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From The Daily news' history of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. From the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1898. Preceded by a short history of Missouri. Supplemented by biographical s (1898)
JOHN M. STEWART, attorney at law, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, and came to St. Joseph in 1874, where he engaged in the practice of his profession, meeting with good success. Judge Stewart is a Democrat, and in 1886 he was elected by his party to the office of probate judge, which position he held till 1894. He is authority on probate matters and is very often consulted by parties interested in that court.
As printed in The Daily news' history of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. From the time of the Platte purchase to the end of the year 1898. Preceded by a short history of Missouri. Supplemented by biographical s (1898). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1898. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.