Stuart, Charlotte Irene "Lottie"

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• Residence: 1935, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
• Residence: 1940, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

Charlotte married Fitch, Gail Walter on 5 Aug 1928 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. Gail (son of Fitch, Frederick Walter and Williams, Sarah Letitia) was born on 2 Jul 1898 in Boone, Boone, Iowa, USA; died on 6 Jul 1972 in Broward, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Fitch, Frederick David Sr was born on 2 Feb 1936 in Polk County, Iowa, USA; died on 6 Mar 2014 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA.
2. Living
3. Fitch, Caroline L was born about 1925 in Iowa; died on 29 Dec 1982 in Kern, California.

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• Residence: 1900, Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA

Charles married Schaper, Marie on 16 Apr 1902. Marie (daughter of Schaper, Henry and Ernst, Elizabeth) was born on 6 Apr 1880; died on 25 Jan 1958; was buried in Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Richland, Jackson, Iowa, USA

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• Residence: 1860, St Louis Ward 9, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1900, Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA

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William G. Stuart

Few men are more widely, and none more favorably, known than William G. Stuart, who for almost half a century has resided here and during the greater part of that time has been identified with its commercial interests, always maintaining an unsullied reputation for enterprise and business integrity. For the past twelve years he has been engaged in real estate, fire insurance and bonds operations, and the substantial success he has derived from these fields of activity is an evidence of his ability, his sagacity and his progressive methods.

He was born in Lebanon, St. Clair county, Illinois, August 31, 1851, a son of John and Eliza (Glover) Stuart. The father was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 8., 1808, his parents being Rev. John and Anne (Alderman) Stuart, natives of Edinburgh, Scotland and Holland, respectively, who were married in this country. The former was a minister in the Presbyterian church and father of four children, two sons and a daughter growing to maturity.

John Stuart, the father of William G. Stuart, spent his boyhood days in Seneca Falls, New York, and received his education in the old academy at Rochester, that state. He played the flute in the band which assisted in entertaining Marquis de La Fayette, on his visit to that city when he was traveling through the United States. There also, during a three years' apprenticeship, he learned the trade of millwright, and afterwards built many mills in Canada, Michigan and Illinois. He was of a strong mechanical turn of mind and made a machine to cut grass, the first manufactured in the United States. He claimed that McCormick pirated his idea and derived benefits from his inventions which consisted of a stationary sickle and movable guards. With another he organized a clock company at Hartford, Connecticut, with a distributing center in Jacksonville, Illinois, and employed a number of men to sell clocks in this section of the country. For a time he was interested in a stage line, which he had helped to organize and which ran from Painted Post, Michigan to Columbus, Ohio, but after he took up residence in Bellevue, about 1861, he was engaged in general merchandising. His death occurred in this place in 1886. Hw was married in Lebanon, Illinois, to Miss Eliza Jane Glover, who was born in Kentucky in June, 1849, and died in the former place about 1857, Leaving four sons and two daughters. Later Mr. Stuart married Mrs. Davenport, and of this union were two sons and one daughter.

William G. Stuart resided in Lebanon, Illinois, until 1859, when his father removed to St. Louis, Missouri, that city being the family home until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he came to Bellevue. In this town he has since resided. He availed himself of the educational opportunities afforded by the public schools here and for thirteen years worked in this father's store. Then, with the intention of starting out independently, he was a salesman and solicitor in various lines until about twelve years ago. He sold at one time farm implements and the old chain pimps, and later was a distributor for rubber bucket chain pumps. About twelve years ago he became interested in real estate, fire insurance and bonds, and has found business a very profitable one. He deals not only in local lands bu in lands in many states and in foreign countries as well, and by earnest, self-denying effort and close application he has gained a large clientage, whose wealth enables them to make extensive investment in the property he handles in different parts of the country. Thos who deal with him learn quickly that the may rely upon his scrupulous care in carrying out his part of the bargain while his judgment is seldom if ever at fault.

In 1878 Mr. Stuart was married to Miss Louise Burger, who was born in Savanna, Illinois in 1861, and was a daughter of Henry and Theresa (Schlecht) Burger, natives of Germany. Unto them were born four sons; Charles H., Walter G. and Victor H., all of Bellevue; and Rodney B. of Montana. On the 31st of December, 1897, Mr. Stuart was called upon to morn the death of his wife, who had been a faithful helpmeet and mother for more than a score of years.

