ANGELINE VILATE STEWART history

Special thanks to Lana Archibald for her work (see links in text below) digitizing and publishing many documents and photographs of this family in ways that help those histories and photos to be available to all of their descendants.

Angeline Vilate Stewart 

Born: 30 June 1874 Clarkston, Cache, Utah, USA
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In an 11 page, handwritten history of his mother titled "The Story of My Mother", Angeline's son Ruben David Buttars wrote that his mother "was fifth in a family of twelve, seven brothers and four sisters. ...My mother was always called 'Angie'. Her parents lived in Clarkston just west of the town square." 
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[Another similar history at 'Ancestry' tells us this was "... west across the road from the Clarkston meetinghouse that now stands."]

Samuel Thompson Stewart

Father: Samuel Thompson Stewart (1844-1932)

Son of William Stewart and Sarah Thompson
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Sarah Marble Stewart, wife of Andrew Stewart (1883 - brother of Angeline Stewart) tells us, in a 3 page biographical sketch, that Angie's father Samuel Stewart was a man of good cheer that often told his family stories about pioneer life. His mother died when he was 12 and at age 13 he was apprenticed as a plumber.

Angie's sister-in-law Sarah wrote, "On March 14th, 1862 [at age 18, Samuel Stewart] left his native land [Scotland] and started for America. ... He was five weeks and three days on the ocean. [His immigration record states 'Arrived NewYork City 12 June 1862. Took Railroad to Florence, Nebraska Territory.]
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"At Florence, Nebraska he was delayed for six weeks waiting for teams to start to Utah. He was successful in getting a job driving six yoke of oxen on a heavily loaded wagon of merchandise. [In August 1862] He traveled with [Ansel P.] Harmon company which had fifty-two wagons, four to six yoke of oxen to the wagon also eighteen people to each wagon, so that they had to walk much of the way. Grandfather had a number of girls riding with him…. His quick thought and courage and clean good humor made him a general favorite." 

They arrived in Salt Lake 5 October 1862.
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Mother: Mary Ann Clark (1847-1916)

Daughter of Joseph Owen (Onion) Clark and Ann Clark
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From a brief history of Mary Ann we learn, "As a seamstress, Mary Ann's mother [Ann] was gone much of the time, so Mary Ann took care of the house and older children. Her mother demanded strict obedience of her children and administered very severe punishment. … Her father was the opposite -- patient, kind, and pleasant.

Mary Ann was short, only five feet tall, and had brown, curly ringlets. She was much like her father in temperament."

Sarah Marble Stewart continues,"[Samuel] arrived in Salt Lake City ... 6 months after he left Scotland with only six bits (75 cents) in his pocket, no home, now where to go. ...
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"He soon found work in Sugar House Ward and so steadily did he work and so carefully did he save that with some advance wages he was able to send to Scotland that first year $500 in gold to bring his loved ones to Utah. 
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"During the time he had been in Utah he had met Mary Ann Clark ... So not long after that [16 April 1864] they went up to the Endowment House. While waiting their turn, Heber C Kimball asked Grandfather if he was taking his wife through. Grandfahter said, 'No, my gal.' They were married by Wilford Woodruff.
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"They lived in Salt Lake City, Utah until about 1867 when they moved to Clarkston, Utah. Here they lived doing their part in building a new community.

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"Grandfather received a call on a mission to assist in building the Logan Temple which he fulfilled. Always inventing things to make things handy, he made a sawmill and a gristmill run by a water wheel in the Creek. He also made caskets, covering them with black velvet. One day he made a casket, got into it and sent for Grandmother to come and see if it would do.

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"He was with John and Thomas Godfrey when Martin Harris gave his last testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon..."
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Clara Stewart Richman, sister to Angeline, wrote that their father "Samuel Stewart was elected constable of the community in August 1868." She also tells us "Samuel was about 5' 10" tall, with black hair, dark eyes and a very fair complexion."

