Background
Stuart, William Plato was born on December 18, 1879 in Snow Camp, North Carolina, United States. Son of Burton Alexander and Emma (Stuart) Stuart.
Stuart, William Plato was born on December 18, 1879 in Snow Camp, North Carolina, United States. Son of Burton Alexander and Emma (Stuart) Stuart.
Educated Oak Ridge (North Carolina) Institute.
1 daughter (by first marriage), Dorothy. Cowboy in New Mexico, 1898-1901. Clerk Greene-Cananea Copper Company, 1902-1905, executive accountant, 1906-1909.
Same, Ray (Arizona) Consolidated Copper Company, 1910-1911.
Reporter and feature writer, Los Angeles Tribune, 1912. Editor Arizona Democrat, Phoenix, 1913.
News editor San Diego Union, 1914-1916. Editor Douglas Dispatch, 1917-1920.
Editor public Prescott Evening Courier since 1921.
Also established Arizona Morning Courier-Journal, 1934. President Prescott Courier, Incorporated. Appointed collector of internal revenue, Arizona district, 1937-1952.
State administrator Defense Savings Staff, 1941-1943.
Organized Central Arizona Broadcasting Company (radio station KCRJ), 1939 and since president
Served with Cuban insurgents, 1897. Chairman Yavapai Company Democratic Committee, 1926-1938. Member Sons of the American Revolution.
Quaker.
Mason, Elk. Clubs: Arizona (Phoenix).
Married second, Della Gillespie Tovrea, November 16, 1936.