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Born 1817
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)
ROBERT STEWART, a pioneer cigar dealer, and father of the Stewart brothers, leading wholesale cigar merchants, was born in Pennsylvania Jan. l8, 1817, and came to St. Joseph in 1868, founding the business made famous by his sons. He was married at Miamiburg, O., in 1844, to Miss Mary A. Stevens, born in Ohio in 1827. They had three boys — Charles O., Robert S., and Thomas J., all of whom patronage, and he is among the leading plumbers in the city. He was married May 15, 1895, to Miss Mary Connaughton, of which union there are two boys.
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.
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