Owing to his upright life, Mr. Stuart has a circle of friends almost coextensive with than of his acquaintances, the high regard which his honorable record has brought him being evident in the fact that for sixteen years he has served the citizens of Bellevue as city clerk.

Source: History of Jackson County, Ellis, 1910; volume 2, pages 261-261


Buried:
Presbyterian Cemetery

Died:
(Son of John Stuart),

William married Berger, Louisa on 29 Jul 1878 in Jackson Co., Iowa, USA. Louisa (daughter of Berger, Henry and Schlecht, Theresa) was born on 8 Feb 1861 in Savanna, Carroll Co., Illinois, USA; died on 31 Dec 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1870, Jefferson, Saline, Missouri, USA; Living with Jacob Klawshofer family

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Married:
by H. B. French, Justice of the Peace

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• Residence: 1880, Richland, Jackson, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Source: History of Jackson County, Ellis, 1910; volume 2, pages 210-213

HENRY SCHAPER.

In the death of Henry Schaper, which occurred September 28, 1900, Richland township lost one of its representative farmers, the county a reliable citizen, his neighbors a faithful friend, and his family a devoted and loving husband and father. Although born across the water, he was always loyal to the country of his adoption, having proved his patriotism on the battlefields of the south, and in every relation of life he measured up to the highest standard of American manhood. A native of Germany, he was born November 10, 1838, his father being Henry Schaper, who had one other child, a daughter, Wilhelmina, now the widow of John Bushman and a resident of Jackson county.

At the age of fifteen Mr. Schaper crossed the Atlantic with his parents, who lived in Illinois before they came to Jackson county, Iowa. After the removal of the family to this state, he was engaged in the boat trade on the Mississippi river for a number of years until he married, when he bought a tract of one hundred and sixty acres and devoted himself to farming. He met with a conspicuous success in his undertakings and when he saw a good opportunity he sold that property and bought two hundred and forty acres of land in Richland township, whereon he lived until his death. His days were busily spent in plowing, planting and harvesting, and he derived excellent results in recompense for his untiring industry and perseverance, attaining a position of affluence among the farmers of Richland township. On the 25th of September, 1864, he enlisted in Company K, Second Iowa Infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged with a creditable record.

In 1862 Mr. Schaper was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Ernst, who was born in Bellevue township, February 16, 1844, and has always lived in this county. Her parents were Henry and Catherine (Houselog) Ernst, who were natives of Prussia, Germany, and had come to this country as young people. The father was eighteen when he crossed the Atlantic, and after having been engaged on the steamboats for a number of years, found employment in a distillery in Belleville, Illinois. Later he came to Jackson county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming with such success that he became the owner of thirteen hundred acres in Bellevue township, all in one body tract, lying about five miles west of the town of Bellevue. Mr. Ernst was twice married. By his first wife, he had four children: Henry, a retired farmer of Bellevue; Mrs. Schaper; Mrs. Louise Sieuce, deceased; and Sarah, who is the wife of George Nie, of Minnesota. By the second union there were three children, namely: Anna, who is living in Bellevue, and George and Tasso, who are deceased. Mr. Ernst retired to Bellevue toward the close of his life and there his death occurred when he had reached an advanced age. His wife has also passed away.

Mr. and Mrs. Schaper had twelve children as follows: Lizzie, who is the wife of George Winter, of Kossuth county, Iowa; Wilhelmina, who is the wife of Fred Goetz, of Bellevue; Tonies, who is residing near Des Moines, Iowa; William, of Bellevue; Louise, who is the wife of Barney Cromwell, of Hanover, Illinois; Gus, who is residing in Bellevue; Charles, who is also in Bellevue; Marie, who is the wife of Charles Stuart, of Bellevue; Mrs. Sarah Brophy, of Bellevue; Henry, of Kossuth county, Iowa; Matilda, who is the wife of William Jones, of North Dakota; and Ida V., who is living with her mother.

