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John Taylor

Male 1808 - 1887  (78 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 70 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Taylor 
    Birth 1 Nov 1808  Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 4 Dec 1808  Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 10 Dec 1845  NAUVO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWJC-VF5 
    Death 25 Jul 1887  Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 29 Jul 1887  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I87595  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father James Taylor,   c. 20 Jul 1783, Heversham, Cumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Agnes Taylor,   b. 22 Aug 1787, Barton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1805  Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Leonora Cannon,   b. 5 Oct 1796, Kirk German, Isle of Man Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1833  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George John Taylor,   b. 31 Jan 1834, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1914, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Mary Ann Taylor,   b. 23 Jan 1836, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1890 (Age 53 years)
     3. Joseph James Taylor,   b. 8 Jun 1838, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1908 (Age 69 years)
     4. Lenora Agnes Taylor,   b. 1 Jun 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F29563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Kaighin,   b. 11 Sep 1811, Kirk German, Isle of Man Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1895, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 12 Dec 1843  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Josephine K Taylor,   b. 1846, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1921 (Age 75 years)
    +2. Thomas Edward Taylor,   b. 7 Nov 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1915, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     3. Arthur Bruce Taylor,   b. 9 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1934, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F29564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 3 Jane Ballantyne,   b. 11 Apr 1813, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1900, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1844  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Richard James Taylor,   b. 4 Feb 1848, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1905 (Age 57 years)
     2. Annie Maria Ballantyne Taylor,   b. 21 Oct 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     3. David John Taylor,   b. 8 Aug 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1881, New York City, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F29565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 4 Mary Ann Oakley,   b. 20 Mar 1826, Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1846  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry Edgar Taylor,   b. 26 Dec 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1928, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. Mary Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 30 Jan 1854, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1859 (Age 4 years)
     3. Brigham John Taylor,   b. 8 Aug 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1929, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. Ida Oakley Taylor,   b. 6 Sep 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1946, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +5. Ezra Oakley Taylor,   b. 20 May 1863, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1952, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F9165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 5 Mercy Rachel Fielding,   b. 15 Jun 1807, Honeydon, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1846  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 6 Sophia Whitaker,   b. 21 Apr 1825, Blakedown, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1887, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1847  Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harriet Ann Whitaker Taylor,   b. 7 Dec 1847, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1908, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     2. James Whittaker Taylor,   b. 2 Mar 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1851 (Age 1 year)
     3. Hyrum Whittaker Taylor,   b. 10 Jan 1854, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1942 (Age 88 years)
     4. John Whittaker Taylor,   b. 15 May 1858, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1916, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     5. Helena Whittaker Taylor,   b. 21 Mar 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
     6. Moses Whitaker Taylor,   b. 9 Mar 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     7. Nettie Jones,   b. 12 Jun 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1943, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     8. Frederick Whitaker Taylor,   b. 18 Jul 1866, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1952, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F29566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 7 Harriet Whitaker,   b. 30 Jul 1816, Blakedown, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1847  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sophia Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 14 Jun 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1909, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. William Whitaker Taylor,   b. 11 Sep 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1884, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     3. John Taylor,   b. 19 Mar 1855, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1855, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F29567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 8 Caroline Hooper Saunders,   b. 3 Jan 1813, Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1852  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 9 Margaret Young,   b. 24 Apr 1837, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1919, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1856  Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ebenezer Young Taylor,   b. 25 Feb 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1939 (Age 78 years)
     2. Frank Young Taylor,   b. 4 Nov 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1953, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     3. Leonora Young Taylor,   b. 25 Mar 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Robert Young Taylor,   b. 2 Mar 1866, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1867 (Age 1 year)
     5. Margaret Young Taylor,   b. 15 Mar 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     6. Nephi Young Taylor,   b. 25 Oct 1872, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1948, Raymond, Warner, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     7. Mary Young Taylor,   b. 6 Dec 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1898 (Age 23 years)
     8. Abraham Young Taylor,   b. 12 Dec 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     9. Samuel Young Taylor,   b. 20 Nov 1881, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1952, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F19399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 10 Josephine Elizabeth Roueche,   b. 3 Mar 1860, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1943, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1886  Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Nov 1808 - Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 4 Dec 1808 - Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jul 1833 - Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Dec 1843 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Feb 1844 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 10 Dec 1845 - NAUVO Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Jan 1846 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Jan 1846 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Apr 1847 - Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Dec 1847 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Dec 1852 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Sep 1856 - Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1886 - Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jul 1887 - Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 29 Jul 1887 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    LDS Prophet John Taylor - 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints    		LDS Prophet John Taylor - 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • Notes 
    • 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

