Stephen Wells Taylor
Birth Date
On 1835 December 25 (Born)
Death Date
On 1920 March 22 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1835 December 25
Mother
Catherine Broadbent
Father
George Taylor
Date Details
Occurred On 1835 December 25
Baptized by Thomas Clerk
1842 January 1 (Age 6)
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 12)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Rescue Companies (1856)
1856 October 7 – December 15 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1856 October 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 15
Company Arrived
Married
Harriet Christina Seely
1857 March 15 (Age 21)
Served in
British Mission
1869 October 10 – 1871 (Age 33)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd Quorum of Seventy
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Summit, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Location Served
Europe
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1871
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1920 March 22 (Age 84)
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Stephen Wells Taylor (1835 - 1920) Profile
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Person
1850 United States Census
"Utah Census, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory", 1850 United States Census.
England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970
England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Pioneer Policeman Called By Death", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (23 March 1920), Page 6.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. A, Page 12, Line 494.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 13, Line 494.
Pioneer
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies (1913), Page 1203.
Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, Folder 4.
"Scrapbook Part 7", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (1907), Page 2-4.
"W. Woodward to Albert Jones", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (3 September 1906).
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Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, 1 October 1907, Vol. 4.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848.
"Robert T. Burton journal", Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, (30 November 1856), Page 54-58.
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Robert T. Burton diaries, 1856-1907
"Record book", Robert T. Burton diaries, 1856-1907, (October).
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Salt Lake Tribune
Josiah Rogerson, Sr., "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot", Salt Lake Tribune, (4 January 1914).
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