WILLIAM CAMERON STEWARD a MORMON CLUBBER and SHOOTER, a 2nd Lt. in the Iron County Militia; Born: 15. March, 1826, Elinburgh, Scotland. He came to Utah in December, 1856, Capt. Hunt Company, Indian War Veteran. Worked on St. George, Utah Temple.
Steward was also a high priest and member of the Cedar City Council. Stewart's involvement in the massacre is known by eye witness accounts and he was said to have killed William A. Aden and wounded two other men that Capt. Alexander Fancher had sent out of the camp for help. When the massacre was over, Stewart assisted Philip Klingensmith and John Higbee in searching the bodies for any valuables. Stewart was indicted in 1874, along with eight other Mormon men, and immediately went into hiding. Though a $500 reward was posted for his capture he was never apprehended, and there was no follow-up.
