Ella Stewart Udall | |
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 Udall in 1875 | |
| Born | Eliza Luella Stewart May 21, 1855 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States |
| Died | May 28, 1937 (aged 82) St. Johns, Arizona, United States |
| Burial place | St. Johns, Arizona, United States |
| Known for | First telegraph operator in Arizona Territory |
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Eliza Luella "Ella" Stewart Udall (May 21, 1855 – May 28, 1937) 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.
A daughter of Mormon pioneers Margery Wilkerson Stewart and Levi Stewart, Udall was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints her entire life. 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. Udall also ran a successful ice cream parlor in St. Johns, Arizona and for a time managed the Apache Hotel in Holbrook, Arizona. Several of Udall's descendants went on to have influential political careers as members of the Udall family.