Adam Stewart and family. Adam Stewart, ancestor of Iva L. Knapp, was born October 4, 1832, in Jackson County, Virginia. His was the son of William Stewart and Mary Parsons. William was born in Monongahela County, PA, and moved to Jackson County, VA, and then moved to Mason County in 1846 with his children. Adam married Ellen Jane Smith on March 25, 1853, in Mason Co, VA, which became WV. He was engaged in farming when he signed up to join the Thirteenth West Virginia Regiment, Company B, on August 8, 1862, in Point Pleasant, WV, and had his first muster October 8, 1862. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Kernstown (near Winchester) on July 24, 1864. He suffered a conical ball wound of his left foot. He was in the hospital at Cumberland, MD, in which the conditions in the summer were reported as unbearable. He was transferred to the hospital in Clarysville, MD, which was 1000 feet higher than Cumberland, and it provided a more hygienic situation with a purer atmosphere, seclusion to allow exercise in the open air, and abundant supply of excellent quality water. He recovered in the hospitals from July 25, 1864, until he returned to service with his unit March 6, 1865. He was mustered out on June 22, 1865. He returned to farming and had a saw mill in Mason County, WV. He was a member of the Methodist Church. His children were Almeda, Matilda, Henry T, Rachel, Sarah, Susan, James H, and my ancestor Mary Jane Stewart who married Spencer Knapp in 1873. Ellen Jane was the daughter of Isaac E Smith, a Methodist Minister, and Rachel McGuire. She was born January 7, 1833, in Mason County, WV and died on March 3, 1909. Adam Stewart died on September 8, 1902, and he and Ellen are buried at Smith Church Cemetery, in Leon Township, Mason County, WV.