Box 6
Contains 23 Results:
Biographies and Chronology, 1963 November 25
Two speeches and a chronology of the life of John Taylor written by Raymond Taylor.
Personal Documents, 1844 June 23-1852 November 10
Papers documenting various events in John Taylor's life, including a journal account of the marriages he performed on the plains; an agreement concerning his guardianship of some of Joseph Smith's property; a bank draft record; extracts from his journal about the gathering of the Mormon Battalion; his declaration to become a United States citizen; and his calling to serve a mission in France.
Juvenile Instructor, 1870 October 15, 1875 October 30
"Missionary Sketches," an article about John Taylor's British mission by George Q. Cannon in vol. 5, no. 21 of his Mormon youth publication; and "Reminiscences," Taylor's account of the Nauvoo exodus, published in vol. 10, no. 22.
Genealogical Record
A handwritten record of John Taylor's progeny.
Pedigree Charts, 1964
John Taylor family pedigree charts compiled by Archibald F. Bennett and D. A. Pratt, and copied and distributed by the President John Taylor Family Association.
John Taylor Family Organization, 1953 November 2-1975 November 7
Family organization papers, including agendas, programs, and minutes of organizational meetings; a family genealogy progress report; a program of his funeral; and the Woolley family coat-of-arms.
Revelations, 1882 June 25-1886 September 27
A collection of selected revelations and correspondence by John Taylor.
Church Business--President-in-Exile, 1886 September 6-October 15
Church financial correspondence with other church leaders and James Jack, Utah territorial treasurer.
Lesser Known Wives, 1971 March 3-April 28
Correspondence between Samuel and Raymond Taylor concerning John Taylor's lesser known wives.
Ann Hughlings Pitchforth Taylor, 1832 April 13-1846 July 15
Documents concerning Ann Pitchforth, one of John Taylor's wives, including lists of her children; a Pitchforth coat-of-arms; correspondence with her family; and her letter, "To the Saints of the Isle of Man," published in vol. 8, no. 12 of the Millennial Star.
Pitchforth Family Biographies, 1833-1849
Short biographies of Ann Pitchforth's daughters, Sarah Barbara Pitchforth Kienke and Mercy Jane Pitchforth Jenkins, and John Hughlings Jackson, son of Ann's sister, Sarah; and the last will and testament of Ann's father, John Hughlings.
Lesser Known Wives, 1846 September 5-1887 June 13, 1966-1968
Documents related to Taylor's lesser known wives, including "Lines," the verse he wrote in the album of Abby Jane Hart that was later published in vol. 8, no. 178 of the Millennial Star; correspondence between Samuel Taylor and Nauvoo historian, T. Edgar Lyon; excerpts from articles on Biblical justification of polygamy; lists, charts, and family group records of Taylor's families; and Taylor's will, naming several of his wives.
"Celestial Marriage", 1882 June 25-26
John Taylor's statement affirming the law of (polygamous) celestial marriage.
Lesser Known Wives
Notes, lists, correspondence, and family records documenting Taylor's marriage to Annie Ballantyne, Leonora Cannon, Ann Hughlings Pitchforth, Josephine Elizabeth Roueche, and Margaret Young; and a copy of the Taylor coat-of-arms.
Josephine Elizabeth Roueche Taylor, 1966 December 20-1967 January 19
Correspondence documenting John Taylor's marriage to Josephine Elizabeth Roueche.
Children's Blessings, 1864, 1875, 1882
John Taylor's blessings on his and Margaret Young Taylor's children: Leonora Y. Taylor, Mary Y. Taylor, and Samuel Y. Taylor.
Revelations, 1882-1886
Correspondence, speeches, and other documents including a bound collection of copied holographs, concerning several of John Taylor's revelations.
Writings, 1881 October 7-1885 August 10
Some of John Taylor's published writings, including his priesthood meeting speech, "Succession in the Priesthood"; "Origin, Object and Destiny of Women," an article published in the Relief Society Magazine; "Ecclesiastical Control in Utah," published in vol. 326 of the North American Review; and his poems "Father, Son, & Daughter," "Lines," and "Acrostic."
Last Will and Testament, 1887 June 30
A photostatic copy of John Taylor's handwritten last will and testament.
Death Announcements, 1887 July 29 and August 8
John Taylor's obituaries from the Deseret News and Millennial Star.