James Wyley Sessions
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Clear AllBorn in Marion, Cassia, Idaho Territory, United States
1885 December 11
Date Details
Occurred On 1885 December 11
Birth
Relationships
Father
Harvey Sessions
Mother
Alice Bradshaw Bryson
Baptized
1894 July 5 (Age 8)
Married Annie Magdalen Funk
1913 September 23 (Age 27)
Set Apart as Missionary
California Mission
1920 April 17 – November 10 (Age 34)
1920 April 17 – November 10 (Age 34)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1920 November 10
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Melvin J. Ballard
Additional Notes
He was originally called to serve as the president of the South African Mission, but ran into troubles getting a visa. He was assigned to the California Mission before being reassigned to the British Mission to await a visa.
Arrived in the Field as Missionary
British Mission
1920 December 1 – 1921 January 14 (Age 34)
1920 December 1 – 1921 January 14 (Age 34)
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Ended On 1921 January 14
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
California Mission
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
London
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Mission Companionship
Arrived in the Field as Mission President
South African Mission
1921 January 31 – 1926 May 30 (Age 35)
1921 January 31 – 1926 May 30 (Age 35)
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Ended On 1926 May 30
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Melvin J. Ballard
Served With Children
Yes
Mission Companionship
Media
Mission President's Family
Missionaries in South Africa
President and Sister Sessions with Missionaries
Mission Conference in Mowbray
Set Apart as Mission President
Salt Lake Mission Home Mission
1936 May 19 – 1938 September 10 (Age 50)
1936 May 19 – 1938 September 10 (Age 50)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1938 September 10
Released
Additional Information
Mission Qualifier
Other
Mission Companionship
Media
Mission President
Missionary Group - Salt Lake Mission Home, 1937 February
Missionaries - Salt Lake Mission Home, 1937 May 13
Missionaries Leaving From The Salt Lake City Mission Home, Between 1937 May 24 – June 10
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
1977 April 19 (Age 91)
Date Details
Occurred On 1977 April 19
Died
Media
James Wyley Sessions (1885 - 1977) Profile
South African Mission November 1922
Mission President's Family
Missionaries in South Africa
President and Sister Sessions with Missionaries
Mission Conference in Mowbray
Mission President
Missionary Group - Salt Lake Mission Home, 1937 February
Missionaries - Salt Lake Mission Home, 1937 May 13
Missionaries Leaving From The Salt Lake City Mission Home, Between 1937 May 24 – June 10