BIO: George H. Stewart, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER XL.

                        BOROUGH OF SHIPPENSBURG. 

446  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  GEORGE H. STEWART, dealer in grain and real estate, Shippensburg, was 
born in Shippensburg, Penn., December 29, 1837, eldest son of Dr. 
Alexander Stewart, of same town.  George H. attended the schools in his 
native town, and also Millinwood Academy, Shade Gap, Huntingdon Co., 
Penn.  From boyhood he had a strong desire to become a business man.  
His first important business venture was in 1857, when he embarked in 
the dry goods business, and met with more than average success.  He 
also became interested in tanning and in buying and selling real 
estate.  His business outside of the store grew so rapidly that in 1868 
he sold his store, and devoted his time to dealing in real estate and 
to the leather trade.  In 1869 he became interested in the warehouse 
and grain trade at Shippensburg, since which time he has done a large 
grain business, and dealt extensively in real estate.  His residence 
stands on the site of the old Stone Tower Hotel, near the Branch, where 
Gen. Washington stopped when passing through Shippensburg, during the 
whisky insurrection of 1794.  Mr. Stewart is a thorough business man, a 
generous and courteous gentleman, and is a liberal contributor to moral 
and Christian enterprises.  He married, in 1862, Mary C., daughter of 
William McLean, of Shippensburg, Penn.  She died in 1884, a faithful 
member of the Presbyterian Church.