James, the fourth son of John Stewart, and the third now [1878] living, received a liberal common school education, and at the age of thirty-one years married Elizabeth Kyler, daughter of George J. Kyler, of Bradford township.

After marriage he first settled at Grahamton, but after residing here about two years, and subsequently on the farm now owned by Alexander Hoover, in Bradford township, he removed to his present home in Kylertown, in Morris township.

From an early age his avocation has been principally in connection with the lumber business, being engaged in making square timber for rafts, and has made many trips down the river. The first spring he removed to Kylertown the people elected him to the office of overseer of the poor, and has since been called upon to serve them in all the different offices in the township, always filling his trust to their entire satisfaction.

At the present time [1878] he is serving in the position of district treasurer, to which he has been elected the third successive term.