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| Lester Stuart (1905) |
Hardin County ILGenWeb
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LESTER STUART, one of the leading farmers near Eichorn, Hardin County, Ill., was born on the farm where he now lives, Sept. 5, 1873. He is a son of Capt. J. G. Stuart, who was born on a farm near Hopkinsville, Ky., Oct. 4, 1834, and there grow to manhood. While he was still a young man J. G. Stuart came to Hardin County, bought eighty acres of land, nearly all in timber, a mile and a quarter from Eichorn post office, and lived there until the beginning of the Civil war.
He enlisted in Company C, Forty-eighth regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry, and was elected first lieutenant of the company. Subsequently he was made captain and was mustered out with that rank after three years and six months of service. During that time be participated in some of the principal battles of the war, as well as numerous minor engagements, and was once slightly wounded.
After the war he returned to his farm, married Martha Hobbs and both died on the place that the subject of this sketch now occupies, the father at the age of sixty-six and the mother at the age of forty-eight. Captain Stuart in his day was one of the active Democrats of the County and filled some of the minor offices with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of those who elected him.
He and his wife had the following children: Prince, deceased; Lester, the subject of this sketch; Stapleton, who still lives on the old farm; Arvilla, now Mrs. Dorner, of Hardin County; and Clyde, at home. Lester Stuart received his education in the public schools and has all his life been a tiller of the soil. The heirs of Captain Stuart own 360 acres of good land, nearly all of which is under cultivation, the farm being one of the best improved in the community. Lester Stuart, like his father before him, is an enthusiastic Democrat, and has filled some of the local offices. He is one of the men who believe in modern methods of farming and is one of the most progressive citizens along all lines in big part of the County.
[1905. Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley. Madison, Wis.: Federal Publishing Company.
II:403-404. (There is a picture of Stuart's father included in the book)]
Submitted by Jon Musgrave
©2000 Jon Musgrave
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