Biographical Sketch of John W. Stewart, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Prof. John W. Stewart, principal of the Richland Institute, and 
attorney at law, is the second born in the family of five children
of William P. and Mary (Gordon) Stewart, and was born in Maury
County, Tenn., on December 28, 1848.  William P. Stewart was born
in North Carolina in 1824, and is of Scotch origin.  He married in
Tennessee, and in 1859 removed to Lebanon, MO., where he still
lives; he was formerly engaged in the boot and shoe business, but
is now a farmer.  The paternal grandfather of our subject, Charles
Stewart, was also a native of North Carolina, and was an early
settler of Moury county, Tenn., where he died.  The maternal
grandfather was John Gordon, who was born in North Carolina, and
died in Maury County, Tenn., of which county he was a pioneer.
John W. Stewart received the principal part of his education at 
Lebanon Academy, then the best school in Laclede County, and in
1868, at the age of twenty years, he taught his first school in
Dallas County, and afterward taught near Lebanon.  He was assist-
ant teacher in the Labonon public schools for years, one year 
principal of the Ozark school, and one year principal of the 
Lebanon graded schools.  In 1875 he graduated from the law depart-
ment of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, after attending
one year, having previously read one year in a law office, and 
devoting considerable attention to the study of law while he was
engaged in teaching.  In August, 1875, he was admitted to the
Laclede County bar before Judge W.F. Geiger.  In 1877 he became
editor and publisher of the Richland "Sentinel", which he ably 
conducted until 1880, when he removed to Steelville, in Crawford
County, and during the campaign of that year he published the
Crawford County Sentinel.  In December of the same year he sold
out and returned to Richland, and the following became principal
of the Richland Institute, to which he has since devoted almost 
his entire attention.  He is one of the most active educational
workers in the county, and as such is well and favorably known.
During the summer vacation for several years past Mr. Stewart has
conducted a normal school at Richland, with remarkable success, 
and it has been of almost inestimateable value to the educational
interests of the county, greatly advancing the standard of the
teachers in the county.  In 1878 Mr. Stewart married Mary Gillespie,
daughter of Oliver and Caroline Gillespie, natives of Pulaski County,
their parents being early settlers.  Mrs. Gillespie still resides in
the county.  Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart four
are now living.  The parents are members of the Christian Church.
Mr. Stewart is a member of the I.O.O.F. and A.O.U.W.

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