Leona Hubbard Stewart (1913-2003)

Leona Hubbard Stewart, the youngest child of Herbert and Sarah Matilda Hubbard, was born on the Sourland Mountain along with her siblings Herma, Earl, Basil and Hervey. Leona married Stanley Stewart and raised her children, Janice, Stanley II, and Jeffrey, in one of the oldest historic homes in Pennington, New Jersey. It was in this house where early followers of the African Methodist Episcopal Church worshiped before the Mt. Zion AME Church was built on land next door. For a short time this was also the home where the actor Dooley Wilson, who appeared as “Sam” in the movie Casablanca, once lived.