Husband John Stewart 1
Born: 4 Nov 1839 - Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA 2
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Father: Dr. Alexander Stewart (1809-1894) 3 4
Mother: Elizabeth Hamill (1813-1853) 1 3 4
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Wife Jane Holmes Larmour 5
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Father: Samuel B. Larmour ( - ) 5
Mother: Anna Worrall ( - ) 5
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1 F Mary Larmour Stewart 5
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2 F Anna Worrall Stewart 5
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3 F Elizabeth Keith Stewart 5
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4 F Janet Holmes Stewart 5
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5 F Helen Montgomery Stewart 5
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6 M Alexander Stewart 5
Born: 7 Feb 1866 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 5
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Died: 8 Jan 1895 5
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General Notes: Husband - John Stewart
He received his elementary education in the schools of his native town and at Milnwood Academy, Shade Gap, and was graduated at Princeton College in 1857. After leaving college he studied law in the office of Judge Frederick Watts, at Carlisle, and was admitted to the Cumberland County Bar in November, 1860. Choosing Chambersburg as his future home, he was admitted to the Franklin County Bar Jan. 23, 1861, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession. His practice was interrupted by the exigencies of the Civil war, and he was mustered into the service of the United States as first lieutenant of Company A, 126th Regiment, P. V., Aug. 11, 1862, and promoted to be adjutant of the regiment, Aug. 15, 1862. Later on he became mustering officer of his division in the Fifth Army Corps, in which capacity he served until the battle of Chancellorsville, in which he resumed his duties as adjutant and was mustered out with his regiment, May 20, 1863. After his return to civil life he devoted himself entirely to the practice of his profession, first in association with Col. A. K. McClure, and later with Col. Thomas B. Kennedy, the firm of Kennedy & Stewart continuing for more than twenty years. He was very successful and prominent in his profession, and, until his election to the Bench, commanded a large and lucrative practice. He was always a Republican in politics, with the courage to assert his personal and political independence of party dictation. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Baltimore, in 1863, which nominated President Lincoln for a second term. He represented the 19th Senate District in the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, which framed the constitution of 1874. In 1868 he was chosen a Presidential elector on the occasion of Gen. Grant's first election as President, and he was again a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1876, at Cincinnati, which nominated President Hayes. He represented the district comprising the counties of Franklin and Huntingdon in the State Senate, 1881-84. During his service in the State Senate serious difficulties arose in the Republican party of Pennsylvania in regard to party policies. Senator Stewart took a bold and independent course in these differences, and in 1882, in consequence of the division in the party, he became the Independent Republican candidate for Governor against Gen. James A. Beaver, who was defeated in the triangular contest of that year. In 1884 he was again a delegate to the Republican National Convention, at Chicago, which nominated James G. Blaine for President, and was chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation. In 1888, he was elected President Judge of the 39th Judicial District, and he was re-elected in 1898. His course on the Bench has been characterized by legal acumen, judicial fairness and independence, and unquestioned integrity. The rulings of few judges of the courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania have been so seldom reversed by the Superior and Supreme courts.
Having been appointed by Gov. Pennypacker a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to succeed Justice Dean, Judge Stewart resigned from the Common Pleas Bench June 21, 1905, and took his seat in the highest court in the State on the following day. He has been nominated by the Republican State Committee for a full term, with every prospect that he will receive the indorsement of the Democratic State Convention as well. This makes a record that is unique in the history of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Apart from his judicial duties Judge Stewart always took an active interest in all matters pertaining to the well-being of the county and the county seat. He was a member of Housum Post, No. 309, G. A. R., and has frequently addressed the members of the post. He was a trustee of Wilson College for Women, and always was active in promoting the prosperity of the college. He was a member of the Scotch Irish Society of Pennsylvania, of the Society of the Scotch-Irish in America, and of the Kittochtinny Historical Society of Chambersburg. He was president of the Scotch-Irish Congress held in Chambersburg in 1901, and served for five years as the first president of the Kittochtinny Society. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Franklin and Marshall College in June, 1903.