The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-28
Was One Of the Pioneers Of The
WaIa Wa||a Valley.
he .cAME TO THIS COUNTY IN 1861
WAS MEMBER OF TERRITORIAL
Observation-Disclosures
UNDER CLEVELAND.

| At the family residence, corner OF
Park and Whitman streets, yesterday
afternoon, occurred the death of Daniel
Stewart, one of the best known and
esteemed pioneers of the Walla Walla
| valley. Mr.. Stewart had been in ill
i health for several years and for the
past six months has not been able to
leave his bed. He was 81 years old.
Mr.. Stewart was born in Marion
county, Ohio, April 26, 1925. In 1880
| in company with his parents he
| removed to Warren county in the
same state. Ten years later Mr..
Stewart returned to his native county
where he remained until 1S41, then re-
moving to Illinois. In 1S45 he came
across the plains with an OK team in
| company with a large party of immi-
grants, arriving at Oregon City, Ore,
September 2, 1S45. For three years
Mr.. Stewart engaged in steamboating
on Columbia and Willamette rivers.
In 1S4S Mr.. Stewart enlisted in a
| volunteer regiment and took part in
the Cayuse Indian war. In July, 1S4S,
he went to California and engaged in
mining until 1852 when he returned
to Portland, Ore, and engaged in
business In 1852 he sold out his
| business and returned to the east
purchasing cattle in Missouri and
Iowa. and conducted stock farm I'M
! til 1858. In that year he again re-
turned to the Pacific coast and locat-
ed on the .Umatilla river where he
farmed and raised stock.
In 1861 he came to Walla Walla
county and began farming on an ex-
| tensive scale for eighteen years ago
| when he retired and took up his resi-
dence in Walla -Walla ..--
| Mr.. Stewart served four terms in the
| territorial legislature from Walla
| wana county and as postmaster in
Walla Walla under Cleveland's admin
istration for four years. He was at
one time a member of the city council
and also served one term as county
commissioner. He has always taken an
active part in the upbuilding of Wal
la Walla and was one of it's most pro-
gressive and respected citizens. He at
one time owned the Waterman Jour-
al. democratic paper in Walla Walla.
| His wife, formerly Miss Margaret
Fruit, whom he married in 1853,
died in Walla Walla, August 10, 1896.
The deceased is survived by eight
children. They are: Mrs. Kate Nixon
of Walla Walla; Crassus Stewart of
Walla Walla; DR.. Charles B. Stewart
of Walla Walla; Thales D. Stewart of
Seattle; Mrs. Irene B. Larabee, of
Seattle; Mrs. Ella Cameron of Fair
banks, Alaska; Mrs. Ida S. Winans of
Walla Walla and Robert L. Stewart
of Seattle
Mr. Stewart was a member of Wal
la Walla lodge No. Z, F. &, A. M. under
under whose auspices the funeral will
be held.
The funeral will take place tomOr-
| row afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
family residence. The pallbearers,
Frank S. Dement,, Gilbert Hunt, John
L. Sharpstein, Charles S. Buffum, j.
Chitwood At the close of the Masonic
ritualistic services at the grave, Judge
S. c. Wingard will deliver a eulogy
This is in compliance with an agree
ment made by Mr.. Stewart and Judge
Wingard, they having promised each
other that in the event of death of
either the survivor would say the last
words at the grave.