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Stewarts of Truxton New York Genealogy, 1923Entry/Object ID
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Stewarts of Truxton New York Genealogy, 1923. This information came from the STEWART CLAN MAGAZINE March 1923. The editor was George T. Edson, Associate Editor was Horace W. Dickerman 9 W. 9th St., New York City. The author of the article was Dr. Francis E. Stewart of Philadelphia.
Robert Stewart went to Kentucky as a boy, and making his way Westward he settled in Buchanan County in 1838, where he practiced law. He was Lieutenant-governor under Gov. Polk and 1857 elected governor.
With his brothers John and Jonathan S. He helped found the system of railroads which center in Missouri and built the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad and was it president.
On leaving office he entered the Union Army. Failing health compelled his resignation. He never married. He died in St. Joseph Sept, 21, 1871.
While he was governor his brother Jonathan and his wife Adeline and sons Francis Edward and Charles lived with him.
Dr. Francis Edward Stewart, died in 1941. He held a degree in medicine and pharmacy. He organized the scientific departments of Parke, Davis and Company, Frederick Stearns and Co., Merck, and the H. K. Mulford Company, now Sharpe and Dohme. He was a professor at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and a life member and honorary president of the America Pharmaceutical Association, as well as a fellow of the America College of Physicians, America Medical Association, America Academy of Medicine.Lexicon
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