Background
Steward was born to James Steward and Rebecca Gould in Gouldtown, New Jersey. The son of free Blacks reared in a family that stressed education, he received his formal education in the Gouldtown public schools.
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Education
After the war he graduated from the Episcopal Divinity School of Philadelphia, and later was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio, in 1881.
Career
He was a United States. Army chaplain and Buffalo Soldier of 25th United States. Colored Infantry. Early years
Following the Civil War, Steward helped organize the African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina and Georgia. He was also active in Reconstruction politics in Georgia.
From 1872 to 1891 Steward established a church in Haiti and preached in the eastern United States.
In 1891 he joined the 25th United States. Colored Infantry, serving as its chaplain until 1907, including service in Cuba during the Spanish–American War, and in the Philippines. Between 1907 and his death on 11 January 1924, Steward was a professor of history, French, and logic at Wilberforce University.
Personal life
Steward was married to Elizabeth Gadsden (d 1893) with whom he had eight sons: Frank Rudolph (b. 1872; Stephen Hunter (b 1874), Theophilus Bolden (b 1879), Charles, James, Benjamin, Walter, and Gustavus (b 1883).
