Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Helen Stewart, Green County, Missouri
From the Maine Farmer: An Agricultural and Family Newspaper, 25 June 1896

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The Children of the sheriff of Green County, Mo., say "mamma" when they
address that official, Mrs. Helen Stewart, who guards the jail at
Springfield the county seat, is a pleasant appearing woman of middle age,
somewhat stout, and having features which indicate resolution -- in short,
she looks like a nervy woman, and she is. Several times, with the aid of
one deputy -- a man --she has locked her 42 prisoners in their cells for
the night, and she is not afraid to enter the jail proper at any period of
the day or night unattended. Her husband, the former sheriff died a year
ago, and Mrs. Stewart asked for the position as she had no means of
earning a living for herself and two little girls. The community
sympathized with her, and she was allowed to take her husband's place. She
resides in the jail but a few feet from where the cells are located. Her
children are 8 and 10 years of age respectively, and are being educated by
their mother, who before marriage was a school teacher in New York State.

Mrs. Stewart's deputies make most of the arrest, but she has served
several criminal warrants herself, and in all instance has taken her
prisoners to the jail without difficulty, for people in this country know
that she is an excellent pistol shot and always carries her revolver with
her - "Brooklyn Citizen"

Courtesy of David Colby Young, author of Abstracts of  Death Notices
(1833-1852) and Miscellaneous News Articles (1833-1924) from the "Maine
Farmer" 1997

Enjoy,

David C. Young
PO Box 152
Danville, Maine 04223


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