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Thomas Stewardson

Lawyer

Centurion, 1893–1902

Born 6 June 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died 20 January 1902 in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania

Buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Proposed by Charles Collins and James W. Pinchot

Elected 7 October 1893 at age sixty-four

Century Memorial

Thomas Stewardson was a native and honored citizen of Philadelphia, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and a member of the bar of that State. He was actively interested in local institutions of benevolence. He was a student and lover of literature and the arts, a man of strict integrity, and was much respected and beloved by a large circle of friends.

Edward Cary
1903 Century Association Yearbook