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Obituary, Leamington Post, 18 March 1915:
Death From Laudanum - Thomas Stewart Took an Overdose In the Dark While Ill.
Thomas Stewart, a well-known farmer living about two miles west of this town, came to his death Sunday night through an overdose of laudanum...
     He was 66 years of age, had never married, and lived all his life in this vicinity. For several years he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Thompson, on the Ridge, where the funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, interment following in the Ruthven cemetery.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 156-157:
John S. Bruner, one of the leading citizens of Gosfield South, an extensive farmer and fruit grower at Elm Bluff Fruit Farm, occupies the old home of his father and grandfather, belonging as he does to one of the oldest and most honorable families of this part of County Essex...
      In 1872 Mr. Bruner was married to Catherine E., youngest daughter of Charles Stewart, Sr...
      Mrs. Catherine E. (Stewart) Bruner was born in the township of Mersea, Feb. 26, 1856, daughter of Charles (Jr.) and Mary (Whittle) Stewart, natives of Pennsylvania and the County of Essex, respectively, granddaughter of Charles Stewart (Sr.) and great-granddaughter of James Stewart.
      Charles Steward, Sr., was married in Pennsylvania to Jane Findley, and they afterward moved to Essex County, Ont., settling in Mersea township. They raised a large family of whom Charles Stewart, Jr., was the second one.
      Charles Stewart, Jr., married Mary Whittle, a native of Essex County, who died Aug. 9, 1885, aged seventy-five. Charles Stewart, Jr., died at the home of Mrs. Bruner, Sept. 9, 1893, aged ninety-three... To this union came the following children: ... Eliza Ann, widow of John Thompson, of Mersea township; Thomas, a farmer of Mersea township, who married Martha Jeffery...