Aunt Sadie (as Dad Ames called Sarah Maud Buttars Hansen - Angeline's daughter) recorded, on a family group sheet prepared in 1979, that Angeline was baptized when 8 years old.

Baptized: 1 July 1882 

Her son Ruben wrote in his history of Angeline: "The family attended church in the rock church house on the east side of the square, just a block from home. She was baptized 1 July 1882 in a stream north of Clarkston, known as Big Creek."

At age 9 we see Angeline on the 1880 US Census in Clarkston, Utah with her parents and siblings. Although the older children are marked as having attended school Angeline is not. From her son Ruben we learn "She went to school in a little frame school house, just across the street from her home. She only has a sixth grade education. Later her father bought a farm two miles north of Clarkston, where she lived until she got married. 

"Mother and Father grew up in the same town. He was three years older than she and began going out with mother's sister Julia Ann. As families do, they teased Julia about Charles Buttars and she said she didn't think she liked him well enough to marry him. Then mother said, 'Julia, if you don't want him, let me have him.' Soon after that he called and took mother buggy riding. At that time mother was only sixteen."

Spouse: Charles William Buttars
Married: 18 May 1892 Logan, Cache, Utah, USA

Sarah Marble Stewart tells a significant family event of that approximate time,"One day the lightening struck the house. Grandfather [Samuel Stewart - Angeline's father]was knocked unconscious. This was on Friday afternoon and he did not get much better until he had been prayed for in Sacrament meeting Sunday afternoon. Alice Dahle was in the room standing near a looking glass, she lost one eye and about 500 pieces of glass were taken from her body from her waist up. It wasn't long after this in the spring of 1893 that he moved to Wilford, Idaho. ..."

Other sources say "Samuel and Mary Ann Clark lived in Clarkston, Cache county, Utah until 1894, three years after their youngest child, Clara Elizabeth Stewart, was born. Then they moved to Wilford, Idaho.

Mary Ann had not wanted to move, but after their Clarkston home was struck by lightning, breaking all the windows, and injuring several family members, they decided to go to Teton, Idaho. Two of their married children were already there; most of the other children went with them, but their daughter, Angeline Vilate Stewart remained behind to marry Charles William Buttars." 
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Pictures show us this family were close enough to gather for a family picture as adults. 

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Clothing in this photo appears to be a conservative 'flapper' style circa 1920

The five daughters also pose together for several 'sisters' pictures.

Died: 30 May 1931 Clarkston, Cache, Utah, USA
Buried: 2 June 1931 Clarkston, Cache, Utah, USA

ANGELINE VILATE STEWART death

Angeline 'Angie' Vilate Buttars nee Stewart

Papa's great grandfather died suddenly October 5th, 1908 at only 37 years old, leaving 8 children age 14 and under for his 34 year old widow, Angie, to raise. Their first of 9 children, a boy, died at birth. Their youngest child, was a baby only 4 months old. She struggled with health issues such as severe asthma and later on, diabetes.
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Her son Ruben David Buttars, in an 11 page history, of his mother wrote, "At the time of his funeral mother was so ill with asthma that she couldn't attend the services. ...
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"This left mother with a very big load to carry; [a large family, and] a 320-acre farm with a $6,000 debt against it. There was also about eighty head of horses still on the range. The fall crops were still not yet planted. 
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" Some of my Dad's brothers got together to see what should be done with the farm and to help what they could. They talked to mother and told her they thought it best to sell the farm; ... Ben, my oldest brother, was only ten years old and too young to take over the responsibility of the farm."
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Lana Archibald, granddaughter of Angie's son Ben, kindly provides descendants with access to many records and photographs on a free website she maintains. She has compiled several records and summarizes the situation succinctly.  "Angie decided to keep the farm and sell the horses to pay the debt. Somehow they got by. Ben helped round up the horses and found all but eighteen. All were sold except a gentle team of trotters for the buggy, and a mare to raise colts. By the time Ben was sixteen, he ran the farm and provided for the family by himself.
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Ben Buttars, as an adult, harvesting with 12 head of horses. 

