Peter Grant Stewart | |
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Second Executive Committee of the Provisional Government of Oregon | |
In office 1844–1845 | |
Constituency | Oregon Country |
Personal details | |
Born | New York | September 6, 1809
Died | August 27, 1900 Tacoma, Washington | (aged 90)
Spouse(s) | Rebecca Rawlings Cason d. 1863 Eliza Rosecrans |
Occupation | politician, jeweler |
Peter Grant Stewart (September 6, 1809 – August 27, 1900) was a jeweler and pioneer of the Oregon Country in what later became the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. A native of New York state, he traveled the Oregon Trail to the Willamette Valley and settled first in Oregon City and later in what became Washington. He was served on the Second Executive Committee of the Provisional Government of Oregon, and his homesite became part of Fort Canby at the mouth of the Columbia River.