Elijah Funk Sheets
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Clear AllBorn in Charlestown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1821 March 22
Date Details
Occurred On 1821 March 22
Birth
Relationships
Father
Frederick Sheets
Mother
Hannah Page
Baptized by Erastus Snow
1840 July 5 (Age 19)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1842 September 4 – 1844 May 4 (Age 21)
1842 September 4 – 1844 May 4 (Age 21)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1844 May 4
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Elder
Location Served
Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Arrived in the Field as Missionary
British Mission
1844 August 24 – 1846 January 16 (Age 23)
1844 August 24 – 1846 January 16 (Age 23)
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Ended On 1846 January 16
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
England, United Kingdom
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married Susanna Musser
1847 April 6 (Age 26)
Joined Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company
1847 June 18 – September 25 (Age 26)
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Joined When Organization was Formed
End Date Details
Ended Between 1847 September 24 – 25
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Traveling Group
Departed from Home as Missionary
Central States Mission
1850 December – 1851 July (Age 29)
1850 December – 1851 July (Age 29)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended Circa 1851 July
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Iron county, Utah Territory
Mission Qualifier
Other
Additional Notes
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encylopedia- December, 1850 he was called on a mission to Iron county as one of George A. Smith's company of pioneers to that part of the country. He became one of the first settlers of Parowan. He remained on that mission about six months, then returned to Salt Lake City.
Married Elizabeth Leaver
1857 February 8 (Age 35)
Married Emma Spencer
1861 December 7 (Age 40)
Set Apart as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 23 – 1870 March 16 (Age 48)
1869 October 23 – 1870 March 16 (Age 48)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1870 March 16
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
United States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
George A Smith
Died in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
1904 July 3 (Age 83)
Date Details
Occurred On 1904 July 3
Died
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Elijah Funk Sheets (1821 - 1904) Profile