Joseph Smith Jessop


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.

Parents

Richard Jessop, a native of Lincolnshire, England and Mary Ellen Shaffer Jessop

Spouses

Martha Moore Yeates was born on July 8, 1871, married Joseph Smith Jessop at age 18, and died on June 27, 1938 at age 66.
Gertrude Annie Marriott was born on June 29, 1909, married Joseph Smith Jessop at age 19, and died on February 16, 1952 at age 42.

Children

Martha had 14 children: Sarah Genevieve, Joseph Lyman, Richard Seth, Dowayne Neor, Violet, Ruby, Martha, Vergel Yeates, Sylmar Greene, Fawnetta, Millicent, Frederick Meade, John Millward and Allie.
Annie had 8 children: Thomas Smith, Albert Marriott, William Marshall, Ellen, Joseph Charles and John Marion, Hyrum Martin and Mabel Annie.