J. Leslie Broadbent
J. Leslie Broadbent | |
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Senior Member of the Priesthood Council | |
September 30, 1934 | – February 3, 1935|
Predecessor | Lorin C. Woolley |
Successor | Disputed, including: John Y. Barlow Joseph White Musser |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Leslie Broadbent June 3, 1891 Lehi, Utah, United States |
Died | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | March 16, 1935
Cause of death | Pneumonia |
Resting place | Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park 40°41′50″N 111°50′57″W / 40.6972°N 111.8492°W |
Spouse(s) | Including: Rula L. Kelsch Fawnetta Jessop Irene Locket Anna Kmetzsch |
Children | 6 |
Parents | Joseph Samuel Broadbent Amanda Hermandine Twede |
Joseph Leslie Broadbent (June 3, 1891 – March 16, 1935) was a
Broadbent was born to Amanda Hermandine Twede and Joseph Samuel Broadbent, who served as mayor of Lehi, Utah, from 1922 to 1928.
In 1910, Broadbent left his studies at
In 1927, Broadbent published the pamphlet "Celestial Marriage", which advocated the practice of
Upon Woolley's death in 1934, Broadbent succeeded him as priesthood president. Among Mormon fundamentalists, the succession was largely uncontroversial, and Broadbent traveled widely in support of the fundamentalist movement. In February 1935, he and a number of other fundamentalist leaders visited Millville, Utah, for a meeting with co-religionists. The next month, Broadbent died from pneumonia.
According to his friend Louis Kelsch, on the day of his death Broadbent said that he had not experienced any personal vision of heavenly messengers. However, Broadbent also commented, "If they come to get me, I can tell them that I am still in the work," as he pointed to religious books he planned to mail.
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