Joel Franklin LeBaron (1923 - 1972)

Born 9 Jul 1923 in La Verkin, Washington, Utah, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Aug 1972 at age 49 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

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Biography

LeBaron was born in La Verkin, Utah^[1], the eighth of 13 children. Joel was baptized into the LDS Church in 1931 in Colonia Juárez,Chihuahua, Mexico, where. the LeBarons had moved when Joel was an infant. Soon after Joel was born on 9 Jul 1923, his parents Dayer LeBaron and Maud McDonald, were excommunicated from the Latter Day Saints Church, which was foundational to their family history.

In 1930^[2] he was living in Colonia Juárez, Mexico.

In 1955, Joel LeBaron and two of his brothers established the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times in Salt Lake City, Utah with Joel as President of the Church. Upon returning to northern Mexico, their parents and most of the members of the LeBaron family joined the new church. In 1967, Joel's brother Ervil LeBaron was removed from leadership in the church when he began to preach that he, and not Joel, was the proper leader of the church.

In 1972, Ervil LeBaron established the rival Church of the Lamb of God and began teaching his followers that in accordance with the doctrine of blood atonement, Joel had to be executed for his sins. On 20 August 1972, in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, one of Ervil's followers Daniel Jordan (who was married to one of their nieces) shot Joel LeBaron in the head while Joel's young son was asleep in a car in the driveway. ^[3]Ervil was tried and convicted in Mexico for Joel's murder, but the conviction was overturned. Ervil LeBaron was eventually convicted in Utah for ordering the killing of rival Mormon fundamentalist leader Rulon C. Allred. Joel LeBaron was succeeded as president of the church by his brother Verlan.

Joel is buried in Colonia Juarez, Mexico. ^[4](Memorial page on Find A Grave has been removed)

He was 6'2 with blue eyes and served in WWII.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8ST8-VV6Z : 2 February 2023), Joel Franklin Lebaron in entry for Lucinda Lebaron, 1935.
2. ↑ "México censo nacional, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQZ3-K53 : 13 October 2021), Joel Le Baron in entry for Maud Le Baron, 1930.
3. ↑ Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 NameJoel Franklin LeBarchAge49Birth Dateabt 1923Death Date20 Aug 1972Death PlaceMexicoFatherDayer LeBarchMotherMaura De LeBaron
4. ↑ Name Joel F LeBaron Birth Date 9 Jul 1923 Death Date 20 Aug 1972 Cemetery Panteon Municipal #02 Burial or Cremation Place Colonia Juarez, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico FatherAlma Dayer LeBaronMotherMaud Lucinda LeBaron
5. ↑ "Arizona, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKV9-7HQ6 : 20 February 2021), Joel Franklin Le Baron, 31 Dec 1943; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, "Draft Registration Cards for Arizona, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," NAID 4684505. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FHL microfilm .

• Head of the breakaway Mormon polygamist sect known as "Church of Firstborn of the Fulness of Times"

• Joel was murdered by one of his brother Ervil's followers, Daniel Jordan. Ervil LeBaron was convicted for the murder but the conviction was overturned.

• Chihuahua, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1947Name: Jol Franklin Le Baron Gender: Hombre (Male) Birth Date: 9 jul. 1939 Birth Registration Place: Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, México (Mexico) Registration Date: 28 sep. 1939 Father: Alma Dayer Le Baron Mother: Maud Lucinda Mc Donald Page Number: 113

• Lyle O. Wright (1963). "Origins and Development of the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times." (M.S. thesis: Brigham Young University)

• Wikipedia contributors, "Joel LeBaron," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joel_LeBaron&oldid=685809149 (accessed April 12, 2016).

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I402945

• Wikidata: Item Q5942543, en:Wikipedia

• "México, Chihuahua, Registro Civil, 1861-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGCB-ZFJG : 2 March 2021), Jol Franklin Le Baron, 1939.

• "México, Chihuahua, Registro Civil, 1861-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGC1-7BZ9 : 2 March 2021), Joel Castillo in entry for Kathy Lynn Wariner Flower, 18 Aug 1987; citing Death Registration, Galeana, Chihuahua, México, page , Archivo General del Registro Civil del Estado Chihuahua (Chihuahua City Central Archives); FHL microfilm .

• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4Z-4FYW : 11 February 2023), Joel F Lebaron in entry for Mario Alonso Lebaron, .

• "México, Chihuahua, Registro Civil, 1861-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V45-TV1 : 2 March 2021), Joel F Le Baron in entry for Don Leo Le Baron Stubbs, ; citing Death Registration, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, page 223, Archivo General del Registro Civil del Estado Chihuahua (Chihuahua City Central Archives); FHL microfilm 1,873,399.