Stewart, John W

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John W. STEWART
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Prominent [[Springfield]] businessman and general store owner for 38 years.
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In Macoupin county, Illinois, on [[September 13]], 1835, Mr. Stewart was born.
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JOHN STEWART
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Early in life his father took him to Missouri, thence to Iowa in 1849, and to
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this State in [[1852]], crossing the plains.  The family settled near [[Eugene]] City,
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on the [[Willamette River]], but in [[1855]] they took a residence in Eugene City.  Mr.
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Stewart went to the Elk City gold mines in Idaho in [[1862]], and after a stay of
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five months he moved to the Boise mines in that Territory and then returned to
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[[Lane County]] and settled at [[Springfield]].  Here he opened a general merchandise
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store, commencing business [[November 5]], [[1863]], and has followed it to the present
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time.  He married first, Julia Walker, and by this union had two children, Henry
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and Hattie.  His second marriage was to L. Elizabeth Evans, and James E., Ethel
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and Harry are their children.
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"Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon." Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling,
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The subject of this sketch, a view of whose livery establishment in Eugene
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publisher, [[1884]].  pg. 493.
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City appears in this volume, was born in Macoupin county, Illinois, January 6,
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1837, but when quite young accompanied his parents to Missouri, and afterwards
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Prominent [[Springfield]] businessman and general store owner for 38 years.
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to Iowa. In [[1852]] he crossed the plains to Oregon, settled in Lane county about
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five miles from [[Eugene]] City, in the Forks of the Willamette, where his father
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took up a donation claim, and there they resided until [[1855]], when the family
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moved into town.  Our subject engaged in a mercantile business in [[Springfield]]
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with his brother, [[Stewart, Joseph W.|Joseph W. Stewart]] for about ten years, and two years ago established his present
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stable and  barn.  He married, [[October 6]], [[1864]], Miss Louisa M. Duncan, and has
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three children.
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Current revision as of 22:57, 13 September 2007

Prominent Springfield businessman and general store owner for 38 years.

JOHN STEWART

The subject of this sketch, a view of whose livery establishment in Eugene City appears in this volume, was born in Macoupin county, Illinois, January 6, 1837, but when quite young accompanied his parents to Missouri, and afterwards to Iowa. In 1852 he crossed the plains to Oregon, settled in Lane county about five miles from Eugene City, in the Forks of the Willamette, where his father took up a donation claim, and there they resided until 1855, when the family moved into town. Our subject engaged in a mercantile business in Springfield with his brother, Joseph W. Stewart for about ten years, and two years ago established his present stable and barn. He married, October 6, 1864, Miss Louisa M. Duncan, and has three children.

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