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29970
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English
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"I Have Been Fanatically Religious" : Joseph White Musser, Father of the Fundamentalist Movement
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St. George, UT
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Mormon History Association
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Joseph Musser was born March 8, 1872 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of A. Milton Musser. A. Milton Musser served in the Church as a traveling bishop between 1858 and 1876 and was later imprisoned for his obedience to the principle of plural marriage. Joseph Musser grew up in a staunch Latter-day Saint home and learned first hand of the blessings associated with authorized plural marriage. [From the text]