. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. she held the position of coun-selor in both ward and stake capac-ities and was for five years stake pres-ident of the Y. L. M. I. A. there, beingfinally called to the General Board in1!2C. She was married to Reuben in 1909, and is the mother ofthi-ee sons, two of whom (Harold J. Clifton) are living. BEESLEY, Clarissa A., second coun-selor in the general presidency of theY. W. M. I. A., was born in Salt LakeCity, Utah
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. she held the position of coun-selor in both ward and stake capac-ities and was for five years stake pres-ident of the Y. L. M. I. A. there, beingfinally called to the General Board in1!2C. She was married to Reuben in 1909, and is the mother ofthi-ee sons, two of whom (Harold J. Clifton) are living. BEESLEY, Clarissa A., second coun-selor in the general presidency of theY. W. M. I. A., was born in Salt LakeCity, Utah, the daughter of EbenezerBeesley and Annie Frewin was baptized Aug. 4, 1887, byWm. Hymas, at Liberty, Idaho, par-ticipated in the Salt Lake City 16thWard Church activities, particularlyin those of the M. I. A.; became wardpresident of the Y. L. M. I. A. at theage of seventeen, and Ipter was madestake secretary and stake presidentof this organization. During 1910- BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 253 1911 she filled a mission to the CentralStates. Upon returning she was calledto the General Board of the Y. L. A., in January, 1912. She served as. general secretary from 1914 to 1929,as associate editor of the YoungWomans Journal from 1914 to 1923,and as editor from 1923 to 1929. InApril, 1929, she was chosen secondcounselor to Pres. Ruth May Beesley is a graduate of theUniversity of Utah and was a teacherin the Salt Lake City schools untilcalled into the general office of theM. I. A. in 1914. She has traveled ex-tensively for the organization and as-sisted in the preparation or editing ofmost of the M. I. A. publications dur-ing the past twenty years. BEESLEY, Evangeline Thomas, amember of the General Board of M. I. A., was born in Salt LakeCity, Utah, the daughter of Moroni JThomas and Agnes Olson. She waseducated in the public schools, and at-tended the L. D. S. University andUniversity of Utah; also did consid-erable private work in voice and meth-
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