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charge of the station and shop work there, which position he has held ever since. On July 12, 1884, Mr. Stewart wedded Annie Clark, a daughter of William Clark, of Baltimore, Maryland, but formerly a resident of Columbia, this State. Their union has been blessed with three children, two sons and a daughter: William Denning, Edwin P., and Kathryn E. In religious faith and church membership, Edwin R. Stewart is a Presbyterian. He is a member of the Conemaugh Presbyterian church, in which he is an active and zealous worker. He is also a member of the Young Mens' Christian association, of Conemaugh, where he is never lacking in words of cheer and acts of usefulness, and secretary of the Conemaugh Building and Loan association, which has done much to improve the borough. A republican in politics, his active labors in political affairs are confined to local matters. Thus early in life Mr. Stewart has achieved the success that many men have labored long years to win. That he is methodical, correct, and honest, may be judged from his being so long in the employ of one of the greatest and most exacting business companies of the world, while his promotion at their hands tells more forcibly than words could of his special ability and fitness for the important position which he holds. The Stewarts are descended from an ancient and honorable Scotch family of Pennsylvania. John Stewart, a member of this family, was among the early settlers of Canoe Valley, Blair county. He was a farmer and iron-master and died at the age of about seventy years. He had an only child by his marrieage with Eliza Ferguson. This child was Judge Robert Stewart, and he was born and reared in Canoe valley, in Catherine township, of Blair county, which |
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was also the home of the Moreheads, Lowerys and Deans, a member of which latter family is Judge John Dean, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Judge Stewart received a good English education, spent his early years at home and on the farm of his father, and then lived a life of honor and usefulness of which his descendants may be proud. Judge Stewart, who died June 29, 1893, aged sixty years, was an old-line whig, a Presbyterian, and a Free Mason, and was very active alike in politics, church and lodge. He was one of the last associate judges of Blair county, serving from 1881 to 1887, when the office was abolished. He married Elizabeth A. Patton, who is a daughter of John S. Patton, of Huntingdon, and was born in 1837. Their children were: Kathryn E., wife of G. E. Schmucker; John Dean; Edwin R.; Wm. Patton, of Altoona; and Frederick, a resident of South Fork.
WILLIAM D. GALBRAITH, burgess of Morrellville borough, Cambria county, and a prominent and prosperous merchant of that town, is a son of William L. Galbraith. In common with many of our best citizens, he claims descendance from Scotch-Irish stock, his paternal grandfather having been an emigrant from the north of Ireland to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. |
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