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Joseph Smith Jessop

Birth: 25 Jan 1869
Millville, Cache County, Utah, USA
Death: 1 Sep 1953 (aged 84)
Hildale, Washington County, Utah, USA
Burial: Isaac W. Carling Memorial Park

Colorado City, Mohave County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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Joseph Smith Jessop was an early patriarch in the Mormon fundamentalist movement and, with John Y. Barlow, co-founder of Short Creek, Arizona, home to the polygynous Short Creek Community. Wikipedia

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Parents

Richard Jessop

1838–1899
Mary Ellen Shaffer Jessop

1848–1928

Spouses

Martha Moore Yeates Jessop

1871–1938 (m. 1889)
Gertrude Annie Marriott Jessop

1909–1952
Emma Fredericka Salomon Norvell

1902–1988

Siblings

Mary Alice Jessop Taylor

1867–1928
Louisa Francis Jessop Olson

1871–1947
Moroni Jessop

1874–1952
Tessie Geneva Jessop Pitkin

1881–1960
Lilliath Ethel Jessop Cummings

1884–1958
Ella Jessop Bailey

1886–1965
Gilead Jessop Saurey

1889–1970

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Sarah Katherine Jessop Hovey

1876–1949
William Oscar Jessop

1879–1896
George Henry "Harry" Jessop

1881–1955
Lester Russell "Les" Jessop

1886–1952
Alma Jessop

1888–1964
Parley Jessop

1893–1963
Agnes Merle Jessop Hansen Butler

1895–1982
Jeannette Winifred Jessop Hill

1897–1963

Children

Sarah Genevive Jessop Anderson

1890–1923
Joseph Lyman Jessop

1892–1963
Richard Seth Jessop Sr

1894–1978
DoWayne Neor Jessop

1895–1983
Violet Jessop Wayman Barlow

1897–1973
Martha Jessop Barlow

1900–1944
Vergel Yeates Jessop

1902–1990
Sylmar Greene Jessop

1904–1990
Fawnetta Jessop Broadbent

1906–1986
Millicent Jessop

1908–1908
Fredrick Meade Jessop

1910–2005
John Millward Jessop

1912–1930
Allie Jessop Fors

1915–2010
Thomas Smith Jessop Sr

1931–2018
Albert Marriott Jessop Sr

1934–2023
William Jessop

1937–2008

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Richard Jessop

Mary Ellen Shaffer Jessop

Martha Moore Yeates Jessop

Gertrude Annie Marriott Jessop

Emma Fredericka Salomon Norvell

Mary Alice Jessop Taylor

Louisa Francis Jessop Olson

Moroni Jessop

Tessie Geneva Jessop Pitkin

Lilliath Ethel Jessop Cummings

Ella Jessop Bailey

Gilead Jessop Saurey

Sarah Katherine Jessop Hovey

William Oscar Jessop

George Henry "Harry" Jessop

Lester Russell "Les" Jessop

Alma Jessop

Parley Jessop

Agnes Merle Jessop Hansen Butler

Jeannette Winifred Jessop Hill

Sarah Genevive Jessop Anderson

Joseph Lyman Jessop

Richard Seth Jessop Sr

DoWayne Neor Jessop

Violet Jessop Wayman Barlow

Martha Jessop Barlow

Vergel Yeates Jessop

Sylmar Greene Jessop

Fawnetta Jessop Broadbent

Millicent Jessop

Fredrick Meade Jessop

John Millward Jessop

Allie Jessop Fors

Thomas Smith Jessop Sr

Albert Marriott Jessop Sr

William Jessop

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