Obituary for Joshua Thompson Stewart [I00247].

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Joshua T. Stewart Dies at Indiana

Indiana, Pa., Oct. 7 (INS) Joshua T. Stewart, 78, Republican state representative for three terms and the GOP nominee for a fourth term from his Indiana county district, died today in Indiana hospital from complications following an operation.

Stewart, one of the oldest and most scholarly members of the Pennsylvania legislature, underwent an operation on August 22, his 78th birthday.

A school teacher early in life, he served as superintendent of Indiana county schools from 1899 to 1908 and as state deputy of weights and measures from 1927 to 1934. He was the author of a two-volume history of Indiana county published in 1913.

Indiana's Republican county committee will meet to select a successor for his place on the ballot.

Stewart's widow and five sons and daughters survive.

Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Source: The Kane Republican (Kane, Pennsylvania), 7 Oct 1940, Page 8 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).