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William's History of Frederick County
J. Stewart Annan
 J.
Stewart Annan, a highly respected citizen of Einmitsburg,
Md., and one of the present County Commissioners of
Frederick County, was born in. the town in which lie now
resides, March. 9, 1874. He is a son of James Cochran
and Rosa J. (Stewart) Annan, the former deceased.
Andrew Annan, the grandfather of J. Stewart Annan, was
of Scotch-Irish descent. He lived at Emmitsburg,
Frederick County. The name of his wife was Anna Motter.
They were members of the Presbyterian Church. They were
the parents of these children: Robert L., deceased;
David, deceased;
Isaac S.,
deceased; Andrew A.; James Cochran; and, Anna Elizabeth,
the widow of Major 0. A. Horner, of Emmitsburg, Md.
James Cochran Annan, son of Andrew and Anna (Motter)
Annan, was born in Emmitsburg, Md., in 1836, and died in
August, 1894. He was a general merchant at Emmitsburg
for many years, being junior member of the firm of I. S.
Annan & Brother. He was a highly esteemed citizen. In
politics he was a Republican, but never asked for
office. He was a life long member of the
Presbyterian Church, being one of the pillars
of that denomination. For thirty years he was
superintendent of the Sunday School and one of the
trustees. Mr. Annan was married to Rosa J. Stewart, a
member of an old and well known Scotch-Irish family of
the Cumberland Valley, Pa. There was one son by this
marriage : J. Stewart. (For further history and ancestry
of the Annan family see sketch of
Edgar L.
Annan, of Emmitsburg).
J. Stewart Annan, son of James Cochran and Rosa J.
(Stewart) Annan, spent his early inc and received his
education in his native place. He also attended New
Windsor College, and the Chambersburg Academy,
Chambersburg, Pa., and was one year at Lafayette
College, Easton, Pa. Upon the completion of his
education, he returned home, and has been engaged in
various occupations. Much of his, time and energy he
devotes to the management, of his farms, which comprise
about 700 acres of land in Emmitsburg district. From
time to time he has been interested in various
enterprises of the county. He is a director in the
People's Fire Insurance Company of Frederick. County,
and in the
Emmitsburg Water Company; Emmitsburg and
Frederick Turnpike Company, and a member of the Banking
House of Annan, Horner & Co., of Emmitsburg, Md.
Mr. Annan has been all his life a loyal supporter of the
Republican party. In November, 1907, he was elected to
the office of County Commissioner of Frederick County
for a term of four years. During the time lie has
served: he has filled the position with general
satisfaction. Fraternally, he is a member of Tyrian
Lodge, No. 305, A. F. and A. M., Emmitsburg; St. John's
Chapter, R. A. M., of Baltimore; and Jacques de Molay
Commandery, No. 4, Frederick City. Religiously, he is
affiliated. with the Presbyterian Church.
J. Stewart Annan was married March 10, 1896, to
Elizabeth A. Morrison, daughter of William and Helen
(Agnew) Morrison, of Emmitsburg, Md. (William Morrison
was the son of Emmitsburg's wealthiest landholder, David
Morrison, who was married to a sister of Robert Morris,
the financier of the American War of Independence.)
Stewart and Elizabeth were the patents 3 children, James
Cochran, Margaret, and Jane.
Shortly after their marriage,
Stewart and Elizabeth bought the Horner ancestral home,
Fort Henry, and over the following years,
enlarged and refitted the old farm house into a show
piece mansion.
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