris.


Census:
John Stewart M 40y Scotland
Fredereka Stewart F 18y Louisiana
Hiram Stewart M 16y Texas
John Stewart M 12y Texas
Peter Stewart M 8y Texas
William Stewart M 7y Texas
Fredreka Stewart F 4m Texas
C Crossman M 49y Lttein
Fredereka Crossman F 43y Germany
Charles F Crossman M 20y Louisiana
John Crossman M 16y Louisiana
William Crossman M 13y Louisiana
Caroline Crossman F 12y Louisiana
Bertha Crossman F 10y Louisiana
Henry Crossman M 8y Louisiana
Fredrick Crossman M 5y Louisiana
Albert Crossman M 2y Texas


next door:
probably brother William Stewart, age 35 laborer, born in Scotland; living with C.E. Coronia 1805 France; and wife Alinda Coronia 53 (1817) Louisiana; and children.

Census:
Jno. Stewart 57 Scotland Scotland Scotland capt. pilot boat
F. Stewart 27 Louisiana Germany Germany
H. Stewart 26 Texas Scotland Prussia
Jno. Stewart 22 Texas Scotland Prussia
Wm. Stewart 14 Texas Scotland Prussia
Frederica Stewart 11 Texas Scotland Louisiana
Maggie Stewart 8 Texas Scotland Louisiana
Alx. Stewart 6 Texas Scotland Louisiana




Census:
John A Stewart 60 1860 Alabama Scotland Texas steamboat captain (edited in Ancestry that A is Aden or Arlen)
Maria C Stewart 52 Alabama Denmark Denmark (edited to Marie E.)
John A Stewart 28
Henry E Stewart 26
Carrie Stewart 17

John married Alwine Marie Friederike "Alvina" Gentz, (immigrant) on 27 Nov 1853 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas. Alwine (daughter of George* Christian "Johann" Gentz, (immigrant) and Charlotte* Uecker, (immigrant)) was born on 13 Apr 1836 in Dewichow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia; died on 27 Jun 1863 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name: Alvina Gentz
Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1855

Spouse: Capt. John Stewart

Marriage County: Jefferson
Marriage State: Texas

Source: Texas Marriages, 1814-1909

1. Hiram Stewart was born on 28 Nov 1854 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 Nov 1932 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 15 Nov 1932 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. John Aden Stewart, Sr. was born in Apr 1858 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 20 Nov 1942 in Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama.
3. Capt. Peter Joseph Stewart was born in Dec 1862 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 9 Apr 1931 in Galveston Co, Texas.
4. William J. Stewart was born on 9 Mar 1863 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 26 Mar 1899 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

John married Maria Frederika Crossman in 1868 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas. Maria (daughter of (lighthouse keeper) Charles Crossman, (immigrant) and Fredericka Kinsler) was born on 3 Feb 1852 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died in Sep 1923 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frederika Stewart was born on 1 Mar 1870 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died about 1966 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. (child) Stewart
3. Margaret Stewart was born in 1872 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
4. Alexander Dundas Stewart was born on 26 Aug 1874 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 12 Oct 1886 in Hurricane of 1886, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas.