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Ella Stewart Udall

Ella Stewart Udall, American telegraphist (died 1937)

Born
May 21, 1855
Died
May 28, 1937
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1855

About Ella Stewart Udall

Eliza Luella "Ella" Stewart Udall was an American telegraphist and entrepreneur. Recruited by Brigham Young in 1870 and stationed at the Deseret Telegraph Company office in Pipe Spring in 1871, Udall was the first telegraph operator in Arizona Territory. As part of the church's historical practice of polygamy, she was the first wife of David King Udall and co-wife of Ida Hunt Udall and later Mary Ann Linton Morgan. She was baptized into the church in 1863.In 1870, LDS Church president Brigham Young asked Levi Stewart to move to southern Utah, found the town of Kanab, and serve as the first Latter-day Saint bishop there. Starting in December 1871, when Stewart was sixteen years old, she was stationed in the Deseret Telegraphy Company office in Pipe Spring, Arizona, making her the first telegraphist in Pipe Spring and in the territory.

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Ella Stewart Udall timeline

  1. She was baptized into the church in 1863.In 1870, LDS Church president Brigham Young asked Levi Stewart to move to southern Utah, found the town of Kanab, and serve as the first Latter-day Saint bishop there.
  2. Recruited by Brigham Young in 1870 and stationed at the Deseret Telegraph Company office in Pipe Spring in 1871, Udall was the first telegraph operator in Arizona Territory.
  3. Starting in December 1871, when Stewart was sixteen years old, she was stationed in the Deseret Telegraphy Company office in Pipe Spring, Arizona, making her the first telegraphist in Pipe Spring and in the territory.

The world when Ella Stewart Udall was born

Ella Stewart Udall was born in 1855. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1855

  • Best-selling bookLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBleeding Kansas — pro and anti-slavery violence
  • Technology milestoneBessemer steel process invented
  • World population~1.35B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin Pierce
  • U.S. population26.4M

1855 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ella Stewart Udall's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18552026
Population26.4M341 million

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