DAVID DINSMORE STEWART Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. VI Nov. Dec. 1918, Jan. 1919 No. 3 page 94-95 DAVID DINSMORE STEWART David Dinsmore Stewart who died at his home in St. Albans. Maine, December 3, 1917, was for a quarter of a century regarded as the nestor of the Maine bar and was in many ways a remarkable man. He retained his mental vigor until the hour of his death, being then in the ninety-fifth year of his age, having been born in Corinna. Maine, Oct. 22, 1823. He attended the common schools of his native town and later was a student in Colby and Bowdoin colleges. He commenced the practice of law in that village in 1847 and continued it there for seventy years. St. Albans is one of Maine's thrifty farming towns but in those days and for many years later it was a stage coach and tote team centre, hence a desirable location at that time for a young lawyer beginning his career. He was a great lawyer in every sense of that term. He acquired such an extensive practice in that little country vil- lage that he amassed a fortune large for any lawyer in either city or country town practice, and what was an amazing one for a coun- try lawyer With him it never was a case of Mohammed going to the moun- tain, the mountain always went to him. It had to. His ability and integrity as an attorney were fully understood all over Maine and his clientage extended into all parts of the state. And yet in the early days of his busy life he found time to at- tend to republican politics, was a member of the Maine legislature, and in 1864 president of the Senate. He had however little taste for the life of a politician. The law was his mistress and he was faithful to her demands for a period that covers life's allotted span. (c) 1998 Tina Vickery Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.