The compiled volume Sermons of John Y. Barlow credits a reporter named Edson P. Jessop on the dated talk of 8 June 1947, “Called of God; ‘Constructive Criticism’ Is of Lucifer,” which is published from that compilation.1

Compiled family sources name an Edson Porter Jessop, born 20 September 1919 in Millville, Cache County, Utah, to Joseph Lyman Jessop and Winnie Porter, who died 25 September 1980 in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah, and was buried at Isaac W. Carling Memorial Park, Colorado City, Arizona. A 2024 family symposium paper gives the same dates and describes his life in Short Creek. He would have been 27 in June 1947.2

The reporter credit is “Edson P. Jessop.” The middle initial and the Short Creek setting are reasons some readers may connect that credit with Edson Porter Jessop. This page does not treat them as confirmed to be the same man until a source ties the reporter line to that life. No birth date, death date, or parents’ names are given here as facts about the reporter.