Biography
Born in Middlebury, Vermont, Stewart attended the Middlebury Academy, and graduated from Middlebury College in 1846. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He became the prosecuting attorney of Addison County from 1852 to 1854. He married Emma Seymour Battell on November 21, 1860, and they had five children: Emma Battell Stewart (1863 - 1926), Philip Battell Stewart (1865 - 1957), Robert Forsythe Stewart (1871 - 1880), Anna Jessica Stewart Swift (1871 - 1982), and John W. Stewart (1872 - 1874). Emma was the daughter of Philip Battell and Emma Hart Seymour, who was the daughter of U.S. Senator Horatio Seymour. Stewart's brother Dugald served as Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 1864 to 1870.
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