Elijah Knapp Fuller (1811 - 1897)

Born 13 Jun 1811 in Windham, Greene, New York, United States

Ancestors

Son of Cornelius Fuller Sr. and Zilpah (Knapp) Fuller

Husband of Harriet (Loomis) Fuller — married 20 Dec 1831 (to 1845) in Windham, Greene, New York, United States

Husband of Catherine (Walker) Rogers — married 18 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Husband of Harriet Alice Walker — married 17 Nov 1866 in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1897 at age 86 in Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States

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Biography

Elijah Knapp Fuller was born on 13 Jun 1811 in Windham, Greene, New York to parents Cornelius Fuller and Zilpha Knapp. He died on 27 Dec 1897 in Washington, Utah.

Wives

1. Harriet Loomis, 20 Dec 1831, Windham, Greene, New York
2. Catherine Walker, 18 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
3. Sarah Ann Fuller, 8 Sep 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
4. Ellen Celeste Woodward, 11 Mar 1851, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
5. Elizabeth Vaughn, 8 Nov 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
6. Harriet Alice Walker, 17 Nov 1866, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children

1. Elijah Knapp Fuller
2. Chloe Bell Beatty
3. Donald Elijah Fuller
4. Elijah Knapp Fuller
5. Lydia Holmes Rogerson
6. Cornelius Fuller
7. David Amos Fuller
8. John Hiram Fuller
9. Katie Chloe Miller
10. Janie May Westover
11. Edwin Clark Fuller
12. Zilpha Diadama Earl
13. Martha Florence Randall
14. Manson James Fuller
15. William Henry Fuller
16. Harriet Ellen Laney
17. Maria Amelia Woodbury
18. Nephi Walker Fuller
19. Mary Lovina Fuller
20. Susannah Walker Millet
21. Orrin Eugene Fuller
22. Elizabeth Vaughn Fuller
23. Vilate Abigail Adams
24. Mary Celeste Houston
25. Wyllis Darwin Fuller
26. Harriet Ellen Blake
27. Harriet Frances Fuller
28. Rachel Katherine Sessions
29. Revilo Fuller
30. Horace Fuller
31. Joseph Smith Fuller
32. Edith Woodward Grimes

• Residence (1840) Southern, Greene, New York, United States
• baptism (May 1842)
• Immigration (25 Sep 1847) Utah, United States
• Residence (1860) 17th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Residence (1870) Utah, United States
• Residence (1880) Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, United States
• Burial (29 December 1897) Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States

Elijah Knapp and his wife, Harriet Loomis, Joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1842, in NY. In 1844 they moved to Nauvoo where Harriet and three of their children died during the persecutions of the Saints at that time. He remarried in 1846 and then set out with his three surviving children to cross the plains to the Great Salt Lake Valley. Elijah's second wife divorced him, and he married a third one in 1850 and a fourth in 1851. Being called by the Church, he made an abortive attempt to settle the Las Vegas, Nevada area. Then in 1851, he was called instead to help with the development of southern Utah. (Elijah and his sons are listed on the monument of the first Dixie pioneers located at Dixie State University)

He and his families helped establish the town of Harrisburg, in Washington County, Utah. Unlike Pine, this town no longer exists. But his fourth polygamous wife, Ellen Celeste Woodward, along with seven of her younger children, were among the founders of the Pine community. In 1877. Elijah's two eldest sons, Wyllys Darwin "Wid" and Revilo "Vi" Fuller, along with several other men, traveled to central Arizona under the direction of the Church to scout out the Tonto Basin for possible colonization. These two were children of his first wife, Harriet Loomis. They had been born in NY, crossed the plains with their father from Nauvoo, and accompanied him to Harrisburg. In 1880, Wid and his brother Cornelius, together with their half-brother John Hiram "Hi" Fuller and Wid's 9-year-old son Alfred, drove a herd of about 50 cattle from "Dixie" across the Colorado River and down into the East Verde River west of Payson.

The families traveled with a group of other pioneers, including "Hi's" mother Ellen Celeste and her other children, and Alfred J. Randall and his wife Ruth Campkin. The latter was the sister of Wid's deceased wife Anne Belle Campkin. The trip took nearly 6 months and was very arduous, with bad weather, lack of forage, illness, and small children. Several babies were born along the way, they lost some of their horses, ran out of supplies, and generally had an extremely difficult time. Elijah Knapp Fuller remained in Harrisburg with his sixth Polygamous wife, Harriet Alice Walker, until 1882, when he moved to Cedar City. There, the Indians stole so many of their cattle and horses that they decided to join the rest of the family in Arizona. On their way they stopped off in Harrisburg, Elijah got injured, and they never did go to Arizona. He died in 1897 in Leeds, Utah. Ellen Celeste Woodward Fuller, his fourth wife, was the only one who came to Pine.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-T98 : 9 November 2014), Elijah K Fuller, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 19, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1860 United States Census, database with images, Ancestry.com (2009) (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2019); E K Fuller; Age: 49; Birth Year: abt 1811; Gender: Male; Birth Place: New York; Home in 1860: Great Salt Lake City Ward 17, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Post Office: Great Salt Lake City; Dwelling Number: 1344; Family Number: 100; Occupation: Merchant; Real Estate Value: 1000; Personal Estate Value: 3000. Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 17, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 264; Family History Library Film: 805313.
• 1870 United States Census, database with images, Ancestry.com (2009) (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2019); Elizah Fuller; Age in 1870: 59; Birth Year: abt 1811; Birthplace: New York; Dwelling Number: 16; Home in 1870: Harrisburg, Washington, Utah Territory; Race: White; Gender: Male; Occupation: Farmer; Male Citizen Over 21: Y; Personal Estate Value: 1500; Real Estate Value: 200; Harriett Fuller. Year: 1870; Census Place: Harrisburg, Washington, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1613; Page: 372B; Image: 394706; Family History Library Film: 553112.
• 1880 United States Census, database with images, Ancestry.com (2004) (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2019); Elijah Fuller; Age: 68; Birth Date: Abt 1812; Birthplace: New York; Home in 1880: Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, USA; Race: White; Gender: Male; Relation to Head of House: Self; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Ellen C. Fuller; Father's Birthplace: New York; Mother's Birthplace: Vermont; Occupation: Farmer. Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrisburg, Washington, Utah; Roll: 1339; Family History Film: 1255339; Page: 388D; Enumeration District: 094
• "Elijah Fuller", Early Mormon Missionaries, accessed September 16, 2019, https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/missionary/individual/elijah-fuller-1811
• "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZQWW : 20 May 2016), Elijah Knapp Fuller, 1847.
• "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85S-CJF : 5 December 2014), Elijah K. Fuller in entry for Harriet Ellen Fuller Blake, 23 Jan 1928; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Ut., reference Y-113; FHL microfilm 26,564.
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• Find A Grave: Memorial #39147 in Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Washington County, Utah.
• "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCZ-5GGD : 19 February 2021), Elijah K Fuller, 1811.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 12 cM segment on chromosome 6, consisting of Laurie (Laurie Hogge) Hall and Terrie Whittaker, her 5th cousin 3x removed, and Cynthia (Webber) Warneke, her 5th cousin 2x removed. (Terrie and Cynthia are 6th cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Cornelius Fuller and Patience Chappell, the 4x great grandparents of Laurie (Laurie Hogge) Hall and 7x great grandparents of Terrie Whittaker and 6x great grandparents of Cynthia (Webber) Warneke.