Stewart never regretted her hasty marriage nor did she give up her determination to "prove-up" her own land without the help of her husband. They had three sons, the first dying of erysipelas. Stewart filed on the 160 acres adjoining Clyde Stewart's property but after six weeks as housekeeper she accepted Stewart's proposal of marriage. As a widow with a two-year-old daughter, Jerrine, she went to work in Denver as "washlady." In 1909 intending to homestead a place for herself and her daughter, Stewart accepted a position as housekeeper for a Wyoming cattle rancher, Clyde Stewart. She was one of six children who were raised by their grandparents after their parents died "within a year of each other." She grew up in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), married, but lost her first husband in a railroad accident. Married n.d., widowed Clyde Stewart, 1909 children: one daughter and three sons (one died young)Īlmost nothing is known of Elinor Pruitt Stewart's early life.
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