Elijah Knapp Fuller
Birth Date
On 1811 June 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1897 December 27 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Windham, Greene, New York, United States
1811 June 13
Mother
Zilpha Knapp
Father
Cornelius Fuller
Date Details
Occurred On 1811 June 13
Baptized by
Moses Martin III
1842 May 18 (Age 30)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1843 (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Location Served
New England
Date Details
Started On 1843
Called
On 1856 June 15
Arrived in Field
End Date Not Found
Married
Catherine Walker
1846 January 18 (Age 34)
Served in
California Mission
1847 (Age 35)
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Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Alta California, Mexico
Location Served
California
Date Details
Started On 1847
Called
End Date Not Found
Traveled in
Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company (1847)
1847 June 18 – September 25 (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Cornelius Fuller (Age 7)
Revilo Fuller (Age 4)
Catherine Walker (Age 23)
Willis Darwin Fuller (Age 11)
Elijah Knapp Fuller, Jr. (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 18
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 September 24 – 25
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Asahel Lathrop/Elijah Fuller Company (1848)
1848 February – May (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Circa 1848 February
Joined Company
Ended Circa 1848 May
Company Arrived
Married
Sarah Ann Fuller
1850 September 8 (Age 39)
Married
Ellen Celeste Woodward
1851 March 11 (Age 39)
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1856 February 24 – September 24 (Age 44)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
To the Lamanites
Date Details
Started On 1856 February 24
Called
Ended On 1856 September 24
Released
Married
Elizabeth Vaughan
1861 November 8 (Age 50)
Married
Harriett Alice Walker
1866 November 17 (Age 55)
Died in Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States
1897 December 27 (Age 86)
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Elijah Knapp Fuller (1811 - 1897) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Deseret News
"Report of the 15th Quorum", Deseret News, (14 May 1856), Page 8.
Mission
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)
"William Bringhurst letter", Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877), (14 July 1856).
Historian's Office missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1925
Historian's Office missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1925, Vol. 1, Page 236, Line 1843:173.
Historian's Office missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1925, Vol. 1, Page 405, Line 1847:6.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 16 May 1843, Page 3.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 15 November 1847, Page 1.
Las Vegas Mission record book, 1855 April-1857 March
Las Vegas Mission record book, 1855 April-1857 March, April.
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1959. Page 40.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 2.
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Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Page 158.
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Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005. 2005.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 8.
John Smith papers
John Smith papers, February, Page 40-52.
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Patty B. Sessions diaries and account book, 1846-1866; 1880
Patty B. Sessions diaries and account book, 1846-1866; 1880, Vol. 1.
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Reminiscences by Donnette Smith Kesler: The Wife of Alonzo Pratt Kesler (1952)
"Alfred Boaz Lambson letter", Reminiscences by Donnette Smith Kesler: The Wife of Alonzo Pratt Kesler (1952), Page 102-105.
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Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897, Vol. 1, Page 252.
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Sophronia M. Martin autobiographical sketch, circa 1915
Sophronia M. Martin autobiographical sketch, circa 1915.
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