Jesse Gause

Jesse Gause (1785 – c. 1836) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the presidency of the high priesthood, which later would become the First Presidency, as a counselor to church founderJoseph Smith. For decades Gause was generally unknown to Latter Day Saint historians. It was only in the 1970s and 80s that research identified his rightful place among early church leaders.