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William Boyes Taylor
Born in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1876 December 14
Mother
Sarah Leonora Boyes
Father
James A Taylor
Date Details
Occurred On 1876 December 14
Baptized by John A Quist
1885 June 4 (Age 8)
Served in Tahitian Mission
1898 March 26 – 1901 June 4 (Age 21) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Seymour B Young
Location Served
Society Islands
Date Details
Started On 1898 March 26
Set Apart
Ended On 1901 June 4
Arrived at Home
Images
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Tahiti and Rarotonga missionaries, ca 1899
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Papeete Chapel, ca 1898
Died
1960 July 3 (Age 83)
Media
![William Boyes Taylor (1876 - 1960) Profile](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/T/william-boyes-taylor-1876-fs.jpg)
William Boyes Taylor (1876 - 1960) Profile
![Tahiti and Rarotonga missionaries, ca 1899](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Tahitian/grant-webster-andrus-1867-fs-1.jpg)
Tahiti and Rarotonga missionaries, ca 1899
![Papeete Chapel, ca 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Tahitian/grant-webster-andrus-1867-fs-2.jpg)
Papeete Chapel, ca 1898