Donald Stewart (North Dakota politician) explained

Donald Stewart, born around 1832 in Scotland^{[4] [5]} was a politician who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Career

He was at one point an assisting county surveyor^{[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]} and later became a twice elected as a territorial legislator in Bismarck. In the 1889 election he received 1615 votes.^[23] After serving four years he found himself tired of all the local political disputes and he retired from politics and moved with his family to Saskatoon, Canada.^{[24] [25]}

Personal life

Stewart originally emigrated from Scotland to Ontario, Canada and then to North Dakota. Later on he moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he stayed and owned a farm.^[26]

He was married to an English woman named Elizabeth Curtis, they had three children,^[27] one of them named Elizabeth (born 1878),^[28] who went on to marry Edward Hart, thus making Stewart the maternal grandfather of Stewart "Stu" Hart, professional wrestling great and patriarch of the Hart wrestling family.^[29] Edward and Elizabeth would work for Stewart on his farm in Saskatoon for a few years before moving to Alberta.^[30]

See also

• Hart wrestling family

External links

• Glenbow Museum Photo Archive

Notes and References

1. News: Page 7. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . January 11, 1889.
2. News: Page 3. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . December 14, 1888.
3. News: Page 5. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . October 4, 1889.
4. News: Page 6 . newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . January 16, 1885.
5. News: Page 5. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . March 18, 1887.
6. Book: McCoy, Heath. . 16. 2007. ECW Press. 978-1-55022-787-1.
7. Book: Marsha Erb . . ECW Press . 2002 . 1-55022-508-1. 33.
8. Book: Marsha Erb . . ECW Press . 2002 . 1-55022-508-1. 34.
9. Book: Hart, Diana . Diana Hart . McLellan, Kirstie . . Fenn . 2001 . 1-55168-256-7. 33.
10. News: Page 3 . newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . February 4, 1887.
11. News: Page 1 . newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . January 21, 1887.
12. News: Page 4 . newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . October 26, 1888.
13. News: Page 5 . newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . November 5, 1888.
14. News: Page 4 . newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . October 19, 1888.
15. News: Page 5. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . November 2, 1888.
16. News: Page 8. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . October 5, 1888.
17. News: Page 3. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . October 17, 1888.
18. News: Page 8. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . May 11, 1888.
19. News: Page 5. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . October 12, 1888.
20. News: Page 7. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . May 10, 1889.
21. News: Page 6. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . February 4, 1887.
22. News: Page 5 . newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . November 23, 1888.
23. News: Page 7. newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune . January 11, 1889.
24. Book: McCoy, Heath. . 16. 2007. ECW Press. 978-1-55022-787-1.
25. Book: Marsha Erb . . ECW Press . 2002 . 1-55022-508-1. 34.
26. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&TN=IMAGEBAN&AC=QBE_QUERY&RF=WebResults&DL=0&RL=0&NP=255&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MR=10&QB0=AND&QF0=File+number&QI0=NA-5602-4&DF=WebResultsDetails Donald Stewart, Minto-Walsh County, North Dakota, USA.
27. Book: Marsha Erb . . ECW Press . 2002 . 1-55022-508-1. 35.
28. News: Donald Stewart. Geni.com.
29. Book: Marsha Erb . . ECW Press . 2002 . 1-55022-508-1. 106.
30. Book: Marsha Erb . . ECW Press . 2002 . 1-55022-508-1. 36.