Biography of Charles A. Stewart
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE SARATOGIAN
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1899
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Stewart, Charles A., was born in Waterford, N. Y., April 24, 1831, educated in the public schools and in 1858
succeeded his father in the grocery business which he has conducted ever since successfully. His father, Alexander
Stewart, was born in Voluntown, Windham county, Conn., November 22. 1798, followed the water in early life and
came to Waterford when a young man. He married Susan Drake of Waterford, and they had two sons: James V. S. who
died in California in 1849 and Charles A. (as above). The Stewart family were represented first in New England
from Scotland, by John Stewart, who married Elizabeth Kennedy of Glasgow, Scotland, and their son, Samuel, was
born on shipboard on the Atlantic; he settled in Connecticut, where his son, Major John Stewart, was born and was
an officer in the Revolutionary war. One of his sons, Samuel, was a general in the war of 1812. Charles A. Stewart
has served on the village board of trustees; is a member of the board of education, and has been president for
a number of years. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and is one of the trustees. In his politieal choice
he is a Republican.
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