STEWART, Lemuel T., b 1852: 1905 Bio, Mesa County, Colorado

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Donated October 3, 2001

Transcribed by Judy Crook <jlcrook@rof.net>  from the book:

Progressive Men of Western Colorado 

Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill.



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Lemuel T. Stewart

	Lemuel T. Stewart, of Mesa county, living in a good stone house which he built

on Roan creek and which was one of the first erected on that stream, he being

among the earliest settlers in this region, is  a native of Ohio, born in 1850. 

He is the son of James and Nancy (Turner) Stewart, both of the same nativity as

himself.  His father was a shipbuilder in his younger days, and later became a

farmer in his native state.  He died there in 1856, at the age of sixty-three;

and his wife died the same year, aged fifty-eight.  They had seven children, of

whom the subject was the last born.  Thus doubly orphaned at the early age of

six, he was thrown on his own resources while he was yet very young.  His

boyhood was passed at Bellefontaine, in his native state, working on a farm and

going to school.  At the age of twenty-one he migrated to Illinois, and some

little time later to Kansas.  Here he taught school four years, then came to

Colorado, locating at Denver, where he remained about eight months.  From there

he moved to Blackhawk, Colorado, and kept a hotel for some time, after which he

was employed for two years in mining at Caribou, Boulder county, and during the

next four in the same occupation at Leadville.  In 1880 he made a trip through

Arizona, New Mexico and Utah prospecting, and in 1882 located on Roan creek near

where he now lives.  He was, as has been noted, one of the first settlers in

this section and built one of the first dwellings on the creek for the residence

of a white man.  The house is of stone and stands just west of the Continental

divide.  Mr. Stewart has lived here continuously since his first occupation of

the land, and has been busily occupied in farming and raising stock.  His ranch

is historic ground, lying along the trail taken by the Ute Indians after the

Meeker massacre.  In 1890 Mr. Stewart was united in marriage with Miss Annie

Meyer, and their union has been blessed with one child, their daughter Lula. 

The father has been very active in public affairs, particularly in school

matters, having served as president of the school board from its organization

until the fall of 1902, when he declined to serve longer.  He is one of the

representative men of this section.



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