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Elijah Funk Sheets



Birth22 March 1821Charlestown Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elijah Funk Sheets (1821–1904), memorial #31967996.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Funk Sheets, ID: KWJH-F39.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, Elija F Sheets, 3 July 1904; citing Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, p. 246, certificate 9346; Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 7578790.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elijah F Sheets, folder "First 100, first 50, returns, 1847 June" (#35), image 1, line 8; and entry for h F Sheets, folder "Abraham O. Smoot's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#18), image 1, line 11; entry for Elijah F Sheets captn of 1st Ten-First Fifty, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 1, line 1; entry for Elijah F Sheets Captain 1st Ten, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 7, line 1; entry for Elijah F. Sheets Capt. 1st Ten, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 12, line 4.

Death3 July 1904Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elijah Funk Sheets (1821–1904), memorial #31967996.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Funk Sheets, ID: KWJH-F39.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, Elija F Sheets, 3 July 1904; citing Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, p. 246, certificate 9346; Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 7578790.

Burial6 July 1904Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elijah Funk Sheets (1821–1904), memorial #31967996.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Funk Sheets, ID: KWJH-F39.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, Elija F Sheets, 3 July 1904; citing Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, p. 246, certificate 9346; Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 7578790.

FatherFrederick Sheets
MotherHannah Page

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   • Margaret Hutchinson
Married16 January 1846Atlantic Ocean
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    Elijah F. Sheets, Elijah F. and Margaret H. Sheets journals, 1843-1904 (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States: Church History Department), entry for Elijah F. Sheets and Margaret Hutchinson, folder "Elijah F. Sheets journal, 1845 August-1904 July," image 55 of 137.

          Children:
               Margaret Hannah Sheets


   • Susanna Musser
Married6 April 1847Winter Quarters, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Funk Sheets and Susanna Musser, ID: KWJH-F39 and ID: LKVY-PPV.

          Children:
               Anna Elizabeth Musser Sheets
               Elijah Musser Sheets
               Nephi Musser Sheets
               Moroni Musser Sheets
               Amos Musser Sheets
               Susanna Musser Sheets
               Martha Musser Sheets


   • Elizabeth Leaver
Married8 February 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Funk Sheets and Elizabeth Leaver, ID: KWJH-F39 and ID: KWJ8-CYY.

          Children:
               Samuel Leaver Sheets
               Elizabeth Leaver Sheets
               Mary Ann Leaver Sheets
               Frederick Leaver Sheets
               Edward Leaver Sheets
               Ellen Leaver Sheets
               Brigham Leaver Sheets
               Milton Leaver Sheets
               Eva Leaver Sheets
               Joseph Leaver Sheets


   • Emma Spencer
Married7 December 1861Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Funk Sheets and Emma Spencer, ID: KWJH-F39 and ID: KWJ6-BH7.

          Children:
               Jedediah Spencer Sheets
               Emma Spencer Sheets
               William Spencer Sheets
               Heber Spencer Sheets
               Elijah Spencer Sheets
               Edwin Spencer Sheets
               Blanche Spencer Sheets
               Eliza Spencer Sheets
               Bertha Spencer Sheets
               Ray Spencer Sheets


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Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah Territory ExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census8th Ward Gr Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census8th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake 8th Ward, Salt Lake, Utah Territory ExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusFarmers Precinct , Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure18 June 1847
       Arrival24-25 September 1847


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