Mr. Schaper was a consistent member of the Lutheran church and his life was in harmony with its teachings, while his political support was invariably given to the republican party. He lived quietly but the daily duties were conscientiously performed and he left his family not only a substantial legacy but also the record of years well spent in honorable endeavor. After his death his widow sold the farm and removed to Bellevue, where she has a comfortable home on North Second street and where a host of warm friends bestow upon her the high regard her unselfish life so richly deserves.

Henry married Ernst, Elizabeth in 1862 in Jackson Co., Iowa, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Ernst, Henry and Houselog, Catherine) was born on 16 Feb 1844 in Bellevue, Jackson Co., Iowa, USA; died on 20 Sep 1916; was buried in Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Richland, Jackson, Iowa, USA

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• Residence: 1850, Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois, USA; Age: 42
• Residence: Dec 1850, Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1860, St Louis Ward 9, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Obituary: Source: Bellevue Iowa LEADER, February 11, 1886.

John Stuart was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pa. on the 6th day of October, 1808, of Scotch-Dutch parentage, his father being a native of Scotland and his mother a native of Holland, her maiden name was Alderman. When he was about 2 years of age his parents moved to Seneca Falls, N.Y., where his father had charge of a Presbyterian church as its pastor. His mother died when he was about 8 years of age, and his father when he was 16 years old. Mr. Stuart received a good common school education, and finished at an academy in Rochester, N.Y. At the age of 18 he became an apprentice at the trade of millwright, and after he had mastered the trade, he went to Canada, Michigan, and other states working in his trade. After following that occupation for several years, he finally located in Detroit, Michigan, where he kept a livery stable and ran several lines of stages to different points. from there he moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged in the same business. He left Columbus at the breaking out of cholera, and after visiting for a while with his relatives in Ohio, started for Connecticut, where he and others organized a company for peddling clocks in the west. After a few years of that occupation during which time he was located at the town of Jacksonville, Illinois, he sold out and went to Lebanon, Illinois, where he was married to his first wife, Eliza Jane Glover, in the year 1838. After marriage he engaged in hotel keeping, and had the honor of having as a guest Charles Dickens, while he was on the first American tour, the result of which was his American notes. He then engaged in merchandising; then tried farming for two years; then bought pork in Alton, Ills. for a short time. He then again resumed the occupation of mill building. In 1857 his wife died, leaving him a family of six children living, four boys and two girls, namely Lyman, John, William, Charles, Mary, and Eliza. The youngest child Eliza soon followed her mother to the grave.

Mr. Stuart after finding suitable places for the children, resumed his occupation of mill building until 1859, when he was married to Mrs. Wilmuth Davenport of Warren, Ills. He then with his family moved to St. Louis Mo., where he worked as a millwright and draughtsman and also kept a grocery and provision store. When Price attempted to capture St. Louis in 1861, he with many others left the city. He then came to Bellevue, Iowa where he located, and engaged in businesses. Since his arrival here he has been constantly engaged in business of some kind; he was mayor of the town for one term, president of the Union League, built the building now occupied by the post office, took an active part in trying to have the Racine and Mississippi R.R. cross the river at Bellevue, revived the horse ferry, and worked faithful and hard, and spared no expense in trying to promote the interests of the town.

Mr. Stuart was an inventor of no small ability, he having while living in Lebanon, Ills., invented a machine foe cutting grass and grain, the first of its kind. But McCormick beat him in getting the machine patented and he always said that he thought McCormick pirated the idea from him. The machine he built had a stationary sickle, and movable guards. He also at Lebanon, invented a ditching machine, a corn planter and operated each of them. Since he lived in Bellevue he has invented a hay press, corn planter, roller, and several other minor inventions. Mr. Stuart had a strong love for music, and could play on any musical instrument, the flute being his favorite. The writer heard him say that he played in the band that gave General Lafayette his first reception after his return to this county in 1825. Mr. Stuart lost his second wife in January 1869. She died leaving three children by this marriage, namely Ida, Harry and Malcom. His children were all at the funeral except Charles.

