JAMES R. STUART, SR. Born 1840 Einburg, Scotland PIONEER OF 1868 Died Jan. 31, 1911 JAMES R. STUART; SR. James R. Stuart, Sr., was born in 1840 in Einburgh, Scotland. His parents died with cholera when he was 15 months old. He then went to live with his grandmother. She died when he was 14 years old. After her death he went to live with an Uncle. His occupation being a shoemaker, James R. Stuart studied as an apprentice shoemaker four years. While working as an apprentice one day, a man brought in a pair of shoes to be repaired, there was a Mormon tract in the shoes, and he was very much interested after reading it. Later some elders were holding a street meeting, he was delivering some shoes, but stopped to listen to what the Elders were saying. He again became very much interested in the Mormon Elders. After his four years of apprenticeship, he established a shoe shop of his own, made and repaired shoes. He was converted to the Mormon Church, and May 31,1866, he was ready to sail for America, but was called by President Brigham Young to fulfill a mission along with Abram Hatch at Warwickshire, England, and March 21st 1867 was called again to fulfill a mission in Burmingham England, along with Moses Thatcher. He arrived in Utah in 1868 and worked on the U.P. Railroad in Echo Canyon. He later went to Salt Lake City to make shoes for the Z.C.M.I shoe Factory. In 1871 he came to Morgan to make shoes for the Z.C.M.I Store at Morgan. He made shoes for them until 1888, then they closed the Shoe Shop. He then repaired shoes. He was Post Master 4 years, Superintendent of Morgan Ward Sunday School from 1871 to 1886, a counselor to John K. Hall of Stake Sunday School. First Counselor to Bishop Charles Turner. A town board member for several terms, County Attorney, Justice of the peace, also a legislator for Morgan Co. to Salt Lake City. He was called to Scotland on a mission, year 1909. While there he contracted an illness. Had to be released and sent home. He never recovered and died Jan. 31, 1911.