STEWART, Dr. James K.

Date of birth:  About 1851 – Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 1 Sep 1899 – Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 8, 1899,
Volume XL Number 9, page 1 column 4

Local and Personal.

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Dr. J. K. Stewart died suddenly last Friday at his home in Shelbyville from a stroke of paralysis. A brother, W. P. Stewart, died suddenly about two years ago in Fairland from a similar cause. Deceased was for many years a suc­cessful practicing physician at Fairland and was born in Johnson County. He studied medicine under Dr. P. W. Payne. He was a brother of ex-sheriff, “Dump” Stewart.

Note: The Shelby County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-21, page 50, records that James K. Stewart, a forty-eight-year-old white male, died 1 Sep 1899 in Shelbyville.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry