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It was reported that at the time of Jeffs' death at age 92 that he had 75 wives and 65 children.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629320 NPR report on Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church] - Last accessed Sept 07, 2007</ref> Shortly after his death, Rulon's son [[Warren Jeffs]] proclaimed himself the new prophet of the FLDS Church and married all but two of his father's wives, effectively making himself his own stepfather.<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/ http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/]</ref> |
It was reported that at the time of Jeffs' death at age 92 that he had 75 wives and 65 children.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629320 NPR report on Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church] - Last accessed Sept 07, 2007</ref> Shortly after his death, Rulon's son [[Warren Jeffs]] proclaimed himself the new prophet of the FLDS Church and married all but two of his father's wives, effectively making himself his own stepfather.<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/ http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/]</ref> |
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* [http://mnuez.blogspot.com/2006/09/arrested-prophet-has-many-sons-but.html Recent Photo of the Tombstone of Rulon Jeffs in Colorado City, AZ] |
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Revision as of 08:12, 14 October 2007
Rulon T. Jeffs (December 6, 1909 – September 8, 2002) (known to church members as Uncle Rulon) was the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a Mormon fundamentalist organization based in of Colorado City, Arizona.
Jeffs was a follower of FLDS Church leader Leroy S. Johnson, who died in 1986. Jeff's assumed the prophetic leadership of the FLDS Church after Johnson's death.
It was reported that at the time of Jeffs' death at age 92 that he had 75 wives and 65 children.[1] Shortly after his death, Rulon's son Warren Jeffs proclaimed himself the new prophet of the FLDS Church and married all but two of his father's wives, effectively making himself his own stepfather.[2]
Notes
- ^ NPR report on Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church - Last accessed Sept 07, 2007
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/
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