Show i SUDDEN f DEMISE Of BISHOP y Venerable Church Worl cl Passed at Ida Suu Sung AVay ay day Morning WAS EN EH ROUTE TO TETON BASIN Came Cafe Here lIere In ID 1817 and Was Active In InMany Many lens Avenues of Life Funeral Afternoon i F r Sheets one ono of ot tho the of at tho the Church of ot Jesus Jeus Christ Christof ot of atler da Saints and for tor 48 years of the tho 1 ward passed way at 4 Sunday HUIlla morning at ot Ida Ila while m In route to his Ws I sons oni ranch h In Teton basin where ho I expected to spend a n 1 few Cow weeks Uniting I md end nd otherwise Ie en enjoying himself The W hop with other members rs of or the family left letl here bare Saturday morning All went welt well until Pocatello was all reached Cached it nt which point tho the venerable Church worker complained of ot feeling Ill III He lIe wall given RIen stimulants and con can continued his hIli Journey to he scar at mot met by one of ot his sons who wok took him to n a hotel At Sunday morning he nuked asked for tor a 1 drink of or water which was given him Half an hour a struggle ensued and anel before later liter M members raters of at his family could reach rench him the t e beloved b veteran had hilt passed away awayA a A physician was lIIA summoned who pro pronounced pounced death duo due to henrt mart failure su by b exhaustion and old aid age P Th TM funeral will be Je held Wednesday Hip st sl t f p m ro from Crom the tho Salt Lake Assembly Hall Ball Sl l OF ins IlIA LIFE Elijah Funk Sheets was waA the th son of or Frederick Wheels and Hannah Page luge fond M horn born Match March county 22 2 1821 In Chester county Mi hI arly was paused yearn let left an orphan at tho nee n e of six years earR lie Ill lived lined about two years with v itI t his hlA Inge Ia e after oCter wh whIch eh ho found a home home In the the family nilly of at tho time late Ito Bishop hop Hunter who at nt that time was aras as a n wealthy farmer farm r In III Chester county count Ho lie remained hero here for Cor nine nino tars during luring which l time he engaged Ill In r farming and stock raising JIlt HIM opportunities for tor attending n school were very ery limited amounting to about six lx weeks A I year ear from Crom the his eighth ago oft to his sixteenth tears Hars At the ago ngo of ot 17 aD ed himself for three years yearn enrA to Taylor Dilworth n a blacksmith thus engaged he ho first heard the lie Gospel preached by b Mormon which upon Investigation ho was waR converted being baptized by b I Snow Soo July I t 1849 1810 In IS 1 II 11 he moved mOPed to Nauvoo III 11 and ana In n April 1812 1842 he h was ordained an 1 lder and was one on of men who volun volunteered to work six months on tho the Nau Nauvoo von temple without pay nay III In Septem September ber bar he hI left lett Nauvoo In company compan with Mth Ith Joseph Jo ph A Stratton on a mission to II Pennsylvania Ho He remained away amy it n 0 months his during dUrIn which w time tl mo ho nod litH till his Companion baptized about GO CO souls a ids they r turned to Nauvoo May Iny 4 ISH SU soh a n of 30 taints Saints Hoop Boon after ihli Ihl Ilder Sheets uns called on cm n a ails mis misH ailsa H a I a i 1 tn Ie I Or that at With his hili com corn In iii In Liverpool Eng l nR dug AUK u a I While he h labored in hi lab Iani Yorkshire ind with much Ionise on the day of his from homeward l bound ho hoa hoAI hoAas Aas a AI married on nn ship board to Miss Margar MarRaI t I of ot er IS Ilford Woodruff performing the line th thI I o ternary talk AMR IN 1817 8 Ro flo Mn n ater his return to Nauvoo ho for Cor the hr journey to time the west weRt westend end and with nn nil outfit consisting of ot a It yoke oll t II d oxen a n cow rot and nn no old wagon waon ho lie crossed o the Mississippi river about ab May I L tUG 1146 The winter of or 1407 he ho spent el at t Winter Quarters where his hi write wife took look sick Alck and 1 riled died Feb Feh 1 I 1847 ISn their oly aly child passing away a u few Cow weeks WIh later liter On April ANI 0 C 1817 1811 ho married Susannah Musser and two months lat later f er resumed th 11 Journey westward sc stan Ho lie Hethe the plains pa captain of or 10 In to l i Sessions lils lolIs company of at BO to arriving In the tho Halt Bait Lake V I r 22 1147 1847 l n With his hili young wire he orated located ora led on the tho Old Fort and al dui liK g the winter of ot ho assisted In I nuking roads Into bite tho the hauled wind ryll I for Cor winter use liRe anti and built a house f the tart fort for Cor his family InON In n tho the spring of or 1848 ISiS elder nider r Sheets nt to work with Burr nurr Bu Prost Frost as nR a 1 t ot following his trade and and do dot do doja dog ja t g a farming till December 1850 wn shin Iio he hi called on a It mission n to lu t n p n U ty ono of at George A Smiths TV Thai he JC aloe Ilo to that at section one tto Ih he be he b imo mw ottO of at the first settlers Bottlers rf n lip HP remained In that lo 10 stout rile six months monthA nod then