Mr. Stuart had his own views on what is termed Christianity. His ideas of the creation of the world was that there never was a beginning and consequently there could never be an end or that there never was a time that there was no time. He held that nature was constantly undergoing changes, and he most firmly believed that there was nothing in nature's laws to demonstrate the possibility of self destruction. His view of Christ was that if there ever existed such a person he was none other than a good man. The story of the immaculate conception he treated as a fable, and firmly believed that the whole was a fabrication of the shrewd priests of olden time, gotten up by them to overawe and control the people and keep them in their power, he also believed in the invention by man of the personage known as the Devil for the same evil purpose. He claimed that these doctrines did not belong to the enlightened age, and should be relegated to the age of their invention. As to the existence of God, he said that he could not see the necessity of one and did not believe in the theory. His God was nature, his knowledge of physiology caused him to disbelieve the theory that mankind has what is called a spirit of soul. Mr. Stuart received all of the advantages of an early Christian education that a Christian father who was a minister could give, but he studied out the scheme of Christianity for himself, and as a result of this study, he arrived at the conclusions as stated before, in politics he was formerly a Whig, and was a strong advocate of his party's doctrines. At the organization of the republican party he became one of its members, and continued a strong advocate of its doctrines until the first message of Grant when he began his second term. Then he left the party in disgust, and soon after became identified with the Greenback party. He held that the republican party had forsaken its principle, and believed that the Greenback party had taken up the issues that belonged to Republicanism. He was a fearless advocate of what he believed to be right, and hated hypocrisy and deceit. He was a kind an affectionate husband, generous and dutiful to his children, a law abiding citizen and a lover of his country. He died fully confirmed in the truth of his convictions and a peace with all mankind.

One Who Knew Him
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John Stuart, dealer in flour and feed, Bellevue; was born in New York, resided in different parts of that State and Michigan; came to Illinois in 1835; engaged in the business clock-peddling through the southern counties of that State. Was married at Lebanon, St. Clair Co., Sept. 6, 1838; kept the village tavern that Charles Dickens mentions in American Notes as being worthy the name of a first-class English alehouse; sold the hotel and worked as a millwright in several mills; his family remained in Lebanon until March 25, 1857, when his wife died. He married his second wife March 15, 1859, and removed to St. Louis; remained there until May, 1861, then moved to Bellevue, where he expects to pass the remainder of his life.

Source: 1879 History of Jackson County, Biographical Sketches, pages 675-676.

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Ellis, James Whitcomb, History of Jackson County, Iowa. volume 2, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1910, page 261

WILLIAM G. STUART

Few men in Bellevue are more widely, and none is more favorably, known than WilIiam G. Stuart, who for almost half a century has resided here and
during the greater part of that time has been identified with its commercial interests. always maintaining an unsullied reputation for enterprise and business
integrity. For the past twelve years he has been engaged in real estate, fire insurance and bonds operations. and the substantial success he has derived
from these fields of activity is an evidence of his ability, his sagacity and his progressive methods.

He was born in Lebanon. St. Clair County. Illinois, August 31. 1851, a son of John and Eliza Jane (Glover) Stuart. The father was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 8. 1808. his parents being Rev. John and Anne (Alderman) Stuart , natives of Edinburgh. Scotland. and Holland, respectivdy, who were married in this country. The former was a minister in the Presbyterian Church and the father of four children. two sons and a daughter growing to
maturity.

John Stuart. the father of William G. Stuart, spent his boyhood days in Seneca Falls, New York, and received his education in the old academy at Rochester. that state. He played the flute in the band which assited in entertaining Marquis de La Fayette. on his visit to that city when he was traveling through the United States. There also, during a three years' apprenticeship, he teamed the trade of a millwright . and afterward built many mills in Canada, Michigan aud Illinois. He was of a strong mechanical turn of mind and made a machine to cutt gran. the first manufactured in the United States. He claimed that McCormick pirated his idea aud derived the benefits from his invention which consisted of a stationary sickle and movable guards. Wiith another he organized a clock company at Hartford. Connecticut. with a distribuling center at Jacksonville. Illinois, and employed number of men to sell clocks in this section of the country. For a time he was interested in a stage line, which he had helped to organize and which ran from Painted Post. Michigan , to Columbus, Ohio, but after he took up his residence in Bellevue, about 1861, he was engaged in general merchandising. His death occured in this place in 1886. He was married in Lebanon, lIIinoi5, to Miss Eliza Jane Glover, who was born in Kentucky in June, 1819, and died in the former place about 1857, leaving four sons and two daughters. Later Mr. Stuart married Mrs. Davenport, and of th is union there were two sons and one daughter.

