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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 561]

    ARTHUR G. STEWART is an intelligent and enterprising member of the
    farming community of Cherokee Township.  He was born in Berkshire
    County, Massachusetts, October 2, 1853.  His parents, JOHN and
    SOPHRONA (DUNHAM) STEWART, were also natives of the State of Mass-
    achusetts; the father was of Scotch-Irish ancestry.  The youth of
    our subject was passed within the borders of his native State, and
    his education was obtained in the public schools.  Choosing the trade
    of painting he served an apprenticeship, and afterward worked as a
    journeyman for some time; later he became foreman, contractor and
    jobber in the business.  Not content to spend his life in Massachu-
    setts without at least seeing something of the rest of the world,
    he removed to Illinois in his twenty-first year and settled at
    Waterman, De Kalb County.  Afterward he went to Genoa and worked at
    his trade until 1883, when he came to Iowa and bought eighty acres
    of land; this was partly broken, but there were no improvements in
    the way of buildings.  Mr. STEWART erected a good residence of a
    modern plan, on a most attractive site; there are shade and ever-
    green trees, and a beautiful lawn nicely laid out in walks.  The
    conveniences for farming are numerous, and indicated the thrift
    and good management of the owner.  He has since added forty acres
    to his farm.  Mr. STEWART was married in De Kalb County, Illinois,
    October 31, 1875, to Miss ZELIA A. SPENCER, a daughter of N. W.
    SPENCER, whose biography appears upon another page of this volume.
    Three sons have been born of this union: NORMAN W., HERBERT A., and
    CLARENCE I.  Mr. STEWART is an active member of the Adventist Church.
    In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.  He is a man in
    the prime of life, and has won an enviable position in the county.

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