Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Barnes and others; the lat-ler was the principal instrument in thehands of the Lord to up a branchOf the Church in Chester county, Eliah was converted to thetruth at once and was baptized byErastus Snow July 5, 1840. In 1841 heemigrated to Nauvoo, III., arrivingthere in September. In April, 1842,he was ordained to the office of anElder, and was also one of about a hundred men who volunteered to worksix months on th
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Barnes and others; the lat-ler was the principal instrument in thehands of the Lord to up a branchOf the Church in Chester county, Eliah was converted to thetruth at once and was baptized byErastus Snow July 5, 1840. In 1841 heemigrated to Nauvoo, III., arrivingthere in September. In April, 1842,he was ordained to the office of anElder, and was also one of about a hundred men who volunteered to worksix months on the Nauvoo Templewithout pay. Sept. 4, 1842, he left Nau-voo, in company with Joseph A. Strat-ton, en a mission to were gone twenty months, dur-ing which time they baptized about six-ty souls; they returned to Nauvoo May4, 1844, with a company of thirty emi-grating Saints. Soon after his re-turn to Nauvoo, Elder Sheets was calledon another mission, this time to GreatBritain. Together with Elders Jo-seph A. Stratton, Elisha Davis and Meynell, he arrived in , Aug. 24, 1844. He laboredsuccessfully in Lancashire. Herefordshire and Radnorshire, andspent considerable of his time in visit-ing the different branches and encour-aging the Saints. He presided overthe Bradford conference severalmonths and later had charge of theHerefordshire confeience. In return-ing to America, he went as a passen-ger in the ship Liverpool whichsailed from Liverpool, England. , 1846. He was one of the Elders calledhome to receive his blessings in theNauvoo Temple, before the Church leftfor the wilderness; but the companyarrived too late for him to enjoy thatprivilege. On the day of his departurefrom Liverpool he was married to MissMargaret Hutchinson, of Radnorshire,on shipboard. Elder Wilford Woodruffperforming the ceremony. Soon afterhis return to Nauvoo, he made prepara-tions to go to the west, and with an BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 615 outfit con
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