John Rollin Stuart (1828 - 1913)

Born 30 Jan 1828 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States

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Died 23 Apr 1913 at age 85 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

John Stuart ... ^[1]

obituary of John Rollin Stuart: "At an early age he left his father's home at Fort Ann, N.Y., went to New York city and commenced what proved a successful business career. He was interested in many constructive enterprises. His greatest success was in establishing the Empire Print Works in New York city. He was a pioneer in Satinette printing in this country, and one of the first to use aniline dyes. He was daring, resourceful and optimistic, with great power of initiative. "In 1853 he married Sophronia Antoinette, daughter of Charles Partridge. Their home at that time was in Thirty-fourth street opposite the present Vanderbilt Hotel. He became the owner of large parcels of unimproved land in what is now upper Fifth Avenue. He was associated with many prominent men of the times, including Mr. Vanderbilt, Mr. Frank Work, Mr. Alvin Johnson, Mr. Robert Bonner, and on terms of most intimate friendship with Mr. Horace Greeley and co-worker with him during his campaign for the presidency. His summer home was at Tarrytown on the Hudson. In the early 70s he removed to Milwaukee, engaged in the milling business and was one of the first to use the roller system in grinding wheat. "A brother, Mr. Henry Stuart, gained prominence in Atlanta, Georgia, and before the New York medical fraternity. Another brother, Mr. Carlos D. Stuart, was an editor of the New York Sun. "In 1880 Mr Stuart and his family came to reside in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding in Cambridge in December, 1903. He was ever cheerful and courageous, gentle and kindly, with love and tenderness in his heart for all, a stranger to fear or selfish thought, with never failing goodwill and kind words, countless acts of generous thoughtfulness illumined his life and endeared him to all. His soul was serene and undisturbed by any anxious thought of self, and the ending most peaceful. "Mr. Stuart is survived by four children, Mrs. Marion C. Daggett, of California Mrs. Cora C. Stuart-Jones, Mrs. E. Stuart-Clark and John Rollin Stuart, Jr." (Boston Evening Transcript, Saturday, 16 Apr 1913.)

According to Evelyn Stuart Smith, JRS's grandaughter, John Rollins Stuart lived in Tarrytown, NY, where he had a factory. He later came to Boston. His three children were born in Tarrytown

According to the 1910 census, JRS, had a farm and a number of people lived in the house: son-in-law, granddaughter,(Daggett)who was in school, 14 lodgers and 8 servants, most who were from England and Ireland.

According to Burt Solomon who is writing a novel about Horace Greeley's death, John Rollin Stuart was the person who drove Horace Greeley to the insane asylum where Greeley died. (e-mail 5/23/15)

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1. ↑ Entered by Paula Hurwitz, Saturday, November 9, 2013.

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