Samuel was born at Detroit, Pike, IL, on 13 August 1842. He was the son of
Matthias Wing and
Elizabeth M. Chenoweth. He married
Elizabeth Jane Wright at Alma, Jackson, WS, on 24 June 1860. He married
Harriet Amanda Stocking at Herriman, Salt Lake, UT, on 22 January 1872. He married
Janet Brown Aird at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, on 19 December 1878. He married
Martha Howarth Allison at Logan, Cache, UT, on 6 November 1885. He married
Sarah Montgomery Gold Duke Shelton at Logan, Cache, UT, on 2 October 1889. He died at paralytic stroke, Sugar City, Madison, ID, on 23 January 1918. His body was interred on 28 January 1918 at Heber City, Wasatch, UT.