2004-10-30/2025-04-14 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1997). - Born January 27, 1827 in New York City, New York; son of William Stuart, Sr., brother of George, Henry, Louis, and William Stuart, Jr., half-brother of Richard M. Ferris, father of Ferris L. and Frederick L. Stuart; with firm of Richard M. Ferris in New York City, New York, became partner with Ferris in Ferris & Stuart 1857; succeeded Ferris with Levi U. Stuart, Organs, 1860; died April 28, 1904 in Bronx, New York. Staff: George W. Loree.* *His brothers, William, George, and Louis, also worked with the firm until 1871 when they formed a separate firm, William J. Stuart & Bros., in Albany, New York. —Ed. Patent: 34,380; February 11, 1862; bellows. Located at Houston Street according to the Brooklyn Union newspaper. Sources: Stephen Pinel. Stephen L. Pinel, "The Ferrises and the Stuarts: Instrument Makers in Nineteenth Century New York", The Tracker 30:1 (1986), 32. The Brooklyn Union, Tue, Oct 06, 1863 ·Page 2 (location)
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