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Todd, Joseph H. (Joseph Hall), 1934-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1934-

Biographical History

Joseph H. Todd (1934-) is a Mormon convert and retired educator from Ohio.

Joseph Hall Todd was born April 24, 1934 to Joseph Robertson Todd and Mary Elizabeth Neely. He went high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended college in Ohio. He eventually received a master's degree in clinical psychology from Ohio State University. In 1964 he took a position as a school psychologist in the Division of Special Education of the Ohio State Department of Education, eventually rising to be assistant director of the division.

In 1962 Todd married Jane Springsteen, and they had four children. However, in 1975 they divorced, and the following year he married Jane Holton in Columbus, Ohio. In 1981 the family began meeting with Mormon missionaries and were soon baptized. On April 8, 1983 Todd and his wife were sealed in the Washington D.C. Temple. After Todd's retirement from the Department of Education in 1995, they served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1996 to 1997 in Nassua, Bahamas. During this time they began an oral history project to document the development of the Church in the Bahamas. After their return, Todd served for ten years as a regional employment specialist for the Church.

In 2011 Joe and Julia Todd relocated to Washington State.

Citation:
A program for visually impaired children, 1973: p. 3 (Joseph H. Todd; assistant director, Division of Special Education, Ohio State Department of Education)

LinkedIn, via WWW, June 23, 2016 (Joe Todd; master's degree, clinical psychology, Ohio State University; psychologist, assistant director, Division of Special Education, Ohio, 1964-1995; regional employment specialist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1999-2009; researcher and writer, Bahamas History Project, 2000- ; resident of Seattle area)

Joe's and Julia's Adventures blog, via WWW, June 23, 2016 (Joe Todd; Joseph Hall Todd; parents: Joseph Robertson Todd and Mary Elizabeth Neely; attended high school in Fort Wayne, Ind.; married previously to Julia Holton; m. June 10, 1976 in Columbus, Ohio; sealed in Washington D.C. Temple, Apr. 8, 1983; lived in Worthington, Ohio, 1976-2011; moved to Washington State; served mission to Bahamas, 1996-1997)

Mormon.org, via WWW, June 23, 2016 (Joe; served five years in U.S. Navy; school psychologist; joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1981; served mission for Church to Bahamas)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, June 23, 2016 (Joseph H. Todd; m. 1962 to Jane Springsteen, four children; divorced Feb. 11, 1975 in Franklin County, Ohio; m. 1976 to Julia H. King)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Bahamas History Project sound recordings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7608
Content Description

Contains 55 audiocassettes and 14 compact discs with preservation copies of each disc accompanying containing oral histories or interviews of Mormons in the Bahamas. The materials document the early growth and development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the region. The tapes date 1999-2007, with the bulk of the recordings from 1999.

Dates: 1999-2007; Majority of material found in 1999; before 2015 June
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bahamas History Project sound recordings

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