When Samuel James McCardwell was born on 20 April 1874, in Northampton St Giles, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Patrick McCardwell, was 36 and his mother, Emma King Robinson, was 28. He married Margrethe Marie Christine Larsen on 20 July 1897. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Bear River City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1900 and Clinton Township, Vinton, Ohio, United States in 1910. He died on 11 December 1934, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in South Lawn Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States.