Obituary for Joshua Thompson Stewart [I00247].

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Joshua T. Stewart, Legislator, Dies

Indiana, Pa., Oct. 7 (A. P.) Joshua T. Stewart, 78, who served three terms in the State Assembly and was a Republican candidate for a fourth term at next month's election, died today in an Indiana hospital of complications taht developed after an operation.

Stewart entered a hospital last August 17 and underwent an operation five days later.

A school teacher in early life, Stewart served nine years as County Superintendent of Schools and was 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.

His widow and five sons and daughters survive.

Stewart, who attended Millersville State Normal School for one [summer] about forty years ago, occasionally returned to the campus here and considered himself "an alumnus" of the institution.

Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Source: Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), 7 Oct 1940, Page 1 (Newspapers.com : downloaded 16 February 2021).