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CHARLES STUART, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Dudenville, was born in Lawrence, Lower Canada, August 15, 1832. He is the son of David and Margery Stuart, natives of Scotland; they had sixteen children, Charles being the eighth child. He moved to Grundy county, Ill., in 1844 with his parents. He was educated in the common schools, going to school in the winter months, and working on the farm during the summer. On Aug. 14th, 1855, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Samuel and Jane Thompson, natives of Virginia. Mrs. Stuart was the third of eleven children. Her grandfather Thompson was in the War of 1812. She moved with her parents to Marshall county, Ill., at a very early date. Mr. Stuart farmed there eleven years with good success; he then moved to Dade county, Mo., and leased a farm for three years, and then bought his present farm of 240 acres, which is well improved, has a good two-story frame dwelling-house, good cellar, good out-buildings, and a good orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart have five children; Jasper, Thompson, David, Samuel, and Esther A. Mr. Stuart is a member of the Baptist Church, and himself and family stand high in the community.