Clackamas-Statewide County OR Archives Biographies.....Stuart, Dr. Charles Albert February 18, 1870 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com October 26, 2008, 1:14 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company CHARLES ALBERT STUART, M. D. The sterling traits of his Caledonian ancestors are manifest in the career of Dr. Charles Albert Stuart, who is successfully following in the professional footsteps of his father and ranks with the leading physicians of Oregon City. For generations his ancestors lived in Scotland and the first representative of the Stuart family in the United States was his great-grandfather, who married twice and became the father of twenty-three children, all of whom were present at the family reunion, which was held on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. He attained the remarkable age of one hundred and ten years and remained vigorous and active until the end, dying while engaged in splitting wood. His son, Charles Stuart, the grandfather of Dr. Charles A. Stuart, was also married twice, and his family numbered sixteen children. Dr. Stuart was born February 18, 1870, in Webster City, Iowa. His father, Dr. George Edward Stuart, was born near Quebec but his parents were American citizens who had migrated to that region from Portland, Maine, and when he was three years old they returned to their old home in the Pine Tree state. Later his father went to Iowa and became one of the pioneer wheelwrights of Webster City. In the public schools of that locality Dr. George E. Stuart pursued his studies and while working in a physician's office in Webster City he completed a medical course. After the death of his employer he succeeded to his practice but was unable to withstand the constant exposure to the elements and sought an indoor occupation, becoming a photographer. Members of the family had traveled by ox team and wagon to Oregon City in 1868 but all returned to Iowa except Joseph Stuart, who subsequently visited his brother, Dr. George E. Stuart, in Iowa, persuading him to locate in Oregon City about 1884. For a year Dr. Stuart was the proprietor of a photograph gallery in this city and then engaged in the same line of business in Dayton, Oregon. He soon decided to resume the work of his profession and for four years was a student at the old Willamette Medical school in Portland. He opened an office in North Yamhill, later moving to Monument and thence to Newberg. In 1911 he returned to Oregon City and formed a partnership with his son, with whom he was associated in the practice of medicine until October 24, 1925, when death terminated his labors. Efficient, dignified and well poised, he inspired trust and confidence in his patients, and as one of the pioneer physicians of this region he was widely known and highly esteemed. In Webster City, Iowa, he had married Miss Orry L. Spangle and Charles A. was their only child. Mrs. Stuart was born in Webster City and her parents were of Germany descent. She is now the wife of T. H. Smith and still resides in Oregon City. In the public schools of Dayton and Portland, Oregon, Dr. Charles A. Stuart obtained his early education and next attended Lafayette Seminary. At Salem he matriculated in the Willamette Medical College, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1899 and after his graduation returned to Oregon City, for a time administering anaesthetics for local physicians. Later he made the trip to Salem on his bicycle. In the advertising columns of a paper he noted that a physician was needed at Buena Vista, Oregon, in which there was an epidemic of measles, and in company with a friend he went there on a boat which ran into a sand bank. On locating the drug store Dr. Stuart found that the pharmacist had secured a boarding place for him, but the settlement was so small that he decided to return to Salem. Before he could reach the boat he was called on a case and by noon had eleven patients. For about six months he remained in Buena Vista and during that time was married. Later he spent twenty months in Woodburn, Oregon, and in 1901 returned to Oregon City, where he has since maintained an office. In that year he was made county physician and filled the office for two years. Closely studying each case intrusted to his care, he utilizes the most effective remedial agents, and his practice has steadily increased. He is devoted to his patients and never fails to respond to the call of duty. Dr. Stuart was married June 16, 1899, in Oregon City to Miss Clara Agnes Farr, who was born in the Beaver Creek district, near Oregon City. Her parents were Isaac and Annis (Morris) Farr, the former of whom conducted a meat market in this locality in the early days, and both have passed away. Dr. and Mrs. Stuart have two children. The son, William Cecil, was born April 3, 1900, in Woodburn and resides in Oregon City. The daughter, Theresa, was born in Oregon City in 1902 and is the wife of G. H. Aitnow, of Portland, assistant inspector for the McCormick Steamship Company. They have become the parents of a daughter, Elaine Clara. Dr. Stuart belongs to the Fraternal Brotherhood of America, the Woodmen of the World and the Knights and Ladies of Security. His wife is connected with the last named organization and also with the United Artisans. He is a member of the local, state and national medical associations and keeps in close touch with the onward. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 519-520 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clackamas/bios/stuart506gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb