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1847–1868

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Birth Date
21 April 1825
Death Date
28 February 1887
Gender
Female
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Sophia Taylor


Alternate Names

    Sophia Whitaker

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  • She is a wife of John Taylor and sister of Harriet and George Whitaker.  In the 1850 Utah census she is listed as "Sophia Whittaker."

Edward Hunter/Joseph Horne Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 22

Traveled with

  • Leonora Taylor (Age: 51)
  • Annie Taylor (Age: 41)
  • John Taylor (Age: 38)
  • Elizabeth Taylor (Age: 35)
  • Jane Taylor (Age: 34)
  • Mary Ann Taylor (Age: 21)
  • George John Taylor (Age: 13)
  • Mary Ann Taylor (Age: 11)
  • Joseph James Taylor (Age: 9)
  • Josephine Kain Taylor (Age: 1)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
  • "Death of Sophia W. Taylor," Salt Lake Herald, 1 Mar. 1887, 8.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Gone to Her Rest," Ogden Herald, 1 March 1887, 4.
  •  Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 17.
  • "Sophia W. Taylor Dead," Utah Journal, 2 Mar. 1887, 3.
  • Taylor, Leonora Cannon Taylor diaries, 1832 and 1846-1847, in George J. Taylor papers, 1832-1909.