The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-19
DEATH CLAIMED HIM
MAJ. JAMES TURNER STEWART is
DEAD.
CAME PEACEFULLY.
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH FOR
THREE WEEKS.


Disease Were Noticed Last May
and Three Weeks Ago the MaladS
Reached an Acute Stnxe-Iunerai
viii Take Place Tomorrow Az
ternoOn From Independent Pres
bytersan Church-Confederate Vet
Grams and ST. Andrews Society
VIII Attend the Last sad Rites.
Interment I'm Bonrventure Gene
terry.
Mai James Turner Stewart died at
Has o'clock yesterday morning at his
residence, No 23s Oglethorpe avenue,
east. The end came quietly and he
passed away peacefully, surrounded by
his children and other members OF his
family. His death was not unexpected.
and for almost three weeks his devoted
relatives watched over him, waiting
for the inevitable.
Mai. Stewards death was due to
Bright's disease. Symptoms OF the in
May, and his health began to fail rap
idly. Little less than three weeks ago
the disease reached the acute stage
and death was momentarily expected.
The wonderful vitality of a strong
Scotch constitution kept him alive. In
quiries as to his condition daily were
frequent. and from perhaps in all walks
of life
There were many callers at the fam
lily residence during the day. Maj.
Stewart will be buried in his Confed-
crate uniform. Besides being a men,
Der of the Confederate Veterans AS
ISOLATION, he was a member of St An
drew's Society, and both of these or
CARNATIONS will attend the funeral to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock from
the Independent Presbyterian Church,
of which also Major Stewart was a
member The services will be conduct
ed by Rev. ]. Y. Fair. The interment
will be in the family lot in Bonaven-
ture Cemetery. The honorary and &C
tive pallbearers have not yet been Sc
lected. They will be chosen from the
closest friends and the members of the
organizations with which Maj Stewart
was connected.
Maj Stewart was born at Greenock,
Scotland, near Rothsay. in the Isle of
Butte, on June Z, 1884. His
family was prominent one,
his mother being a relative of
Rev. DR.. Norman Mcleod, a cele-
brated Presbyterian divine Some of
his relatives were in the excise service
OF Great Britain, and in sailing around
the firths of Scotland, with their swift
currents and dangerous eddies, the
young Stewart increased an inherited
fondness for the sea that did not leave
him throughout a long life. He was
the youngest of five children.
Maj. Stewart was educated in the
primary and intermediate schools near
Rothsay and at the University of Glas-
cow where his charming and winning
personality made him one of the most
popular of its many students. He was
at the university from 1S47 until 1850,
when he received his degree. At Glas-
gov he manifested the keen interest
in aquatic sports that distinguished
him through life. He lived during his
course at the university with his rela-
tive, DIR. Mcleod.
After his graduation followed a long
sea voyage that took him round the
world. In 1853 he settled in
New Orleans, engaging in the cotton
business with his brother John. He
came to Savannah in 1857, and formed
with the late Frank Reid the firm
of Reid & Stewart. cotton fac
tors on the Bay. He married
before the war a daughter of his friend
and partner.
He was in active business when the
tocsin of war was sounded in 1861, and
though he had never relinquished his
British citizenship, which he held, in
deed, until the time of his death, he
answered promptly the call of the peo-
pie with whom he has cast his lot.
He volunteered as a private in the
Savannah Artillery, May /, 1861, was
made a sergeant and saw duty with
that command at Fort Pulaski When
the company was disbanded, a few
months later, he was detailed as drill
master. a duty he performed on the
forts around Savannah and on ST. ST.
mon and Skidaway Islands.
Subsequently he was appointed cap
tain and quartermaster of transporta-
ton for the Department of Georgia,
on the staff of Gen. A. r. Lawton,
which was his line of duty until Gen.
Lawton was ordered to Virginia. He
was then appointed major and quarter
master of Gen. H. w. MERGERS COM
mand at Savannah, also continuing his
services as transportation agent.
While on duty on the coast he was I'M
der fire at the battle of Port Royal
McAllister.
In the spring of 1864 he accompanied
MERGERS brigade to Dalton. and after
that was in active duty in the field I'M
til the close of the war. His duties
were arduous and important through
out the Hundred Days campaign from
Dalton to Atlanta, the march through
North Georgia and Alabama and the
campaign in Tennessee, including the
battles around Nashville. and he was
with the rear guard, under Gen. For
rest, during the retreat.
After his brigade had reached Tupe-
10, Miss, it was hurried across the
country to Augusta and on into South
Carolina to meet Sherman's army, and
Maj. Stewart was then ordered back
10 Augusta in order to hasten forward
troops for the army of Gen. J. z. John
ston. This duty he performed until the
surrender of the armies, when he was
paroled at Augusta.
Returning to Savannah Maj. Stewart
with the invincible courage and deter
mination that characterized the Con-
federate soldier, gathered up the scat
tered threads of his business and went
sturdtly to work. The firm OF Reid e.
Stewart was reorganized and for a
number OF years, under that name
held commanding position in the cot
ton business of Savannah. Upon the
retirement OF Maj. Reid, Mr. Reid
Stewart was admitted to the
firm, when the firm name became, az
IL has since continued James T. Stew
art e. Son. After the death OF Mr.
Reid Stewart his broth her Nv Mur