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IndexC. F. Stewart Dies Tuesday
February 20, 1893-- Wynnewood Gazette--Funeral services were held at the Wynnewood Funeral Home Wednesday for Charles F. Stewart...The death marks the passing of one of the first citizens of the town of Wynnewood. In 1885, when the Santa Fe definitely designated this place with a depot, the little village of Cherokee Town, eight miles north on the banks of the Washita River, moved over, the postmaster taking charge here. Mr. Stewart had the first Confectionary store.
Charles Folsom Stewart was the eldest son of Wiley Stewart and Nancy Folsom and was born near the town of Bennington in Blue County, now Bryan County, Choctaw Nation. His mother was one of the first citizens of the Indian Territory to move to the Choctaw Nation from Mayhew, Mississippi, with her parents in 1822 at the age of 3. His father came from Knoxville, Tennessee, as a young man in 1833 to the Indian Territory, where in 1847 he married Nancy. Charley grew up and was educated in the schools of Indian Territory. He married in 1878, Josephine Harris, sister of Governor Harris of the Chickasaw Nation. Mr. Stewart served as a member of the U. S. Indian Police and had also been a Deputy U. S. Marshal. He is survived by his wife, four sons, and one daughter. Mr. Stewart lived the colorful and staring life of the old Indian Territory regime, where life was lived free and untrammeled and every man was a law unto himself.
Submitted by Michael Tower