Sophia A. Kling1

F, b. 14 April 1818, d. 13 January 1904
Relationship
3rd great-grandmother of Barbara Joyce Zanzig
Charts
Clarence Stewart Jr.'s Ancestors
Descendant Chart for James Stewart and Sarah Jane (?)
Descendant Chart for Fredrick Kling and Resine Schiller
     Sophia A. Kling was born on 14 April 1818 at Old Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USAB,G.1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of Georg Adam Kling and Mary (?)5

     Sophia A. Kling married George Washington Stewart, son of Joseph Stewart and Sarah Jane (?), on 20 June 1833 at Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USAB,G, at age 15.1

Sophia kept a boarding house with 2 servants and the value of the property was listed in her name. Occupations of the boarders include three harness makers (among them son George Jr.), a wheat buyer, clerk, saloon keeper, 2 painters, a foundry worker, and a pattern maker in 1870.3
     Sophia A. Kling and George Washington Stewart were divorced on 16 December 1875 at Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USAB,G.6,7



The Great Northfield Bank Robbery took place on the seventh of September in 1876 in Northfield, about 45 miles northwest of Rochester in Rice County. The family story says "someone in the family", probably Sophia Stewart, ran a boarding house in Rochester. Two mysterious strangers took a room the night of the robbery. The house was being remodeled at the time, and (supposedly) many years later, when the walls were again taken down, a gun of the correct period was found in the wall. We have always speculated that it could be Jesse James's gun. Harold Stewart has it at Rochester, MNB,G.8
     Sophia A. Kling died on 13 January 1904 at Rochester, MNB,G, at age 85.2,9 She was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USAB,G.

Locations

Migration-To1855Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USAB,G, from Indiana10

Children of Sophia A. Kling and George Washington Stewart

Unique ID=KLING-36800
Last Edited=11 Oct 2019

Citations

  1. [S353] Donald Dale, "Email: Dale, 2002 02 09, "Stewarts"," e-mail message from e-mail address (Fayetteville, PA) to Barbara Zanzig, 9 Feb 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Stewarts."
  2. [S396] Mrs. Geo Stewart Sr., Minnesota death certificate E-121-16, Collection of Barbara Zanzig, Bothell, King, Washington, USA. Hereinafter cited as Sophia Stewart Death Certificate.
  3. [S560] 1870 US Census MN, Olmsted, Olmsted Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), George Stewart household, 2nd ward, Rochester, p. 35 (written 433) (870) (image 18/22), dwelling 254, fam. 268, accessed 8 Dec 2014; citing Roll M593_8.
  4. [S1505] "Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905", Database and images, Minnesota Historical Society, Ancestry.com, URL https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/mnstatecen/: 2007, 1875 > Olmsted, roll MNSC_12; Sophia Stewart household, Rochester, p. 579 (Anc. image 243/311), dwelling 617, page 579, line 10, accessed 27 Aug 2019, citing 1865-1905 Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1849-1855 Minnesota Territorial Census Schedules and Minnesota 1857 Territorial Census.
  5. [S694] Donald Dale, "Email: Dale, 2004 12 28, "Kling Genealogy"," e-mail message from e-mail address (Smithfield, VA) to Barbara Zanzig, 28 Dec 2004. Hereinafter cited as "Kling Genealogy."
  6. [S693] Plaintiff Sophia Stewart v. Defendant George W. Stewart, Divorce decree, filed 16 Dec 1875, Minnesota District Court, 3rd Judicial District, Olmsted County, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA.
  7. [S567] 1880 US Census MN, Olmsted, Olmsted Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Sophia Stewart; citing Roll T9_628; Family History Film: 1254628.
  8. [S1] "Deduction" (Kirkland, WA), by Barbara Zanzig. Collection of Barbara Zanzig (Bothell, King, Washington, USA). Checked 20170106, informant: Betty Stewart; probable original informant: Marie Stewart. This story is recorded as a family tale; it is not certain which people might have been involved. With the 1880 census data, it now seems likely to have been George W. Stewart Sr. and Sophia Kling Stewart, or Sophia depending when they were divorced.
  9. [S791] Olmsted County District Court, compiler, Olmsted County Death Records Index (1870-1984) (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, FHL Film #2196327, 24 Apr 2000), Mrs. Geo. Stewart Sr., vol E, p. 121, line 16.
  10. [S375] Donald Dale, "Family Group Sheet(s), Don Dale" (Fayetteville, Pennsylvania). Checked 20170106

    Photocopy courtesy of Donald A. Dale, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania.
  11. [S409] "Probate record, with attached will, for Sophia A. (Cling) Stewart, 1904": 18 Jan 1904.
  12. [S573] 1850 US Census IN, Noble, Noble Co., Indiana, Noble Co., population schedule, Ancestry.com, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054), George W. Stewart household, Noble Twp., Roll M432_162, sheet stamped 232 (written 88, written 463) (Anc. image 1/16), dwelling 6, family 6, accessed 11 Oct 2019; citing http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054
  13. [S500] Larry Renslow, "Email: Renslow, 2002 02 07, "Geo W. Stewart Individual Detail Report"," e-mail message from e-mail address (Pleasanton, CA) to Barbara Zanzig, 7 Feb 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Geo W. Stewart Detail."