William G. Stuart resided in Lebanon, lIIinois, until 1859, when his father removed to 51. Louis, )t i5S(luri, that city being the famity home unntil the
outbreak of the Civil War, when he came to Bellevue. In this town he has since resided. He availed himself of the educational opportunities afforded
by the public schools here and for thirteen years worked in his father's store, Then, with the intention of starting out independently, he was a salesman and
solicitor in various lines until! about twelve yeals ago. He sold at one time farm implements and the old chain pumps, and later was a distributor for
rubber bucket chain pumps. Aboout twelve years ago he became interested in real estate, fire insurance and bonds, and has found the business a very profitable one. He deals not only in local lands but in lands in many states and in foreign countries as well, and by earnest. self-denying effort and close application he has gained a large clientage. whose wealth enables them to make extensive investment in the property he handles in different parts of the countrys.
Tihose who deal with him learn quickly that they may rely upon his directness and candor in arranging a purchase or sale, and upon his scrupulous care in
carrying out his part in the bargain, while his judgment is seldom if ever at fault,.

In 1878 Mr. Stuart was married to Miss Louisa Burger, who was born in Savanna, Illinois, in l861, and was a daugher of Henry and Theressa (Schlecht) Burger, natives of Gcrmany. Unto them wcrc born four sons Charles H., Walter G. and Victor H., all of Belevue: and Rodney B .. of Montana. On the 31st of December, 1897, Mr. Stuart was called upon to mourn the death of his wife, who had bccn a faithful helpmeet and mothcr for more than a score of years.

Owing to his upright life Mr. Stuart has a circle of friends almost coextensive with that of his acquaintances, the high regard which his honorablc record has brought him being evident in the fact that for sixteen years he has served the citizcns of Bellevue as city clerk.

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For additional information, see notes for William G. Stuart

Buried:
Presbyterian Cemetery

John married Glover, Eliza Jane on 27 Aug 1838 in Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois, USA. Eliza was born in Jun 1819 in Kentucky, USA; died on 5 Mar 1857 in Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois, USA; was buried after 5 Mar 1857 in Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois, USA; Age: 31

Notes:

I've not seen any evidence that she is the daughter of Zachariah H Glover & Mary Polly Johnson (MDH- Jan 2011)

Zachariah and Polly Johnson m. 4 May 1883 (Owen County, IN Marriages 1819-1844, Franklin, Charles M, 1979, page 19) (MDH - Jan 2012)

Zacharia and Polly had a daughter, Eliza Jane Glover b. 1816 who married Dunivan (Mabel Logue Hopkins, The Crittenden-Tucker and Related Families, 1960, page 44-47 (MFH - Dec 2017)

Zacharia Glover and Mary Polly Johnson are NOT this Eliza Jane Glover's parents

Zacharia and Polly had a daughter, Eliza Jane Glover b. 1816 who married Dunivan (Mabel Logue Hopkins, The Crittenden-Tucker and Related Families, 1960, page 44-47 (MFH - Dec 2017). They had children through 1852, well after John Stuart and our Eliza Jane Glover were married and having their own children. Therefore, Zacharia and Polly are NOT this Eliza Jane Glover's parents as stated in some genealogies!
https://archive.org/details/crittendentucker00hopk/page/96

Buried:
College Hill Cemetery

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• Residence: 1860, Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Died:
based on Theresa re-marriage

Henry married Schlecht, Theresa. Theresa (daughter of Schlecht, Michael and Ruff, Barbara) was born about Jul 1839 in Bayern, Bavaria; died in 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1860, Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1870, Jefferson, Saline, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
based on 1860 & 1870 census dates

Notes:

Source: History of Jackson County, Ellis, 1910; volume 2, page 213

...Mr. Ernst was twice married. By his first wife, he had four children: Henry, a retired farmer of Bellevue; Mrs. Schaper; Mrs. Louise Sieuce, deceased; and Sarah, who is the wife of George Nie, of Minnesota. By the second union there were three children, namely: Anna, who is living in Bellevue, and George and Tasso. who are deceased. Mr. Ernst retired to Bellevue toward the close of his life and there his death occurred when he had reached an advanced age. His wife has also passed away.

Birth:
Y

Henry married Houselog, Catherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]