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David King Udall, 18511938 (aged 86 years)

Name
David King /Udall/
Surname
Udall
Given names
David King
Family with Eliza Luella Stewart
himself
18511938
Birth: 7 September 1851St.Louis, St.Louis, Mo., USA
Death: 18 February 1938St.John, Apache, Az., USA
wife
18551937
Birth: 21 May 1855 43 22 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death: 28 May 1937St.John, Apache, Az., USA
Marriage Marriage1 February 1875Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
4 years
son
18781878
Birth: 8 November 1878 27 23 Kanab, Kane, Ut., USA
Death: 8 November 1878Kanab, Kane, Ut., USA
20 months
daughter
18801950
Birth: 20 June 1880 28 25 Kanab, Kane, Ut., USA
Death: 7 April 1950Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2 years
daughter
18821966
Birth: 16 September 1882 31 27 St.John, Apache, Az., USA
Death: 23 October 1966Mesa, Maricopa, Az
22 months
daughter
18841885
Birth: 5 July 1884 32 29 St.John, Apache, Az., USA
Death: 1 October 1885
19 months
daughter
18861952
Birth: 18 January 1886 34 30 St.John, Apache, Az., USA
Death: 2 April 1952San Jose, Santa Clara, Ca., USA
2 years
son
18881960
Birth: 26 May 1888 36 33 St. Johns, Apache, Az
Death: 30 December 1960Long Beach, Los Angles, Ca
3 years
son
18911960
Birth: 20 January 1891 39 35 St.John, Apache, Az., USA
Death: 30 May 1960Wickenburg, Maricopa, Az., USA
4 years
son
18941896
Birth: 2 December 1894 43 39 Round Valley, Apache, Az., USA
Death: 21 February 1896
3 years
daughter
18971898
Birth: 1 September 1897 45 42 Round Valley, Apache, Az., USA
Death: 6 April 1898Round Valley, Apache, Az., USA
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Unique identifier
16B4E2DE8BE90541B3FCAEA29E395FDA5305
Last change
27 August 201100:00:00
Note

There is a wonderful picture of David King Udall and Eliza Luell
a stewart atthe following website: http://dissy,library,arizona
,edu/branches/spc/udalljpgs/50thann-small.jpg
David King Udall Sr. Married Eliza Luella Stewart, daughter of L
evi Stewart and Margery Wilkerson. David's sister, Mary Ann Uda
ll married William Thomas Stewart a sister of Eliza Luella Stewa
rt, daughter of Levi Stewart and Margery Wilkerson.
Notes: David King Udall (1851-1938_ and IdaHunt Udall (1858-191
5) among the last generation of Mormons to live in pluralmarria
ge. David King and Ida Hunt suffered the persecutions and the p
ersonal anxieties that ultimatley led their Church to abandon th
is doctrine.
David King Udall was born in St. Louis, Mo, in 1851 to English i
mmiGrant Mormon parents, who moved to Utah with young David then
ext year. Ida Hunt was born in the back of a covered wagon in 1
858 in Hamilton's Fort, Utah, as her family jorneyed back from C
alifornia to help defend the Church in the "Mormon War." Ida'
s grandparents had converted to Mormonism as young adults, and h
erparents had been missionaries in several Pacific islands.
As a young man, David Udall rose quickly to leadership positio
n in the Mormon Church. Shortly after his first marriage, to El
iza "Ella" Stewart in 1875, he was sent to England for two year
s as a missionary. In 1877, he returned to Ella and Utah and wa
s soon ordained a high priest. In 1880, only twenty-nine year
s old, hewas appointed Bishop of Eastern Arizona's St. Johns Wa
rd where he soon foundhimself supervising not only purely relig
ious functions, but also the construntion of irrigation ditches
, a schoolhouse and several mills. Then, in 1882, despite incre
asing persecution of the practice, he entered plural marriagewi
th Ida Hunt, the daughter of the Bishop of an adjoining Ward wh
o had moved to Arizona theyear before.
Many years later, David King Udall recalled thissecond marriag
e as a spiritual trial for himself and his two wives. All thre
e had been raised in polygamous families and approached their un
ion with happy memories of that experience as well as deep relig
ious convictions. Yet all three felt emotional turmoil at takin
g this step. Asked by Ida to confirmher approval of the marria
ge, Ella could only say, "If it is the Lord's willI am perfectl
y willing to try to endure it." And David, riding to ask Ida'
s parents for their consent, remembered pausing at a fork in th
e road: Oneroad led to Snowflake where Ida was awaitingme; th
e other road led to St. John's -- to my home, my wife and baby
. For a little time my mind was undecided and my soul in tormen
t. I dismonted and on ky knees prayed fervently thatI might b
e guided aright. A calm assurance came over me and I knew it w
s my duty and privilege to enter int oplural marriage. I whippe
d up my horse and rode to Snowflake as fast as the darkness woul
d permit. From that Day to this I have felt that in accepting p
lural marriage we have fulfilled the planof Heaven for me and m
ine. It was the will of God to us.
Following his marriage to Ida Hunt, David Udall's family was pla
ced under additional stress byreactions among their predominant
ly Hispanic and Catholic neighbors, who resented the Mormons a
t St. John's as newcomers occupying land that was not rightfull
y theirs. In 1884, a confrontation with some locals over the ow
nership of a city lot nearly erupted into violence, and David, a
long with nine other Mormons, were arrested for unlawful assembl
y. All were eventually acquitted, but later that year David wa
s charged with perjury for testimony he had given in a fellow Mo
rmon's land claim. this time he was convicted and sent topriso
n in Michigan.
At nearly the same time, David and six other Mormons ofSt. John
's Ward were indicted on federal charges of polygamy. By law, I
dacould be forced to testify agains her husband, an