Samuel was born in Greenock, Scotland
to William and Sarah Thompson Stewart. He was the third of eight
children. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints when he was nine years old. When he was twelve, his mother
died at the age of 30. She called her children around her before
she died. To Samuel she said, "This boy shall not stay here long,
but he will cross the ocean to America and to the Land of Zion."
At thirteen years old, he apprenticed as a
plumber. When he was eighteen, he emigrated to America. A banker's
daughter tried to persuade him to stay in Scotland and marry her, but he
would not relent. His family wondered if they would ever in this
life see Samuel again, but they had faith that they would. He was at sea
for five weeks and three days.
He traveled with the Saints across the Plains.
There were fifty-two wagons, and eighteen people to each wagon, so they
had to walk much of the way. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley
six months after Samuel left Scotland. With 75 cents to his name
and no home or place to go, he found work in Sugarhouse and saved very
carefully. At the end of one year, he sent $500 in gold to Scotland
for his father, brothers, and sisters to come to Utah.
One evening at a dinner dance, Samuel Stewart
placed Mary Ann Clark's plate on his.
When asked why he did that, he said, "She just as well start eating with
me now. She will be my wife anyway." When Mary Ann was sixteen, they
were married. Samuel married Mary Ann Clark in the Endowment House in 1864.
There was great love and devotion in the marriage, which grew greater as
the years passed.
When Samuel's family came from Scotland
and found he had married, his father was very displeased--but the family
still lived with them for a while.
Samuel Stewart and his family
lived in Clarkston, Utah for many years before
moving to Teton City, Fremont county, Idaho where he lived to an old age.
PHOTOS
Samuel Stewart
Samuel's wife, Mary Ann Clark
Samuel Stewart in his rocking chair, reading
the newspaper
Family group: Samuel & Mary Ann Stewart
and their children
Samuel Stewart and Mary Ann Clark Stewart
Samuel Stewart and Mary Ann Clark Stewart
(later years)
Samuel Stewart's father, William Stewart
Samuel Stewart's brother, Hugh, and Hugh's first
wife, Nina Larson
CHILDREN OF MARY ANN & SAMUEL STEWART
Angeline Vilate Stewart
& Charles William Buttars
James Israel Clark, Jr.
& Julie Ann Stewart
Samuel Stewart's son,
Samuel, on the doorstep
Samuel Clark Stewart &
Selma Dahle
James Thomas Birch &
Mary Ann Stewart
Joseph Warren Black &
Sarah Stewart
George Stewart and
his wife Leonie Birch
Joseph William Stewart
& Sarah Ann Godfrey
Parley Smith Richman &
Clara Elizabeth Stewart
James Edward Stewart and
his 3 wives
1) Emily Janet Bassett;
2) Lucy Atkinson Benson; 3) Susie Loosle
Benjamin Isaac Stewart
& Caroline Birch
Hugh Stewart
Andrew Stewart & his
two wives
1) Alberta Elizabeth
Bagley; 2) Sarah Abigail Marble
Sisters (daughters
of Samuel and Mary Ann Stewart)
Julie, Mary, Sadie, Angeline,
Clara