Biography:

Local historian and genealogist; educator. Born– Feb. 6, 1914,  Sycamore, Ala. Parents– Ivy C. and Estelle D.  Turner. Married– Frank Ross Stewart on July 31, 1934.  Children– One. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S.; further study at the University of Alabama,  Ohio State University., Peabody College, Columbia University.  Served in U.S. Navy, WWII, 1943-1945; taught school; founded Stewart University and Stewart University Press in Centre, Ala.; candidate for several political offices, including a race for governor in 1994 and several races for the U. S. Senate. Frank Ross Stewart (died 1964), her husband, served as Alabama State Superintendent of Education and as President of Troy State University.  Died October 31, 2006.

Source:

Owen’s Story of Alabama, Vol. 4; various portions of Mrs. Stewart’s books; Our Campaigns website.

Publication(s):

Alabama’s Families. Troy, Ala.; Alabama Genealogical Society, 1962.

Alabama’s Bibb County. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1983.

Alabama’s Calhoun County. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1976.

Alabama’s City of Sheffield. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1985.

Alabama’s City of Tuscumbia. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1985.

Alabama’s Cleburne County; a History of Cleburne County and Her People. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1982-1983.

Alabama’s Franklin County; a History of Franklin County and Her People. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1988-.

Alabama’s Pike County. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1976.

Alabama’s Unified Judicial System and the Heflins. S.l.; Author, 1988.

Black Soldiers of the American Revolutionary War. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1978.

Cemetery Records of Cherokee County, Alabama, 1840-1860. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1981.

Cheatwood and Allied Families. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1984.

Cherokee County History, 1836-1956. 5 vols. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1958-

Doctor Clarence William Daugette; the Biography of an Educator. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1982.

The History of Education in Cherokee County, Alabama. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1981-

The History of Methodism in Alabama. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1983.

The Impeachment of Probate Judge of Cherokee County, Alabama. Piedmont, Ala.; Mrs. F. R. Stewart, 1990.

New Hope Baptist Church of Calhoun County, Alabama Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, 1832-1982; History. Centre, Ala.; Steward University Press, 1982.

Northeast Alabama Scrapbook, 1883-1935. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1983.

Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice; a Study of Piedmont, Alabama. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1986.

Stewart Family History. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1989-

Two Hundred Clubwomen; Second District Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs. Centre, Ala.; s.n., 1955.

Editor:

He Never Turned His Back; an Autobiography of Robert B. Butler. Centre, Ala.; Stewart University Press, 1978.

Papers;

The papers of Margaret Stewart Turner are held by the Cherokee County Library in Centre, Alabama.