For
Muscatine County Iowa
1879
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879 | |
Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 620
THEODORE S. STEWART, merchant, dealer in boots and shoes, 186 Second street; is a native of Marietta, Ohio; was born in 1847, and is a son of William H. Stewart and Cynthia A. Morton; when 7 years of age, his parents came to Iowa, and located in Muscatine, where he attended school and afterward entered Fulton College; while there, he enlisted, when only 16 years of age, with the rest of his class, in the 140th Regiment, ILL. V. I., Co. D; after his return, he entered his father's store; when 21 years of age, in 1868, he became interested in the business with his father; he is now succeeded his father in the business, which is the oldest boot and shoe house in Muscatine. He married Miss Nary Foulk Oct. 13, 1875; they have two children--a son, Morton, and an infant daughter.
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