Wikipedia Biographical Summary:

"...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..."

"...Musser had served for several years as a clerk in the Church Historians office prior to his appointment as Assistant Church Historian in 1902..."

"...Musser married his first wife Ann Leaver on January 31, 1858. Musser also married Mary Elizabeth White in 1864, Belinda Marden Pratt in 1872 and Anna Seegmiller in 1874. Belinda was a daughter of Parley P. Pratt. Musser is the father of Joseph White Musser, who became a leader in the Mormon fundamentalist movement..."

"...He wrote several pamphlets in defense of the faith of the Latter-day Saints. Musser died of "surgical shock" in Salt Lake City, Utah at age 79..."

"...The community of Milton in Morgan County, Utah was named for A. Milton Musser..."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'A. Milton Musser', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 14 November 2010, 08:46 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A._Milton_Musser&oldid=396670149> [accessed 18 February 2011]