Background
The son of Levi Stewart and Margery (Wilkerson) Stewart, he was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.
The son of Levi Stewart and Margery (Wilkerson) Stewart, he was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.
He moved to Kanab, Utah in 1870 when his father was called by Brigham Young to create a new settlement there. He took a third wife, Mary Udall in 1880. She was the sister of David King Udall who was already married to William"s sister Eliza Stewart.
In 1887 and 1889 he was elected to the Utah Territorial Legislature, and in 1889 he was also elected mayor of Kanab.
He died in Alamo in 1935.