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JAMES E. STEWART
JAMES E. STEWART, whose name carries great weight in mining circles in
Pennsylvania, is general manager of the United States Sewer Pipe Company (Pittsburg-Buffalo
Company) at Johnetta, Armstrong county, Pa., with general offices at
Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born in the State of Indiana, Dec. 25, 1874, and is a
son of Robert and Ann (Atterson) Stewart.Robert Steward was born at Glasgow, Scotland, of sturdy ancestors whose
honest worth upheld one of the oldest names of Scotland. When Robert Stewart
was twenty years of age, he came to America, and in his search for employment
reached the settlement in Pennsylvania, which developed into the present day
busy town of McKeesport. He followed coal mining in his own land from the age
of nine years and pursued the same industry in Pennsylvania, altogether being
engaged in this line for fifty years, living retired, however, for twenty-four
years previous to his death, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife, Ann
Atterson, died when ages fifty-four years, and but two survive of their family
of nine children, Annie and James. E.James E. Stewart attended the public schools of Shelburn, Ind., and early
in life began work as a miner, laboring underground through the summers and
attending school in the wintertime. In 1897 he came to Pennsylvania and
secured a position with the company with which he is yet associated, and began
mining and electrical work at Monongahela City, Pa., for James Jones &
Sons. Subsequently he was sent by this company to Bruceton, Pa., and then
opened up mines at Johnetta, Ky., for the Big Hill Coal Company, remaining
there for two years. In June, 1904, he was called to take charge of the plants
at Johnetta, Pa., a position of great responsibility, as these plants, the
Johnetta brick plant and the Johnetta mine, are among the largest in the
country. His selection as general manager indicates his possession of unusual
business qualifications and a thorough knowledge of the industry under his
charge gained in long experience.Mr. Stewart was married in 1904 to Lillie Miller, a daughter of Frank
Miller, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., and they have two daughters: Sarah L.
and Elsie A. Mr. Stewart and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Politically he is a Republican, while fraternally he is identified with
Leechburg Lodge, No. 577, F. & A. M., and Monongahela City Lodge, No. 455,
B. P. O. Elks. Besides looking after his company’s interests in Johnetta, Pa.,
Mr. Stewart spends part of his time at their plant in Kentucky.The Johnetta place of the United States Sewer Pipe Company and the Johnetta
mines are both located at Johnetta, Pa., thirty-three miles north of
Pittsburgh on the Buffalo & Allegheny Valley division of the Pennsylvania
railroad. These important industries bring prosperity to many residents of
this section, the brick plant � which was established in 1898 � alone
giving employment to from four hundred to four hundred and fifty men. This
plant is the largest of its kind in the country, never closes, and turns out
over one hundred thousand bricks daily, for which a market is found all over
the United States and Canada. A description of the brick plant and mine will
be found in Chapter XVIII, in the history section of this work.Source: Pages 635-636 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 2001 by Lynn Beatty
for the Armstrong County Beers Project
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