William H+ Stewart 
William H+ was born on May 28th, 1785 in Brunswick, VA. William H+'s father was Robert+ Stewart and his mother was Patience+ X. He was an only child. He died at the age of 70 on July 21st, 1855 in Coles Co., IL. He was buried in Stewart family Cemetery.General Notes
William was prominent in Coles Co., and was one of its first settlers. He became a Justice of the Peace.
SOURCES: LDS FHL AFN: LH86-35 (familysearch.org)
AWTP:
tmann89414 ("Rooting In The Past")
Theresa Mann Elliott, solarize@@mindspring.com, as of 1/10/2002.
mkitchen ("Stice Web - Descendants of Charles Stice"), Merlin R. Kitchen, mkitchen@@juno.com, as of 1/25/2002.
HISTORICAL HI-LITES: In the month William was born, Benjamin Franklin described his invention of bifocals. The first balloon flight across the English channel took placed in 1785.
‌William H+ and Dicy+ were married in a religious ceremony on July 20th, 1809. They had three daughters named Sarah H.+, Patience and Ruth.
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Children
Sarah H.+ Stewart
Sarah H.+ was born on July 29th, 1811 in Barren, KY. She died at the age of 51 on April 13th, 1863 in Coles Co., IL.
Patience Stewart
Patience was born about 1812 in Barren, KY. She died in 1879 in Buried: Stewart Cem., Coles, IL.