Elijah Funk Sheets

Elijah Funk Sheets, son of Frederick Sheets of Germany and Hannah Page of Charleston, Pennsylvania, was born 22 March 1821 at Charleston. Came to Utah 22 September 1847 with the Perrigrine Sessions Company. Bishop of SLC 8th Ward for 48 years; traveling bishop 1871; assistant trustee-in-trust of the Mormon church. Assessor and collector of Utah County 1870; railroad contractor, Union Pacific Rail Road, 1869-70; stockbreeder and agriculturist. Died 3 July 1904.

Marriages and Children

1. Margaret Hutchinson (3 July 1819, Presteign, Radnorshire, England - 1 February 1847, Winter Quarters, Nebraska) married 16 January 1846, in England
2. Susannah Musser (2 September 1827 - 11 May 1861), daughter of Samuel Musser and Anna Barr. Married 6 April 1847 Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Their children:
   1. Anna Musser Sheets
   2. Elijah Musser Sheets
   3. Nephi Musser Sheets
   4. Moroni Musser Sheets
   5. Amos Musser Sheets
   6. Susannah Musser Sheets
   7. Martha Musser Sheets born May 3, 1861, married David F. Davis.
3. Elizabeth Leaver(31 August 1839 New York City - 26 July 1892 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory), daughter of Samuel Leaver and Mary Ann Hartlett. Married 8 February 1857 Salt Lake City. Their children:
   1. Samuel Leaver Sheets
   2. Elizabeth Leaver Sheets
   3. Mary Ann Leaver Sheets
   4. Frederick Leaver Sheets
   5. Edward Leaver Sheets
   6. Ellen Leaver Sheets
   7. Brigham Leaver Sheets
   8. Milton Leaver Sheets
   9. Eva Leaver Sheets
   10. Joseph Leaver Sheets
4. Emma Spencer (23 September 1845 Arnold, Nottingham, England - 25 May 1900 Salt Lake City, Utah), daughter of Edwin Spencer and Hannah Wardle. Married 7 December 1861 Salt Lake City. Their children:
   1. Jedediah Spencer Sheets
   2. Emma Spencer Sheets
   3. William Spencer Sheets
   4. Heber Spencer Sheets
   5. Elijah Spencer Sheets
   6. Edwin Spencer Sheets
   7. Blanch Spencer Sheets
   8. Eliza Spencer Sheets
   9. Bertha Spencer Sheets
   10. Ray Spencer Sheets

Sources

• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 86
• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1157