Joseph White Musser

Joseph White Musser
The priesthood council with
Joseph White Musser (lower right)
Senior Member of the Priesthood Council
December 29, 1949 (1949-12-29) – March 29, 1954 (1954-03-29)
PredecessorJohn Y. Barlow
SuccessorRulon C. Allred
  (Apostolic United Brethren)
Charles Zitting
  (Priesthood Council)
Personal details
Born(1872-03-08)March 8, 1872
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
DiedMarch 29, 1954(1954-03-29) (aged 82)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Resting placeSalt Lake City Cemetery
40°46′38″N 111°51′29″W / 40.7772°N 111.858°W / 40.7772; -111.858 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)
Spouse(s)Rose S. Borquist
Mary C. Hill
Ellis R. Shipp Jr.
Lucy O. Kmetzsch[1]
Children21[1]
ParentsAmos Milton Musser
Mary E. White

Joseph White Musser (March 8, 1872 – March 29, 1954)[2] was a Mormon fundamentalist leader.

Musser was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Amos Milton Musser (an assistant LDS Church historian) and Mary E. White. He is known for his Mormon fundamentalist books, pamphlets and magazines, as well as being considered a prophet by many Mormon fundamentalists.

  1. ^ a b Hales, Brian C. ""I Have Been Fanatically Religious" Joseph White Musser, Father of the Fundamentalist Movement". mormonfundamentalism.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ Ken Driggs (2005). "Imprisonment, Defiance, and Division: A History of Mormon Fundamentalism in the 1940s and 1950s" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought: 69.

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