STEWART & SOX HARDWARE CO Stock 1893. Albany, Linn Co., Oregon. Prominent Owners

Description

Stewart & Sox Hardware Company. Stock issued December 28, 1893 at Albany, Oregon. Incorporated November 6, 1893 in the State of Oregon.
Gold embossed company seal lower left.
Certificate No. 16
was issued to
C. H. Stewart (company secretary)
for 10 shares of capital stock (0 per share). Company capital was
,000
. Hand signed by company
president Edward F. Sox
and
secretary C. H. Stewart
. Certificate is about 8” x 10.” Black print with gold underprint.
Vignette with a depiction of Columbus’ 1492 landing in America - artwork for the vignette is also shown.
The Stewart & Sox Hardware Company was formed in 1893 at Albany, Oregon (Linn County) by Charles Hall Stewart and Edward Franklin Sox, two prominent Albany businessmen. The Stewart & Sox hardware store opened in 1886 in Albany at the northwest corner of First and Ferry Streets. In 1902, the hardware moved into the Straney & Moore's Livery Stable building, built in 1892. They sold farm machinery, guns and ammunition, hardware, tinware and paint. By 1905, they were also carrying Plano & Deering Binders and Mowers, Studebaker wagons, hacks and buggies, sporting goods and White sewing machines.
Company secretary Charles H. Stewart was a prominent man of Albany. He purchased an interest in the States Rights Democrat Newspaper in 1874 and retained it until 1876. In 1883-1884 he was a County Clerk, in 1892 he was a City Council member, and in 1905 he was a County Judge. Edward F. Sox (company president) was one of the first professors at Albany College, a Presbyterian College (Albany Collegiate Institute) formed in 1867, who taught mathematics and English literature from 1872-1875. Sox was also president of the Albany Iron Works, treasurer of the Albany Street Railway, director of the First National Bank, and a delegate to the 1896 Oregon Republican Convention held in Albany. Stewart & Sox sold their hardware business to Barker Brothers Hardware in about 1915.
Condition:  Very Fine+
, two light vertical folds, very minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
(none noted)
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