Samuel Washington Orme was born to Samuel Washington Orme and Sarah Cross on 19 September 1858 in Tooele, Utah Territory. He married Mary Agnes Smith on 24 February 1886 in Logan, Utah Territory. Samuel was a counselor in the Tooele Ward bishopric, being appointed second counselor on 1 February 1895 after Robert Skelton died. Orme served in this position until 1897, when he moved to Idaho. He died on 8 April 1924 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.[1]