William Stewart Seely (1812 - 1896), son of Justice Azel Seely and Mehitable Burnett, was born 8 May 1812 at Puckering, Ontario, Canada; he died at the age of 84 on 17 September 1896 at Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah; he was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. He emigrated to Utah in 1847 with the John Taylor Company.

Marriages and Children

1. Elizabeth DeHart
   1. Elizabeth Seely, married William Stevens
   2. Emily Seely, married George Coats
   3. Moroni Seely, married Alice Barton
   4. Emeline Seely, married Oscar Barton
   5. Joseph Nephi Seely, married Cecelia Winters
   6. Lucinda Seely, married Author James Jeffs
2. Ellen Carter, married at Salt Lake Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
   1. Justice Leigh Seely, married Maggie Jensen
   2. William Stewart Seely, married Jennett Merrick
3. Ann Watkins, daughter of Thomas Watkins; married 1851 Salt Lake Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
   1. Alford Seely, married Sarah Bomen
   2. Annie Seely, married Jess Petersen

Sources

• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 109
• Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1151

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• William's birth and death information is available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139912/william-stewart-seely
• The following write-up is from William's profile at the above-mentioned URL:
  • "Bishop William Stewart Seely, the first Bishop of Mount Pleasant (Sanpete Stake), Sanpete County, Utah, was born May 18, 1812, in Pickering, Home District, Upper Canada, the son of Justus A. Seely and Mehittabel Bennett.
  • "Becoming a convert to “Mormonism” under the instruction of John Taylor, he was baptized in 1838 and migrated to Nauvoo, Hancock county, Illinois, where he resided until 1846, when he became an exile, like his co-religionists, and departed into the western wilderness. He came to Salt Lake Valley in 1847 and lived for some time in Salt Lake City and afterwards in Pleasant Grove, Utah county.
  • "When Mount Pleasant, Sanpete county, was re-settled in 1859 he became one of the founders of that place, where he spent the remainder of his years and where he was active in everything pertaining to the growth and welfare of that commonwealth.
  • "In 1868 he went as captain of a Church train as far east as Laramie after immigrants. Bishop Seely married three wives, two of whom survived him.
  • "His first wife was Elizabeth De Hart, who died April 6, 1873, after bearing her husband several children, of whom Elizabeth, Emily, Moroni, Emmeline, Joseph N. and Lucinda were still living in 1898.
  • "His second wife was Ellen Jackson, whose children are Justice L. and William S
  • "The Bishop’s third wife was Ann Watkins and her children are William A. and Anna R. Bishop Seely was not only a prominent citizen in local affairs, but was well and favorably known throughout the Territory of Jenson, Andrew.
  • "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, UT: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901. Utah.
  • "He died at Mount Pleasant, Sept. 17, 1896."