      He was an English-born religious leader who served as the third preside n t of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) fro m 18 80 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS Chu rch t o have been born outside the United States.

      Following Brigham Young's death in 1877, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostl e s governed the church, with John Taylor as the quorum's president. Tayl o r became the third president of the church in 1880. He chose as his cou ns elors Joseph F. Smith and George Q. Cannon, the latter being the nephe w o f his wife, Leonora.

      As church president, Taylor oversaw the expansion of the Salt Lake commu n ity; the further organization of the church hierarchy; the establishme n t of Mormon colonies in Wyoming, Colorado, and Arizona as well as in Ca na da's Northwest Territories (now in Alberta) and the Mexican state of C hih uahua; and the defense of plural marriage against increasing governme nt o pposition.

      While he was church president, Taylor also established Zion's Central Bo a rd of Trade to coordinate local trade and production, which was done la rg ely through the local stakes, on a wider basis.

      In 1878, the Primary Association was founded by Aurelia Spencer Roger s i n Farmington, Utah Territory. For a time, the organization was place d und er the direction of Relief Society General President Eliza R. Snow . In 18 80, Taylor organized the churchwide adoption of the Primary Assoc iation a nd selected Louie B. Felt as its first general president. In Oct ober 1880 , the Pearl of Great Price was canonized by the church.

      Taylor also oversaw the issuance of a new edition of the Doctrine and Co v enants. During his term as church president, the seventies quorums wer e a lso more fully and regularly organized.

      In 1882, the United States Congress enacted the Edmunds Act, which decla r ed polygamy to be a felony. Hundreds of Mormon men and women were arres te d and imprisoned for continuing to practice plural marriage. Taylor ha d f ollowed Brigham Young's teachings on polygamy and had at least seve n wive s. He is known to have fathered 34 children.

      Taylor moved into the Gardo House alone with his sister, Agnes, to avo i d prosecution and to avoid showing preference to any one of his familie s. [15][16] However, by 1885, he and his counselors were forced to withdr a w from public view to live in the "underground" and were frequently o n th e move to avoid arrest. In 1885, during his last public sermon, Tayl or re marked, "I would like to obey and place myself in subjection to eve ry la w of man. What then? Am I to disobey the law of God? Has any ma n a righ t to control my conscience, or your conscience?... No man ha s a right t o do it."

      Many viewed Mormon polygamy as religiously, socially, and politically th r eatening. In 1887, the US Congress passed the Edmunds–Tucker Act, whic h a bolished women's suffrage in Utah Territory, forced wives to testif y agai nst their husbands, disincorporated the LDS Church, dismantled th e Perpet ual Emigrating Fund Company, abolished the Nauvoo Legion, and pr ovided th at LDS Church property in excess of $50,000 would be forfeite d to the Uni ted States.

      For two-and-a-half years, Taylor presided over the church from exile. Du r ing this period, some Mormon fundamentalist groups claim that he receiv e d the 1886 Revelation. Photographs of the original document exist. It r es tated the permanence of the "New and Everlasting Covenant", which thes e f undamentalist groups consider to be a direct reference to the practic e o f plural marriage. The validity of the revelation is rejected by th e LD S Church, which does not consider it to be authentic, but it is use d by f undamentalist groups as justification for their continued practic e of pol ygamy.



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