Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Stewart, Daniel W. December 11, 1849 - 
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DANIEL W. STEWART, Register of Deeds of Mecosta County, resident at Big 
Rapids, was born at Centerville, 

St. Joseph Co., Mich., Dec. 11, 1849, and is a son of Daniel Stewart, born 
July 4, 1811, at Albany, N.Y., 

and Mary (McFarland) Stewart, born June 3, 1813, at Amsterdam, N.Y.; the 
latter still resides at 

Centerville.  The father was a mason by trade, and in his later years was 
engaged in mercantile operations, 

combined with traffic in lumber.  He died at Centerville, March 25, 1876.  The 
parents of Mr. Stewart were 

married March 25, 1835, and located at Centerville Sept. 21, 1837.  Duncan and 
Jeanette (Campbell) Stewart, 

his paternal grandparents were born on Loch Tay, County of Perth, Scotland; 
Parlin McFarland, his maternal 

grandfather, was a native of Glasgow, and Isabella (McNaughton) McFarland, 
maternal grandmother, was born 

near Perth, Scotland.

Mr. Stewart obtaied his elementary education at the public schools of his 
native place.  At the age of 16 

he was sent to the graded school at Sturgis and was a pupil there 18 months, 
wfter which he went to a 

school of the same character at Centerville and pursued a course of study 
there two years; he then attended 

the Business College at Sturgis three months.  In April, 1875, he came to 
Mecosta County, locating at 

Morley, where he operated in general merchandise.  He sold his business at the 
end of the first year, and 

interested himself in trading in shingles until the fall of 1877.  He then, in 
partnership with J.T. Cook 

and W.T. Jones, inaugurated another mercantile enterprise, which proved 
signally successful, reaching an 

annual aggregate of $25,000.  In the spring of 1881, Mr. Stewart sold out, and 
during the next 18 months 

was occupied with the duties pertaining to the office of Postmaster of Morley, 
to which he was appointed in 

October, 1877, and which he resigned in January, 1883, on his accession to his 
present official position.  

Mr. Stewart was elected on the Republican ticket, running against Joseph H. 
Kilbourne, opposition 

candidate.  While a resident at Morley, he occupied various official posts; 
was elected Township Clerk in 

1875 and re-elected successively until the spring of 1882, when he was elected 
Supervisor.  He also acted 

as village clerk several years.  He resigned his supervisorship in December, 
1882, just previous to his 

removal to Big Rapids to enter upon the duties as Register of Deeds.  He was 
married at Morley April 14, 

1880, to Rebecca, daughter of William and Ann Hugh.  Her father is a prominent 
lumberman of Morley and 

junior member of the firm of Higbee & Hugh.  Mrs. Stewat was born Feb. 22, 
1860, in Watertown, Province of 

Ontario, and is the mother of one child, Earl H. Stewart, born at Morley, July 
26, 1881.  

Among those worthy a place with the gentlemen whose portraits we present in 
this volume, is Mr. Stewart, 

whose portrait we give on the preceding page.

Additional Comments:
1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co.

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