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Stewart, James – Stewart, William Bell

Stewart, James

physician, author, was born April 7, 1799, in New York city.

He was a physician of New York city; and the author of Diseases of Children; and The Lungs. He died Sept. 12, 1864, in Rye, N. Y.

Stewart, James A

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 24, 1808, in Dorchester county, Md.

He served in the state legislature; and was a judge of the circuit court of Maryland: He was elected a representative from Maryland to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses, and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress.

Stewart, James Jones

lawyer, was born April 22, 1868, in Montgomery, Ala. He received his education at the university of Alabama, and at the age of eighteen years was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Alabama. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Braidentown, Fla.; and for three years was captain of company G, first regiment Alabama state troops.

Stewart, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1800 to 1801 to fill a vacancy; and re-elected to the seventh and eighth congresses. was

Stewart, John

agriculturist, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1795 in Chatham. He served many years in the Connecticut legislature; and was judge of Middlesex county court. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1843 to 1845. He died Sept. 16, 1860, in Chatham, Conn.

Stewart, Marcus A

author, poet, was born Sept. 21, 1852, in Madison, Wis.

He is a writer of San Jose, Cal.; and the author of a volume of poems entitled Rosita.

Stewart, Orrville H

journalist, poet, author, was born Oct. 25, 1876, in Adams, Ind. He is the city editor of the Daily New Era of Greensburg, Ind.; staff correspondent of several metropolitan dailies, and a regular contributor to the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Chicago Chronicle, Indianapolis Journal, and the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. His bestknown poem is Down on the Farm, and his Hoosier Stories have been widely copied in the periodical press.

Stewart, Philo Penfield

founder, was born in July, 1798, in Sherman, Conn. He was one of the founders of Oberlin college. He died Dec. 13, 1868.

Stewart, Thomas E

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 22, 1824, in New York city. In 1854 he was elected commissioner of schools; and in 1864 and 1865 was elected a member of the New York state assembly. In 1866 he was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress.

Stewart, Thomas Mccants

lawyer, author, was born Dec. 28, 1854, in Charleston, S. C. He has been professor of mathematics in the State Agricultural college of South Carolina; and since 1886 has practiced law in New York city. He ranks high as an orator and as an author, his bestknown book being Liberia: The Americo-African Republic. During 1891-95 he was a member of the board of education of the city of Brooklyn, and served on several important committees.

Stewart, William

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1811, in Mercer, Pa. He was a member of the state senate of Pennsylvania for three years. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirtyfifth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress.

Stewart, William Bell

clergyman, was born Oct. 10, 1818, in Butler county, Pa. He received his education at the Washington college, Pennsylvania; and has attained success as a clergyman. of the presbyterian church. He has been pastor and, principal of several colleges; and secretary of the American Tract soclety.

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