| (1874-15 March 1959), physician. (Dr Charles A. Stewart, Dr C. A. Stewart, “The Black Doctor”) Born at Stewarts Glen, GC. Parents: Alexander Stewart (warden of SDG in 1892) and his wife Isabella McRae. A medical graduate of McGill, he practised medicine at Dunvegan, living in the old brick inn at the crossroads (across from the present Glengarry Pioneer Museum). He left Dunvegan for Cornwall in the fall of 1923, and on departure he and his wife were feted by the Dunvegan people and given a gift of $250, huge for GC at that time. (//Glengarry News// 19 Oct. 1923, //Cornwall Freeholder// 25 Oct. 1923) He was a physician for many years in Cornwall. The SDG Medical Association honoured him in 1952 for his 50 years of service as a physician. (//GN// 23 May 1952) He was married in 1904 to Mary Hastie Munroe (1879-5 Dec. 1960). (four children) He and his wife are buried in the cemetery of Kenyon Presbyterian Church, Dunvegan. For the term “Black Doctor,” by which he was sometimes known, see also James Simpson. Dr Stewart, the Black Doctor, was not the last physician to practise in the small village of Dunvegan. Dr Murray R. Stalker practised there for a few years in the 1920s, probably from1923, before going to Ormstown, Quebec. | (1874-15 March 1959), physician. (Dr Charles A. Stewart, Dr C. A. Stewart, “The Black Doctor”) Born at Stewarts Glen, GC. Parents: Alexander Stewart (warden of SDG in 1892) and his wife Isabella McRae. A medical graduate of McGill, he practised medicine at Dunvegan, living in the old brick inn at the crossroads (across from the present Glengarry Pioneer Museum). He left Dunvegan for Cornwall in the fall of 1923, and on departure he and his wife were feted by the Dunvegan people and given a gift of $250, huge for GC at that time. (//Glengarry News// 19 Oct. 1923, //Cornwall Freeholder// 25 Oct. 1923) He was a physician for many years in Cornwall. The SDG Medical Association honoured him in 1952 for his 50 years of service as a physician. (//GN// 23 May 1952) He was married in 1904 to Mary Hastie Munroe (1879-5 Dec. 1960). (four children) He and his wife are buried in the cemetery of Kenyon Presbyterian Church, Dunvegan. For the term “Black Doctor,” by which he was sometimes known, see also [[simpson_james|James Simpson]]. Dr Stewart, the Black Doctor, was not the last physician to practise in the small village of Dunvegan. Dr Murray R. Stalker practised there for a few years in the 1920s, probably from1923, before going to Ormstown, Quebec. |
