Cache County UT Archives Biographies.....Stewart, James Haslam 1883 - 
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JAMES HASLAM STEWART.

    James Haslam Stewart is the county recorder of Cache county and makes his
home in Logan. He was born September 17, 1883, in Wellsville, this county, and
is a son of James G. Stewart, who was likewise born in Cache county and a
grandson of James Stewart, who was the founder of the branch of the family in
Utah. He was of Scotch descent and on making his way to the western country
settled in Cache county, where he resided until called to his final rest He was
a blacksmith by trade and was also an active member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. His son and namesake followed farming during the
greater part of his life and has been numbered among the representative
agriculturists of Cache county. He, too, belongs to the church, in which he has
been active, and he served on a mission to Alberta, Canada. He married Nellie
Haslam, a native of the Cache valley and a daughter of Captain James H. Haslam,
who was one of the pioneers of Utah and carried to Brigham Young the message of
the Mountain Meadow massacre, while at the time of the trial of John D. Lee he
also brought the information pertaining thereto. He was a very prominent and
influential citizen, becoming one of the first settlers of Cache county. He
engaged in business as a blacksmith and molder and he was likewise a man of
considerable musical ability and organized the first band of Cache county. His
name figures prominently upon the pages of Utah's history. His daughter, Mrs.
Nellie (Haslam) Stewart, Is still living and by her marriage she has two
children, the younger being Robert H. Stewart, who is now county agricultural
agent of Boxelder County, Utah.

    James H. Stewart, the elder son, pursued his public school education at
Wellsville and afterward entered the Utah Agricultural College, from which he
was graduated in 1910 with the Bachelor of Science degree. Following the
completion of his course he taught school for four years in Cache county and
then entered public office. He was elected in November, 1918, to the position of
county recorder, in which capacity he has since served with credit to himself
and satisfaction to his constituents. His political support has always been
given to the democratic party and he is an earnest believer in its principles as
factors in good government.

    In the Logan Temple on the 28th of June, 1911, Mr. Stewart was married to
Miss Elizabeth Darley, a native of Wellsville and a daughter of William F. and
Jemima (Thirkell) Darley, who were pioneer residents of Utah, both now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are the parents of two children: James Kenneth, born in
Wellsville, December 25, 1912; and Edna, born on the 18th of November, 1918, at
Logan.

    Mr. Stewart holds to the religious faith of his fathers and is an
ex-president of the Deacons Quorum and has also been teacher, elder and member
of the Seventy. He was formerly secretary of the Twenty-eighth Quorum of the
Seventy and he is the present acting counselor to the Young Men's Mutual
Improvement Association of the Seventh ward. He belongs to Phi Kappa Iota, a
Greek letter fraternity, and he is interested in everything that-has to do with
public progress and improvement and is a member of the Commercial Club. In a
business way he has made substantial advancement also and he early displayed the
elemental strength of his character by working his way through school and
college. He was determined to have an education and put forth every effort to
accomplish that end. He thus became well qualified for life's practical and
responsible duties and in the conduct of his professional and official interests
he has displayed marked ability as well as thoroughness and trustworthiness.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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