[p. 876] a well-known business citizen of New Castle, where he is engaged in a general contracting business, and is largely interested in dealing in and improving city realty, was born in Lancaster Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1850.
Mr. Stewart was about twenty years of age when he came first to New Castle, where he worked as a carpenter until 1874, when he went to Denver, Colo. Two years later he returned to New Castle, and has been engaged in general contracting ever since. He has done a large part of the important building in this city, and among his most notable structures may be mentioned the block now occupied by the Traction Company, he purchasing the land and erecting the appropriate buildings; the block in which the Home Trust Company is located; the block in which is located Welch's hardware store, and the Alexander Block, together with any number of the city's handsomest residences. He has engaged, during the past thirty years, also in purchasing unimproved realty in different sections, which he has platted and built upon, subsequently disposing of these desirable sites.
In March, 1870, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Mary Jane Smith, a resident of New Castle. They are members and liberal supporters of the Central Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the trade organization, the Carpenters' Union. Mr. Stewart is quite active in local politics, being a stanch Republican.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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