Eli Brazee Kelsey
Birth Date
On 1819 October 27 (Born)
Death Date
On 1885 March 27 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States
1819 October 27
Mother
Mary Oldfield (1791 - 1875)
Father
Eli Kelsey
Date Details
Occurred On 1819 October 27
Married
Letitia Sheets
1837 July 11 (Age 17)
Baptized
1843 June 18 (Age 23)
Married
Jane Caldwell
1846 February 7 (Age 26)
Served in
British Mission
1848 August 17 – 1849 (Age 28)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
8th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Location Served
Glasgow Conference
Date Details
Started On 1848 August 17
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1849
Released
Served in
British Mission
1850 January 19 – 1851 December 18 (Age 30)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Location Served
Manchester and London Conferences
Date Details
Started On 1850 January 19
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1851 December 18
Departed from Field
Called as Captain to
Eli B. Kelsey Company (1852)
1852 July 4 – October 16 (Age 32)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Emma Celestine Kelsey (Age 4)
Letitia Sheets (Age 34)
George William Kelsey (Age 14)
Mary Jane Kelsey (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1852 July 4
Joined Company
Ended Between 1852 October 14 – 16
Company Arrived
Married
Mary Ann McIntyre
1852 November 20 (Age 33)
Married
Emma Boys
1852 December 16 (Age 33)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1885 March 27 (Age 65)
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Eli Brazee Kelsey (1819 - 1885) Profile
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Person
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
Eli B. Kelsey journal, 1848-1851
Eli B. Kelsey journal, 1848-1851.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 July 1848, Page 7.
Index to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
Index to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, Page 123-126.
Millennial Star
Eli B. Kelsey, "Letters to the Editor", Millennial Star, 10, (15 September 1848), No.18. Page 285.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 2, Page 237.
The semi-half-yearly circular of the President of the London Conference of the Church ... to the Presidents of Branches and Priesthood generally
The semi-half-yearly circular of the President of the London Conference of the Church ... to the Presidents of Branches and Priesthood generally. London: Printed by W. Aubrey, 1851.
Pioneer
Abiah Wadsworth : his wives and family, 1810-1979
"Wadsworth, Joseph Warren, [Autobiography]", Abiah Wadsworth : his wives and family, 1810-1979, Page 43-44.
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Autobiography of John Lowe Butler - 1808-1861
Autobiography of John Lowe Butler - 1808-1861. 1957. Page 40-43.
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963
"Autobiography of Our Dear Grandmother Mrs. Augusta Stevens", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 3-5.
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Deseret News
"Emigration of 1852 Companies.", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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"19th Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 714.
Hans F. Hansen reminiscence and diary, 1855-1909
Hans F. Hansen reminiscence and diary, 1855-1909.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 120.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. A, Page 6.
Private journal of Henry Ballard, 1852-1886; 1893-1904
"Ballard, Henry, Journal and Memoirs", Private journal of Henry Ballard, 1852-1886; 1893-1904, 1,2.
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Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.
