Subsequent to 1869 he joined his brother in Virginia and worked at farming. After his marriage he removed to Western Virginia and resided there until 1888 (Severance, B. Frank. Genealogy and biography of the descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland and of John Stewart who came to America in 1718 and settled in Londonderry, N.H. Greenfield, Mass. : T. Morey & Son, 1905, pg. 152).
Severance alterantely has his birthdate as July 21, 1841 (page 122) and July 21, 1846 (page 152). Findagrave has it as July 21, 1846
as on his grave marker, which I presume is correct.