ALBERT B. STUART, M. D.
Although yet a young man, Dr. Albert B. STUART has won definite success in one of the most exacting of professions, one that requires persistency, close application and the exercise of many attributes of character that go to make the alert business man and the refined gentleman—the tact that wins and retains the confidence and esteem of those with whom he mingles. He comes from an excellent ancestry, people who were influential in the early development of the Hawkeye state. He was born in Lucas county, Iowa, September 1, 1881, the son of Rev. Thomas McKendree and Ruth H. (HUFF) STUART, the former a native of West Virginia and the latter of Iowa. The Doctor’s paternal grandfather, Rev. David Orr STUART, was a native of West Virginia, his parents having come from Scotland to America in an early day. The Doctor’s father served throughout the Civil war as first lieutenant of a company of West Virginia cavalry. The paternal great-grandfather was also a minister, and the paternal grandfather is still actively engaged in the ministry, having reached the advanced age of ninety-four years; he has been a power for good during his long service in the spreading of the Gospel. The STUART family has been prominent in West Virginia for many generations, since the first member of the family settled there after his arrival from the hills of heather and bluebells. Rev. Thomas McKendree STUART is a pastor of a church at Dunlap, Iowa, and he, too, has done a very commendable work wherever he has resided. He received part of his education at Kenton College and the Kansas Theological University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He is an eloquent and earnest advocate of the doctrine of the Nazarene and profoundly versed in the Scriptures.
The HUFF family came to Iowa from Danville, Indiana, in an early day and settled in Fremont county where Mr. HUFF developed a good farm on which he spent his last days and became well known in his community.
To Rev. Thomas M. STUART and wife four sons were born and all grew to maturity, namely: David E., an attorney living at Council Bluffs; Thomas E., living at Omaha, Nebraska, is chief electrician of the Union Pacific Railroad Company; Frederick C., living in Houston, Texas, is chief civil engineer of a prominent railroad; Dr. Albert D., of this review.
Doctor STUART was educated at the West Union high school and he received his medical education at the University of Nebraska, where he made a splendid record and from which institution he was graduated in 1904. He first located at Des Moines and he practiced there until 1906, when he came to West Union, Fayette county, where he has since been practicing, having built up quite an extensive patronage with the town and surrounding country, his success as a general practitioner being recognized from the first and he is kept constantly busy attending to his numerous duties. While at Des Moines he was first assistant for the Nebraska institution for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice. Later he was professor of chemical surgery at Drake University and performed his duties there with a fidelity and deftness that won the praise of all concerned.
Doctor STUART is a member of the Commercial Club of West Union, also the Polk County Medical Association, the Fayette County Medical Association and the Iowa State Medical Association. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Phi Rho Sigma, in all of which he takes much interest.
The Doctor was married on October 24, 1904, to Anna McDONALD, of Des Moines, a lady of talent and refinement, and the representative of an influential and well established family of Des Moines. This union has been blessed by the birth of one son, Donald McDonald.
The Doctor and his wife are popular with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances in West Union or wherever they are known.
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