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Merton William Stewart
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Merton William Stewart

21 Jul 1884 - 23 Jun 1950
bornPaola, Kansas, USA
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
SchooltblData
BiographyRancher.
Came to Arizona in 1893.
His family settled on a ranch near Mesa, but eventually bought several ranches in the Tempe area.
Attended the Tempe Normal School, but quit before graduation.
After his marriage to Alma Mary Harris in 1907, they moved to the Stewart family ranch southeast of Mayer, Arizona. He was in the cattle business, c1874-1911.
In 1922, he moved to the Elliott Farm (home of his sister, Marie Elliott) in Kyrene.
OSB 9
BIO-Stewart
BIO-Hardin
TH-120.09, Ellen Stewart Hardin, Remembering (1983)
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Federal census (Tempe), 1900
Tempe Telephone Directory, 1924
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Person TypeIndividual