Preston Stewart
Preston Stewart, the eldest son of Willoughby and Sarah (Powell) Stewart, was born in Kentucky in the year 1809. His father was born in Pennsylvania, went to Kentucky at the close of the last century, and married about the year 1800. Preston remained at home with his parents until manhood. In the year 1830 he married Miss Patsy Ashbaugh, and the following year brought his wife, father, and mother, to Logan County, Ohio, and settled on the border of Shelby County. They remained there but a short time, when he entered a piece of land in the N. E. corner of Salem Township, Shelby County, and moved on it in 1832, he being the first man to locate in that part of the township. Mr. Stewart lived here to clear the land. He afterward bought 160 acres more land. On this land he afterward platted a part of the village of Tileton. On this plat he built the first house; also a saw mill and blacksmith shop. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have had born to them twelve children, nine of whom are still living, viz., Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, William, Maria, Willoughby, Martha A., Charles, and Perry. Mr. Stewart lived on his farm until 1876, when he sold his property and moved to the town of Sidney, where he now lives a retired life, in the enjoyment of the fruit of his past hard labor. He has been a member of the M. E. Church for over fifty years, and was a member of the first class formed in the N. E. part of Salem Township.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883