from http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/biography.html - Saturday, July 10, 1880 Manitoulin Expositor, Ontario, Canada WILLIAM GLASS STEWART The deceased was born in Springfield, Fyfeshire, Scotland, in the year 1814 and obtained his primary education in the village school presided over by his father. From there he went to high school, John Street, Edinburgh, and at the age of 16 was engaged as assistant teacher to his father in his native village where he taught for about four years. At age 19 he was married to Miss STERRICK, of Edinburgh, by whom he had a numerous family. Leaving Springfield he sailed for New York where he spent a few months with some friends and in 1824 removed to the county of Halton which was at that time a howling wilderness. After coming to Halton he first taught in a little log school house with an old fashioned fireplace in the township of Esquesing. He afterwards pursued his profession as teacher in Richmond Hornby and Limestone Valley and other places; altogether he taught for upwards of 30 years in the county of Halton, where he also held the office of local inspector for one year. From there he went to Port Dalhousie where he was head master for about five years; while there he met with a great affliction in the loss of his wife and three sons who succumbed to that fell disease-consumption; the result of this was that the family was entirely broken up and Mr. STEWART shortly afterwards removed to Michaels Bay, on this Island, where he was soon after joined by his two surviving daughters, Margaret and Louise. He taught here for three years after which he removed to Hilly Grove where he was engaged in teaching up to within two days of his death; had he been spared for another year and finished the term for which he was engaged he would have been employed in the noble work to which he had given himself for half a century. In politics Mr. STEWART was always a consistent Liberal and during the stirring times of 1837-8 he was residing in Halton where for three nights he had the honour of sheltering Wm. Lyon McKENZIE at a time when a reward was offered for his head. While in Halton he took an active part as assistant editor of the Streetsville Review in the agitation which resulted in Milton being made the county town. Although never adopting the newspaper profession as a regular occupation he has been a valued contributor to the Journal of Education, Globe, Hamilton Spectator, Milton Champion and Lucknow Sentinel. He copy has also frequently held an honoured space in our own columns and from the first issue of The Expositor till the present time we have frequently been aided both by his pen and counsel. As a teacher he has aided in the moulding the minds of many men who are well known in public life; he taught W.D. LYON, stipendiary magistrate of Rainy River and R.A. LYON, MPP for this District their alphabet; D. McGINNIS and Wm. LAIDLAW, Hamilton; Co. SPROAT, Walkerton; Dr. SCOTT, Southampton; Dr. DYCE, Milton; Rev. A. MCKINNON; R LITTLE, inspector for Halton, were also among his pupils. He was the father of ten children, five girls and five boys, only four of whom survive. Deceased was always remarkably robust and hearty, never having suffered from severe sickness till that which so suddenly cut him off, on Saturday he was in the village apparently in usual health; on Monday he taught school and about 6 that evening he was smitten with paralysis on the left side, at 12 the next night he received a second stroke, on the right and from that time he remained unconscious till his death at six a.m. Wednesday. Although subject to frailties like other mortals, Mr. STEWART had one much for his country; as a husband he was devoted and as a father kind and affectionate; he was eminently successful and painstaking in his life long work - a work which has perhaps more influence than anything else in moulding the character of our people as a writer for the Press, his pen was invariably on the side of truth and morality and what he believed to be right. When our time comes we sincerely trust that we may be able to show as good a record of faithful service to country and devotion to duty as that left by him whose decease so many will mourn. Manitoulin Expositor, July 10, 1880.