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Richard S. Jessop

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Portrait of Richard S. Jessop

Richard S. Jessop

Published family histories name Richard Seth Jessop as a son of Joseph Smith Jessop and Martha Moore Yeates, and as a brother of Fred M. Jessop. Published accounts of the later priesthood council also name a Richard Jessop as a council member.

Published accounts of Joseph Smith Jessop list Richard Seth among the children of Jessop and Martha Moore Yeates, in the same family as Fred M. Jessop.1 Published accounts of the later priesthood council name a Richard Jessop as a council member who had died before a 1983 vacancy left the council evenly divided.3 Those accounts do not give his birth or a precise date of death. Published family lists also name Martha Jessop as a sister.

Appearances

1951

  1. TalkSermon

1960

  1. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:53:1211:13
  2. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:50:5111:15
  3. TalkCanadaFull meeting: General meeting, Canada · 2:55:2624:17
  4. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 1:48:4121:55
  5. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 56:039:56

1961

  1. TalkSalt Lake general meeting4:57

He is identified as a speaker in the Salt Lake general meetings of 5 February, 19 February, 5 March, 2 April, 7 May, 21 May, 18 June, 2 July, 16 July, and 20 August, among other gatherings in the year, in addition to the recording listed above. See the 1961 year page.

The 1961 recordings identify a Richard S. Jessop as a speaker in the Salt Lake general meetings.2

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, “Joseph Smith Jessop,” listing Richard Seth among the children of Joseph Smith Jessop and Martha Moore Yeates, with Frederick Meade in the same list.
  2. Archive recordings, 1961, identifying Richard S. Jessop as a speaker in Salt Lake general meetings, including 22 October. Open the 1961 year.
  3. Wikipedia, “Centennial Park group,” naming Richard Jessop as a council member who had died before Guy Musser’s death on 11 July 1983.