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Taylor, James

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21 June 1783

Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.

Taylor, John. Ancestral Record, 1875. CHL. MS 298.

British Isles Record Collection. FHL.

–27 May 1870.

Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT, Cemetery Records, 1847–1976, vol. B, p. 64, microfilm 1,299,167, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Taylor, Ancestral Record, 1; Obituary for James Taylor, Deseret News, 1 June 1870, 197.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Taylor, John. Ancestral Record, 1875. CHL. MS 298.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Government excise worker, farmer, joiner, carpenter.

Gibbons, Dynamic Disciples, 60; Roberts, Life of John Taylor, 22; Jessee, Papers of Joseph Smith, 2:598; 1850 U.S. Census, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, 40.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Gibbons, Francis M. Dynamic Disciples: Prophets of God, Life Stories of the Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996.

Roberts, Brigham H. The Life of John Taylor: Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1892.

Jessee, Dean C., ed. The Papers of Joseph Smith. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989–1992.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Born in Ackenthwaite, Westmoreland, England.

Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 19; Taylor, Ancestral Record, 1; Church of England, Parish Church of Heversham, Parish Register Transcripts, 1601–1812, Baptisms, 1770–1812, vol. 3, 20 July 1783, microfilm 1,471,811, British Isles Record Collection, FHL; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT, Cemetery Records, 1847–1976, vol. B, p. 64, microfilm 1,299,167, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Taylor, John. Ancestral Record, 1875. CHL. MS 298.

British Isles Record Collection. FHL.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Son of Edward Taylor and Elizabeth Saul.

Church of England, Parish Church of Heversham, Parish Register Transcripts, 1601–1812, Baptisms, 1770–1812, vol. 3, 20 July 1783, microfilm 1,471,811, British Isles Record Collection, FHL; Taylor, Ancestral Record, 1; “Taylor, James,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 42:708.

Comprehensive Works Cited

British Isles Record Collection. FHL.

Taylor, John. Ancestral Record, 1875. CHL. MS 298.

Black, Susan Easton, comp. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1989. Also available as “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” LDS Family History Suite: LDS Vital Records Library, CD-ROM ([Provo], UT: Infobases, Inc., 1996).

Christened Anglican.

Church of England, Parish Church of Heversham, Parish Register Transcripts, 1601–1812, Baptisms, 1770–1812, vol. 3, 20 July 1783, microfilm 1,471,811, British Isles Record Collection, FHL.

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British Isles Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to Lancaster, Lancashire, England, before 1805.

Church of England, Parish Church of Kirkoswald, Cumberland Co., England, Parish Registers, 1580–1980, Marriages, 1754–1810, 50, microfilm 1,472,355, British Isles Record Collection, FHL.

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British Isles Record Collection. FHL.

Married Agnes Taylor, 23 Dec. 1805, in Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England.

Church of England, Parish Church of Kirkoswald, Cumberland Co., England, Parish Registers, 1580–1980, Marriages, 1754–1810, 50, microfilm 1,472,355, British Isles Record Collection, FHL.

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British Isles Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, by 1808; to Liverpool, Lancashire, by 1814; to Hale, Westmoreland, 1819; and to Toronto, 1832.

Gibbons, Dynamic Disciples, 60; Roberts, Life of John Taylor, 23; Jessee, Papers of Joseph Smith, 2:598; Roberts, Comprehensive History, 1:395n11.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Gibbons, Francis M. Dynamic Disciples: Prophets of God, Life Stories of the Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996.

Roberts, Brigham H. The Life of John Taylor: Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1892.

Jessee, Dean C., ed. The Papers of Joseph Smith. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989–1992.

Roberts, Brigham H. A Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Century I. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1930.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by son John Taylor.

Jessee, Papers of Joseph Smith, 2:598; “Taylor, James,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 42:708; Taylor, Ancestral Record, 3; Obituary for Agnes Taylor, Deseret News, 25 Nov. 1868, 335.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jessee, Dean C., ed. The Papers of Joseph Smith. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989–1992.

Taylor, John. Ancestral Record, 1875. CHL. MS 298.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Moved to Oquawka, Henderson Co., Illinois, by Aug. 1842.

JSP, J2:109n399; Obituary for Agnes Taylor, Deseret News, 25 Nov. 1868, 335.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Twice housed JS to hide him from his enemies, 1842.

JS, Journal, 7 and 21 Oct. 1842.

Ordained a high priest, by 1845.

Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 19.

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Migrated to Salt Lake City, 1847.

Jessee, Papers of Joseph Smith, 2:598; “James Taylor,” Church History Biographical Database, https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/james-taylor-1783?lang=eng (accessed 6 Sept. 2022).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Jessee, Dean C., ed. The Papers of Joseph Smith. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989–1992.

Pioneer Database, 1847–1868. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel.

Died in Salt Lake City.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Taylor, John. Ancestral Record, 1875. CHL. MS 298.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

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