Amos Milton Musser
| Amos Milton Musser | |
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A. Milton Musser in May 1873
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| Religion | Latter Day Saints |
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| Nationality | American |
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May 20, 1830 Donegal, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | September 24, 1909 (aged 79) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
Amos Milton Musser (May 20, 1830 – September 24, 1909) was a Mormon pioneer who served in many church and community roles, including as an Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1902 until his death.
Musser was born at Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Musser's father Samuel Musser died when he was two years old. The family moved to the vicinity of Quincy, Illinois in 1837. By this time his mother had gotten remarried to Abraham Bitner. When Musser was about 16 he was in the Battle of Nauvoo and then was driven with his mother and siblings into Iowa. After he left Nauvoo Musser worked as a store clerk in Eddyville, Iowa. Musser was not baptized until he arrived at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1851.
On arriving in Utah Territory in 1851 as part of the Easton Kelsey Company, Musser became a clerk in the tithing office. The following year Musser was among the early Latter-day Saint missionaries to travel to India. R. Lanier Britsch's book Nothing More Heroic on this early LDS Church mission in India was written as if narrated by Musser. After this mission he returned to Utah in the William G. Young Company of 1857.
From 1860 to 1876 Musser served as a traveling bishop in Utah. He was one of the most active traveling bishops and would visit all the major settlements in Utah at least twice a year.
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