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CAPT. ARTHUR STUART, clerk, Wilkinsburg, was born in Pittsburgh, Nov. 21, 1832, a son of James and Elizabeth (Shaw) Stuart, who were born in Ireland and Liverpool, England, respectively, both being of Scotch descent. James Stuart was a painter, in business many years in Pittsburgh, where he died in 1853; his widow died in 1861. They had seven children, only two of whom grew to maturity. James, the eldest, died in November, 1862. Arthur attended the public and a private school, and pursued a literary course at the Western University. He secured employment as steamboat clerk on the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, and later built the Jacob Poe, which he commanded. In 1861 he joined the 9th P. R., Co. A, as first sergeant, and served three years in the Army of the Potomac, sharing in all its hardships and severe engagements. After the expiration of his term of enlistment, he organized Co. D, Knap’s battery, P. A., which he commanded. This body served in the defense about Washington till the close of the war. For ten years Capt. Stuart was employed as traveling salesman by the Pittsburgh Novelty works; traveled nine years for a saddlery-hardware firm, and also represented a glass-factory and the Standard Manufacturing company; he is now with S. W. Black & Co., real-estate dealers. In 1868 he became a resident of Wilkinsburg, and in 1884 built the large double house, of which he occupies one-half, on North street; also owns his former dwelling on Wallace street. In July, 1868, he married Miss Kate Crumley, of Massachusetts. They are members of Calvary P. E. mission. Capt. Stuart is a lifelong republican, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the R. A.