Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Stewart, Harold  December 14, 1844 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons

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HAROLD STEWART
	One of the earliest of the early pioneers of this favored section, a 
man whose energy and skill have enabled him always to be in the lead, marking 
the way for others, while his integrity and uprightness have won for him the 
respect and confidence that he justly deserves, the subject of our sketch has 
truly merited the place of prominence that he fills in our county, and it is 
with pleasure that we accord him a representation in this enduring record of 
Umatilla’s men and events.
	He was born in Futon county, Illinois, on December 14, 1844.  His 
father, Eli Stewart, a tailor by trade, moved with his family to Muscatine, 
Iowa, in 1845, and continued there, working at his trade, for four years.  The 
next year after the great rush to the gold fields of the Pacific coast, Mr. 
Stewart made ready and took his family with ox teams to Portland, Oregon, 
landing there in the fall of 1850.  One item worthy of note is, that even at 
such an early date as mentioned, Mr. Stewart made the whole trip in company 
with no other wagons, a feat that bespeaks his courage and skillfulness.  Soon 
after arriving in Portland he started a tailor shop and the first auction 
store in that city, while Mrs. Stewart was active in starting and operating a 
hotel.  They took up a claim two miles west from the city, what is now known 
as the poor farm, and remained there until 1860, when they came to Pilot Rock, 
this county.  Mr. Stewart’s wagons were the first to bring settlers south of 
Umatilla Landing.  He took up a homestead on Birch Creek, what is now known as 
the Ganger place, where he lived until 1890 and then sold to the present 
owner.  Our subject remained here with his father until 1876, when he took up 
a squatter’s right on unsurveyed land at the head of Stewart creek.  He 
continued there for two years, and moved to Pilot Rock and started in the 
livery business, continuing therein until 1898.  He built the Pilot Rock Hotel 
and livery barn now operated by David Wright.  In the spring of 1898, he moved 
to his present fine domain of over eight hundred acres of fertile land, where 
he devotes his whole attention to stock raising, in which line he is eminently 
successful.
	At his father’s home on Birch creek, on February 22, 1875, he was 
married to Miss Mary C. Pomeroy, daughter of Walter Pomeroy, a pioneer of 1845 
who settled near Portland.  To them have been born seven children, as follows: 
Jennie D., born May 15, 1876, now in Portland; Winferd E., born August 22, 
1877; Carl G., born February 20, 1882; Walter H., born November 20, 1887; 
Georgia R., born August 25, 1890, Daphna J., born November 11, 1895; Inez M., 
born January 14, 1897.  Winfered E. and Carl G. are in business in Pendleton.
	Our subject was educated in the public schools of Portland and has 
since been active in keeping abreast with the times.  He manifests a lively 
interest in the issues of the day, taking part in political matters and school 
affairs, using therein the same good judgment that is so characteristic of him 
in all of his business life.
	It is worthy of note that the elder Mr. Stewart was a colonel in the 
Oregon militia.



Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.


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