"Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon." Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling,
publisher, 1884.  pg. 493.
 
J. W. STEWART
     In Macoupin county, Illinois, on September 13, 1835, Mr. Stewart was born.
Early in life his father took him to Missouri, thence to Iowa in 1849, and to
this State in 1852, crossing the plains.  The family settled near Eugene City,
on the Willamette river, but in 1855 they took a residence in Eugene City.  Mr.
Stewart went to the Elk City gold mines in Idaho in 1862, and after a stay of
five months he moved to the Boise mines in that Territory and then returned to
Lane county and settled at Springfield.  Here he opened a general merchandise
store, commencing business November 5, 1863, and has followed it to the present
time.  He married first, Julia Walker, and by this union had two children, Henry
and Hattie.  His second marriage was to L. Elizabeth Evans, and James E., Ethel
and Harry are their children.

 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
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