C. B. Stuart Biography


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	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 234

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C. B. STUART, the well-known and popular county auditor of Sanborn 
county, South Dakota, now residing in Woonsocket, is a native of 
Michigan, born in 1861, and is a son of Hopkins S. and Mary E. Stuart. 
The father was born in New York of Scotch ancestry, the mother in New 
York of Irish and Yankee extraction, her father being a native of the 
Emerald Isle. 

Our subject was reared in the city of Hartland, Michigan, and at the 
age of twelve years began his business career as a clerk in a general 
store, where he was employed continuously, with the exception of one 
term spent in teaching school, until coming to South Dakota in 1879. 
That year he landed in Dell Rapids, but soon afterward went to Madison, 
where he worked on the "Lake County Leader," the first newspaper 
published in that county. In 1883, he came to Artesian, then known as 
Diana, Sanborn county, where he started the John Paul lumber yard and 
erected the first building in the city, it being a small lumber office. 
While at that place he engaged in various enterprises, such as the 
grocery, coal, farm machinery and newspaper business. He also took up 
land and with his family lived on his claim in a little shanty, where 
they underwent all the experiences and trials incident to frontier 
life. In 1897 he bought the "Chronicle, " a thriving newspaper of 
Artesian, and the following year moved it to Letcher, where he has 
since successfully engaged in its publication. 

In 1883, Mr. Stuart was united in marriage with Miss Mellie E. Lamson, 
also a native of Michigan, and they now have one daughter, Faye. In his 
political views he is a stanch Democrat, and has taken a very active 
and prominent part in party work. He served as postmaster of Artesian 
under President Cleveland, and in the fall of 1898 was elected to the 
office of county auditor on the fusion ticket, that of the Populist and 
Democratic parties. He is now serving in that position with credit to 
himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.