thel ro 10 turned to 11 q M 11 sill t Lake Uko cu City where soon MOn MOnr J il r q ho he Was elected a n I member rr r th city C v council from Crom the tho first moil muni Vi whIch omco ho tOl It rr d of 0 yam y arR on May la 11 II 1856 ho am a It Priest flail set BUI Sf start JI ili ae 01 hol ot of the tho Eighth ward tl lie ho ClI until about two tw vela B ngo so when on account of at feeble health he was IlL honorably released and succeeded by IW Oscar F 1 Hunter Previous to 10 his ordination an on a It High Priest ho he heIll was wan Ill I ono one of ot tho the presidents In the Second of ot Seventy having been or orI I a n Seventy April 9 0 1845 1815 by hy Wll ford Woodruff while on his mission to Great 11 Britain In 1657 BIller Sheets entered tho the high higher er or I order ardor of or marriage by h taking to wife Elizabeth I Leaver by h whom ho he had hall 10 children In May Mn 1861 1561 his ho wife Susan Susannah nah unit Musser r died In Salt Lake City having borne him hint seven neven children On Dec nc 7 j 1801 he ho married marled 1 Emma Spencer who bore borc him 10 children She Rho passed nay away In hl 1890 In lii 1865 Sheets was teas Ia coped called by h President Young Youn to BO go to Provo 1100 Utah county where he was ens chosen an on a n 1 counselor to President Abraham 0 Smoot at nt tho the time the Utah was reorganized lie Ilo was waR 0 u II member of ot the Provo 1100 city council and took nn an part In 11 the tho building of ot the tho Provo 1100 woollen mills A Acting cUn on the advice of at President resident Young he hc nod Abraham 0 Smoot took tooka a n 1 grading contract on mm tho the Union Pacific railroad the contract representing 50 Tho The work worl wan WUK done by a thc tive company numbering 76 jj mien men who all nil made mado good wages In jO Bishops Sheets filled a n short hort mission to Pennsylvania and Now No York preaching the Gospel pei to ninny many of ot his hili relatives friends and l gathering l considerable funnily family genealogy Ho tie spent RIent it II pleasant time at lit Washington U n C In company with will rapt rap apt H 11 Hooper who was Willi at ot that limo time delegate to 10 Congress In III 1870 he was wall I appointed assessor and collector of ot Utah county count and on April 28 21 1871 1811 President Young Youn i oung appointed him kilns traveling Bishop In Utah Uth Jun Heeler Holer Sanpete and counties HP lIe also al o accompanied panted President Young and others on en ena ona I a 1 visit to Rear Hear Lake Inka valley miley Soda Springs mini other othel northern points In I August 1871 he was given charge of ot nil the Church stock nd sheep heep also tho the thor r Church This position ho hold for tor over 16 years In 1872 he hc accompanied I President Young on a 0 omission mission to toS S St Ht George and at nt the general confer conference once ence of the time Church In him April 1873 he was chosen choHon nn 1 sustained as nR an assistant trustee In of the tho Church which position ho occupied during time the mourn Incumbency Incumbency bency henry of President George Georgo A Smith as os n trust SENT TO PRISON Bishop Sheets became n a prisoner for tor conscience nce sake In hr 1888 being sentenced Oct 13 by b Judge JUIe Samford to 80 days Imprisonment and to pay 11 a fine One of ur and costs of or court He lie wan tuns released from Crom the tho penitentiary Dec Dle 31 1888 at nt which time the tho Saints of or the tho Eighth ward turned out en masse to greet him Since tho the dedication of ot the Salt Halt Inko Lake Temple In 1803 1893 3 Bishop Sheets has hall spent n It great deal of oC his hili time timo there All of or his wives preceded him Ida to the tho spirit world but ho he Is survived by 21 children and ntH many n these number numbering log ing In 49 on the occasion of ot his hla eightieth anniversary He lie also Iso leaves a It number of ot great grent grandchildren Ono One ot of his sons eons IMwIn S Sheets In III new noa Bishop of ut the tho first ward Bishop Sheet was a n man of at log Integrity to tho the truth Ho Ito was always al 11 always ways waS ready to obey any call upon huh and amid could r be bo depended cl a upon of m to o ocary cary carry It Il out omit to limo tho very letter Ills Ills was WBK wasn a n 1 life lito of uninterrupted activity and nd de do devotion vollon mid and by his good deeds and char charitable disposition he endeared himself to all nil who ever hall bad tho the pleasure of ot his hili acquaintance When hen he hI was waR reloaded as of the tho Eighth ward at which time he had served longer that than any airy In hr tho the Church hn lie was or a Patriarch by b President Joseph JosephF Jo eh F Smith South when he ho remarked This Thill Is In Inthe tho the proudest antI and happiest moment of or ormy my life Tho fm remains of oC Bishop Sheets were brought to this city last night nh ht and a an 1111 may mn be hI viewed at al tho the family residence r 1310 Fifth East street from Crom 10 n a m to 12 m Wednesday u |