Lowndes-Thomas County GaArchives Biographies.....Stuart, Charles Thompson 1828 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   CAPT. CHARLES THOMPSON STUART. Few men even in an extended lifetime of more
than eighty years have careers of such varied activities and in so many parts of
the world as Captain Stuart, of Thomasville, now retired after forty years hi
the hotel business in southern Georgia. For many years he followed the sea in
the old wooden merchant marine, was a Southern soldier during the war between
the states, and then during a period of forty years extended his genial
hospitality as a landlord in Valdosta and in Thomasville.

   Charles Thompson Stuart was born in Annapolis, Maryland, May 11, 1828. His
grandfather emigrated from Scotland and founded this branch of the family in
Maryland, where he spent the remainder of his life. The captain's father was
Charles Stuart, a native of eastern Maryland. During his youth he received
excellent educational advantages, and then entered a long career in public
service. For a number of years he was connected with the state treasurer's
department of Maryland, and under the administration of Gen. W. H. Harrison was
given an appointment in the treasury department at Washington, where he
continued until some time during the Civil war. After the war he moved his
residence from Washington to New York City, where he died at the age of
seventy-seven. The maiden name of his wife was Alicia A. Thompson, who was born
in Annapolis, daughter of Henry Thompson, a capitalist of that city. She lived
to the age of eighty-seven years, and she reared seven children, namely: John
Nelson, Charles Thompson, Julia Ellen, William B., Mary A., Henry W. and Wilson
W. Of the sons, John, Charles, William and Wilson wore the grey in the
Confederate armies, and all but Charles met death in their devotion to the
Southern cause.

   Captain Stuart at the age of thirteen entered St. John's College in Maryland,
but after two years had to relinquish his studies on account of ill health, and
from that time forward until his retirement a few years since was engaged in an
active and often arduous practical career. For three years he was apprentice in
a mercantile house of Baltimore, and then took two sea voyages to Cuba and the
West Indies. These were the start of his long seafaring adventures. In 1847 he
sailed on a merchant vessel around Cape Horn to China and returned via Cape
Hope, after sixteen months spent on all the seas and in many of the ports of the
world. For twelve years he was identified with the merchant marine service, and
came to know the world of that time as few other men did.

   His retirement from the sea in 1861 was followed almost immediately by his
enlistment in Company H of the Twenty-sixth Regiment in Gordon's famous brigade,
and for several years he was with that command in its campaigns and numerous
battles in Virginia. He was several times wounded, and at the battle of
Monocacy, Maryland, toward the end of the war, a bullet passed through his left
lung and thus dangerously wounded was captured on the field and kept a prisoner
until the spring of 1865. Being then paroled he returned home, but was unable to
resume service before the final surrender.

   At the close of the war Captain Stuart came to southern Georgia, where nearly
fifty years of his life has been spent. In December, 1865, he opened a hotel at
Valdosta and conducted it as a popular hostelry for twenty years. He then moved
to Thomasville and built the Stuart House, and continued as active proprietor of
this well known hotel for twenty years and six weeks. Much to the regret of the
large patronage he then sold and retired from active pursuits. His home is
located on the same lot with the hotel, and here he is pleasantly spending a
well-earned leisure.

   Captain Stuart was married in the city of Baltimore, January, 1852, to Miss
Ida Charlotte Marmelstein. She was born in Berlin, Germany, whence she came to
America with her parents when two years of age. Her death occurred in 1910. The
captain and Mrs. Stuart were the parents of six children, namely: Ida, Lillie,
Lula, Ardie, Jessie and Ella. Ida is the wife of N. Lilienberg, and has one
daughter named Agnes. Lillie is at home with her father. Lula married John
McWilliams. Ardie married Etta Shackelford, and they have two daughters, Marie
and Ida Virginia. Jessie is the wife of John T. West, and their two sons are
Stuart and Thomas. Ella married C. M. Smith, and they are the parents of one
son, Charles.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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