Background
Stuart, William Alexander was born on October 24, 1889 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. Son of John James and Kate Greenway (Preston) Stuart.
Stuart, William Alexander was born on October 24, 1889 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. Son of John James and Kate Greenway (Preston) Stuart.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory and Henry College, 1909. Postgraduate University of Virginia, 1909-1910, postgraduate law department, 1914-1916. Postgraduate (Rhodes scholar from Virginia), University of Oxford (Balliol College), 1910-1914, Master of Arts, 1918.
November 1969); children—William Alexander, George Rogers Clark.
Member firm Irvine & Stuart, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1916-1920. Served from Second lieutenant to major Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917-1918. Member American Legion (state commander 1919-1920), Virginia State Bar Association (president 1941), American Bar Foundation, American Law Institute, Virginia History Society (Executive Committee), Phi Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi, Raven Society (University of Virginia).
Club: Commonwealth (Richmond, Virginia).
Married Ellen Pearce Bodley, April. Children: William Alexander, George Rogers Clark.