Ida G. Stewart (b. Garrett) (1853-1943) was born in New York and died in Coral Gables, Florida. Her family moved to Champaign, Illinois, sometime prior to 1870 and then to Chicago, Illinois, by 1876. She married Allison V. Stewart in Chicago in 1881, and they eventually took Christian Science class instruction from Mary M. W. Adams, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. The Stewarts were members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Illinois. They joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1897, and in June 1901 they took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball in the Board of Education of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. They both served periodically in Eddy's household. In 1903 Stewart was elected secretary, as well as treasurer, of the General Association of Teachers, and in 1904 she was one of seven people appointed to the Board of Missionaries.
Allison was the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Illinois before the couple left Chicago for Boston, Massachusetts, in 1906. In September of that year, he was elected a Trustee of The Christian Science Publishing Society; from 1907-1917 he was publisher of Eddy's writings, and he was a member of The Christian Science Board of Directors from 1908-1918. Ida served as a member and secretary of the church Business Committee in 1908. She moved to Coral Gables around 1928 and helped establish First Church of Christ, Scientist, Coral Gables, Florida. Stewart was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Chicago from 1898 to 1906, in Boston in 1907, in Brookline, Massachusetts, from 1908 to 1935, and in Coral Gables from 1936 until her death. At various points she was listed at a hotel in Brookline for the summer while also being listed in Florida from November through May.
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Ida G. Stewart (b. Garrett) (1853-1943) was born in New York and died in Coral Gables, Florida. Her family moved to Champaign, Illinois, sometime prior to 1870 and then to Chicago, Illinois, by 1876. She married Allison V. Stewart in Chicago in 1881, and they eventually took Christian Science class instruction from Mary M. W. Adams, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. The Stewarts were members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Illinois. They joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1897, and in June 1901 they took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball in the Board of Education of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. They both served periodically in Eddy's household. In 1903 Stewart was elected secretary, as well as treasurer, of the General Association of Teachers, and in 1904 she was one of seven people appointed to the Board of Missionaries.
Allison was the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Illinois before the couple left Chicago for Boston, Massachusetts, in 1906. In September of that year, he was elected a Trustee of The Christian Science Publishing Society; from 1907-1917 he was publisher of Eddy's writings, and he was a member of The Christian Science Board of Directors from 1908-1918. Ida served as a member and secretary of the church Business Committee in 1908. She moved to Coral Gables around 1928 and helped establish First Church of Christ, Scientist, Coral Gables, Florida. Stewart was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Chicago from 1898 to 1906, in Boston in 1907, in Brookline, Massachusetts, from 1908 to 1935, and in Coral Gables from 1936 until her death. At various points she was listed at a hotel in Brookline for the summer while also being listed in Florida from November through May.
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