St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Stewart, James T. February 9, 1911
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, February 11, 1911, Image 1

JAMES T. STEWART DIES AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS.

Was A Prominent Capitalist of This Section ... Rose from A Day Carpenter to 
A Monied Man.

There passed away Thursday, February 9, 1911, a man who rose from a day 
laborer as a carpenter, to a leading capitalist.

And he did this handicapped with the disadvantages of a limited education.

Reared in the timber section of St. Landry, he came to Opelousas while yet a 
young man. Tutored in woodwork by his long connection with sawmills and 
timber, he was a skilled carpenter. After a few years' residence in 
Opelousas, he moved to Crowley, when that town was just being built. There 
he worked as a day laborer.

Returning to Opelousas, he engaged in the lumber business, and it was the 
lumber business which started him on the road to financial success. In fact 
his success was phenomenal, and after some thirteen years of active life in 
that business, he retired and became a capitalist.

He was a strong, robust, healthy man, and two weeks ago when it was told 
about town that he was suffering from a stroke of paralysis, it caused a 
general surprise. He lingered, semiconscious, with occasional attacks of 
apoplexy. The third and last occurred Tuesday night, and on Thursday night, 
at 8:15 o'clock, he breathed his last.

Mr. Stewart was aged 56 years, 3 months and 5 days.

The funeral took place yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock; services being held 
in the Baptist church, and interment in the Protestant cemetery.

He leaves two children: Willie Stewart and Mrs. J. B. Brock.

Additional Comments:
NOTE: James T. Stewart is buried in the Myrtle Grove Cemetery located in 
Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA.

www.findagrave.com memorial # 137657704

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