Howard MacDonald Stewart (1879 - 1909)

Born 7 Nov 1879 in Darien Township, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Apr 1909 at age 29 in Darien, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

• Howard M. Stewart was born in Wisconsin in 1879. He graduated from Delavan High School, Delavan, in 1899. He attended the University of Wisconsin (Madison), graduating in the General Science Course in 1903. He died suddenly in Darien, Wisconsin, at the age of 29. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wisconsin (Block 40, Lot 2).

Research Notes

• 1900 Census lists Howard's birthdate as 1880.

• Howard was single, living at home with his parents in 1905 (age 24-25). His occupation was listed as "Farmer," the same as that of his father.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 June 2019), memorial page for Howard Stewart (7 Nov 1879–8 Apr 1909), Find A Grave Memorial no. 89803344, citing Spring Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Scotti McCarthy (contributor 46979732).

• The 15 June 1905 issue of the The Delavan Republican, Delavan, Wisconsin, shows a list of all known Delavan High School Alumni. Howard is listed with the Class of 1899. This URL might show the full-page image (accessed 8 July 2021):

https://history.aramlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=6333e8eb-45ed-4228-8bc4-312508cb695c/WDA00000/00000002/00001895&pg_seq=3&search_doc=&collection1=6333e8eb-45ed-4228-8bc4-312508cb695c&query1_modifier=AND&query1=howard%20stewart&query1_field=ALL . Images made available by Aram Public Library, Delavan, Wisconsin, in its Local History and Genealogy Collection.

• At Madison, Howard completed a bachelor's thesis. Its title was The Index Of Refraction of Carbon Tetrachloride (1903). The thesis has been archived by The Hathi Trust (hathitrust.org) This might be a "permanent link" to the full text of Howard's theses: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89083678987 . Accessed 9 July 2021. Upon inspection, no "biographical" section was observed.