Ruben continues, "Mother was still suffering very much from asthma. One night, when I was in the first grade, [approximately 1912 or 13] I came home from school an hour earlier than the others. It seemed like no one was around so I decided I'd see if I could play the organ. Mother had recently bought a used organ for my sisters to practice on. I just got started good, when the bedroom door opened and Aunt Liz Loosle came out and scolded me good for making so much noise. She said, 'Don't you know your mother is dying in the other room?'

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"That hit me very hard and I walked outside, thinking what a terrible thing it would be if mother should die. With my father already dead I wondered what would happen to us kids. I sat down beside the barn and cried and cried.

"Mother had these attacks very frequently and she would send for the Bishop and his councilors to come and administer to her. She never was cured, but always got relief. One evening when I got home from school mother said to me, 'Get on your horse and go get the Bishop, I want him to administer to me again.' -
"They came and the Bishop said, 'Angie this doesn't seem to do much good, why don't you go to the temple and have them pray for you?'
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"Mother said, 'I can't go to the temple, I'm not worthy of a recommend. I have been drinking coffee once in a while.'
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"He said, 'Promise me that you will leave coffee alone for thirty days and then I will give you a recommend.'
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' Mother told us that that night she prayed to our Father in Heaven and promised him that she would never drink coffee again if he would help her to be cured from this illness. 
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"When thirty days was up, she went to the Bishop and told him what she had done. He gave her a recommend and told her that if she had faith enough she would be healed. 
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"She went to the temple and had them pray for her. And as a living witness, I know that she never had asthma again. From that time on, due to Ben's hard work and mother's good management we began to get out of debt. My oldest sister Mae (Mary Vilate) got married and mother loaned her $1200 to make a down payment on their home. 
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"About this time, [after 1918] brought on by the troubles and worries, mother developed sugar diabetes. ...She got so bad one time about 1926 that she was in the hospital in Salt Lake for three months. They gave her insulin and insisted she drink black coffee. 

[I, blog author, do not agree and research indicates that caffeine raises blood glucose levels by about the same amount as oral medications decrease them, and makes them difficult to control. This seems to be an area of ongoing research with many conflicting opinions - none well proven.]
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"From that time on she had to take insulin and be on a very strict diet. Sadie (Sarah) my sister went to Salt Lake and learned how to give mother her insulin and weigh out her diet. Mother always felt hungry for sweets, and craved them so bad that sometimes when she thought nobody was looking, she would help herself, even tho she knew she shouldn't. 
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"18 August 1929 my sister Mae (Mary) died from complications following an operation, leaving five small children. [Wallace Will Ames, age 8 - Papa's father, is one of these children]. This upset mother very much."
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"Then came the depression and financial difficulties, family troubles, and agitation over probating the estate caused mother's health to gradually become worse. 
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"One by one the children got married ... Earl [her youngest] got married in 1928 and mother rented him the farm, and she and Sadie moved to Logan where Sadie took very good care of her." Sadie was  the only child still unmarried but she soon met her husband, Colline Hansen, and was married in 1932.

Logan Utah 1930 US census shows Angeline with her daughter Sadie

[Angeline] was taken to the hospital, went into a coma and died, ... the day her youngest son was 23 years old. She was buried in the Clarkston cemetery ... by the side of her beloved husband and infant son, survived by three sons, five daughters, her father, four sisters, and seven brothers. 
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Death certificate for Angeline Vilate Stewart Buttars

Lana Archibald records, "She had been given a blessing early in her life that she would live until the time her family was grown. When her youngest child, Earl, was 23 years old, she died on May 30, 1931, at the age of 57 years. All her children were married in the temple." 

Grave on left of the monument is Angeline's. 

Died: 30 May 1931 Logan, Cache, Utah
Buried: 2 June 1931 Clarkston, Cache, Utah

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