Benjamin Stewart, a son of William Stewart, was born in now Hancock county, West Virginia, in 1814. He married Mary Ann Warwic, of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1842. They settled on the farm where his companion is now living. He deceased in October 1878. They reared a family of seven children - five sons and two daughters. One of the sons is deceased. He has followed farming as his vocation. His son William served seventeen months in the war of 1861, in company I, Twelfth Virginia Regiment.