Rulon C. Allred

Rulon Clark Allred
Allred in 1975
President of the Priesthood of the Apostolic United Brethren[1]
March 29, 1954 (1954-03-29) – May 10, 1977 (1977-05-10)
Called by	Joseph White Musser
Predecessor	Joseph White Musser
Successor	Owen A. Allred (AUB) Gerald Peterson (Righteous Branch)
First Counselor to the President of the Priesthood[1]
September 18, 1950 (1950-09-18) – 1954
Called by	Joseph White Musser
Personal details
Born	(1906-03-29)March 29, 1906 Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died	May 10, 1977(1977-05-10) (aged 71) Murray, Utah, U.S.
Cause of death	Homicide
Resting place	Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery 40°44′28″N 111°49′23″W / 40.741°N 111.823°W / 40.741; -111.823 (Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery)
Occupation	homeopath chiropractor
Spouse(s)	18
Children	At least 48

Rulon Clark Allred (March 29, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was an American homeopath and chiropractor in Salt Lake City and the leader of what is now the Apostolic United Brethren, a breakaway sect of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, United States. He was murdered on the orders of Ervil LeBaron, the head of a rival polygamous sect.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Mormon fundamentalism
• Apostolic United Brethren
• Factional breakdown: Mormon fundamentalist sects
• List of Mormon fundamentalist churches
• List of Mormon fundamentalist leaders

References

Further reading

• Dorothy Allred Solomon. In My Father's House. (Franklin Watts, 1984)
• Dorothy Allred Solomon. Predators, Prey, and Other Kinfolk: Growing Up in Polygamy. (W.W. Norton, 2003)
• Dorothy Allred Solomon. Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up In Polygamy. (W.W. Norton, 2003).
• Dorothy Allred Solomon. The Sisterhood: Inside the Lives of Mormon Women. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
• Irene Spencer. Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife.
• Ben Bradlee, Jr. and Dale Van Atta, Prophet of Blood: The Untold Story of Ervil LeBaron and the Lambs of God (G.G. Putnam's Sons, 1981)

External links

• http://dorothyallredsolomon.com
• http://www.mormonfundamentalism.com/polygamous-groups/94-2/
• Florea, John (2011) [January 1, 1944], Rare: LIFE With Polygamists, 1944: Meet the [Rulon Clark] Allreds, Life magazine, archived from the original (photo gallery: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images) on November 18, 2011, retrieved August 18, 2011

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