Born:17 December 1785 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Baptized: Sometime after 1837
Died: 21 February 1848 Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States
Burial: Click here for find-a-grave link
Although technically not interred in Nauvoo, Elisha and his wife Sally were forced out of Nauvoo, and died on the trail at Mt Pisgah.
Conversion Story:
In 1837 the Gospel was brought to the Whiting family. Sally was the first to unite with the Church. Elisha had listened with interest and had not objected when his wife wished to be baptized, but not starting out in obedience to the Gospel when first led to believe, he afterwards allowed the daily lives of some who were called to be saints, but had not yet overcome all evil, to hinder him. So in his family for some time there was a division on the subject of religion and life was not pleasant for his wife Sally, but her faith was steadfast and her prayers were heard, for when after a time Elisha became very ill and the doctor had given him up to die, he had become speechless, could not swallow and the death hiccoughs had set in. Sally bent over his pillow and asked him if she might send for the elders. He could not speak but managed to nod an assent. She sent for them. They prayed God to heal him if it could be His will. Ere their prayer was ended, the hiccough ceased. When they lifted their hands from his head he asked for a drink of water and was able to swallow the water they brought him. From that moment his recovery began and in a few days, not being willing to wait longer for what he felt he should have done long before, he was carried in his chair to the creek and was baptized by immersion for the remission of his sins.
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