Rulon Jeffs

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 Colorado City, Arizona.

Jeffs was a follower of FLDS Church leader Leroy S. Johnson, who died in 1986. Jeffs 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 [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629320 NPR report on Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church] - Last accessed Sept 07, 2007] , though other sources said Jeffs was survived by 19 or 20 wives and "about 60 children," including 33 sons. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE5D91F31F936A2575AC0A9649C8B63 Mormon Leader Is Survived by 33 Sons and a Void (New York Times)] ] 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 him the stepfather of many of his siblings. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/ http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000055785/] ]

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