Elmer Taylor (1831 - 1896)

Born 4 Nov 1831 in Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, United States

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Died 26 Apr 1896 at age 64 in Juab, Juab County, Utah, United States

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Biography

Died in Juab, Juab county, Utah of an abscess, Elmer Taylor, son of Benjamin Franklin Taylor and Ann Mennells [sic]; born at Grafton, Lorain county, Ohio, November 4, 1831. With his parents he came and lived at Ramis, six miles from Carthage, Ill., in 1842; he was acquainted with the Prophet Joseph and passes through the mobbings incident to those days, having joined the church in early youth; he remembered the Patriarch Hyrum Smith preaching in his father's new barn.

He emigrated with his parents to Utah in 1850; in 1851 was called to fill a mission to San Bernardino, Cal., in Company with Elder Amasa Lyman and C.C. Rich; returned in 1857, and settled in Springville, Utah county; in 1870 removed to Levan, Juab county, and soon after was called to preside as Bishop for seven years; then moved to Juab and presided three [there] until about a year ago when he resigned on account of failing health. He came and lived in Salt Lake City during the summer of 1895, but removed in the fall to his old home at Juab, and went to work several weeks in the Manti Temple. His health continued to grow worse, and he told his family and friends that his stay would be short this them, for his suffering at times was severe.

Before passing away he called his family together and exhorted them to keep the faith. He desired to see his son James E. who was laboring as a missionary in England and President Woodruff kindly cabled President Lund to have him released; he reached home one week before his father's death. He gave full directions whom he wished to speak at at [sic] the funeral, also as to the horses that should convey the hearse and his family to his last resting place, all of which was strictly carried out.

April 28, at 11 a.m., the cortege left the family residence at Juab and at 1 p.m. they reached the Levan chapel where services were conducted by Stake President Paxman; Bishop N.P. Rasmussen, John and Susan Witbeck, Martin Taylor and Elder Paxman were the speakers; a telegram was read from presiding Bishop condoling with the family; all spoke in the highest terms of the deceased as being an upright man and of his integrity for the work of Christ. He filled every position with honor and credit. The funeral was the largest there has ever been in the county, eighty seven vehicles following to the cemetery. Many people were in attendance from Nephi besides all of Levan and Juab. Deceased leaves two wives, four sons and six daughters. ^[1]

Census & City Directory

1850 United States Census, Utah, Utah Territory, Elmer Taylor, male, white, age 19, birth year 1831, birthplace: Ohio.

1860 United States Census, Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, Elmer Taylor, age 28, birth year 1832, male, white, birthplace: Ohio, household members: Elmer Taylor age 28, Weltha A. Taylor age 28, Nephi Spafford age 13, Horace F. Taylor age 6, Olive V. Taylor age 2.

1870 United States Census, Levan, Juab, Utah Territory, Elmer Taylor, age 38, birth date 1832, birthplace: Ohio, white, male, occupation: farmer, household members: Elmer Taylor age 38, Welthy A. Taylor age 38, Mary E. Taylor age 29, Razich Herbert age 17, Horace F. Taylor age 16, Frederick White age 16, Olive Taylor age 12, Ellen Taylor age 9, James E. Taylor age 6, Mary E. Taylor age 5, Irinda Taylor age 2, Nephi Taylor.

1880 United States Census, Levan, Juab, Utah, Elmer Taylor, age 48, birth date abt. 1832, birthplace: Ohio, white, male, head, married, spouse's name: Eizabeth M. Taylor, Father's birthplace: Massachusetts, Mother's birthplace: England, occupation: stockman, household members: Elmer Taylor age 48, Elizabeth M. Taylor age 39, Mary Taylor age 15, Nephi M. Taylor age 11, Anabella Taylor age 9, Theodore T. Taylor age 7.

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Elmer Taylor, male, spouse: Mary E. Taylor, publication title: Provo, Utah, City Directory, 1911.

Marriage

Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937, Elmer Taylor, male, married on 05/09/1888 in Juab, Utah, spouse: Mary E. Jennings.

Postmaster

U.S., Appointments of U.S., Postmasters, 1832-1971, Elmer Taylor, residence: 02/05/1877 in Levan, Juab, Utah.

Facts

Geneanet Community Trees Index, Elmer Taylor, male, birth date 11/04/1831, birthplace: Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, death date 04/26/1896, death place: Juab, Juab County, Utah, Father: Benjamin Franklin Taylor, Mother: Ann Mennell, spouse: Wealthy Ann Spafford, Mary Elizabeth Jennings, children: Theodore Thaddeus Taylor, Anabelle Belle Taylor, Duke Taylor, George B. Taylor, John Elmer Taylor, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Monroe Duke Taylor, Nephi Martin Taylor.

Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records, 1847-1868, Elmer Taylor, male, birth date 11/04/1831 record type: arrival, departure date 06/17/1850, arrival date: 09/17/1859, arrival place: Deseret, United States, death date 04/26/1896, business name: Warren Foote Company.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Elmer Taylor, male, spouse: Wealthy Ann Spafford, child: James Elmer Taylor.

Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Elmer Taylor, male, head, Father: Benjamin Franklin Taylor, Mother: Ann Mennell, birthplace: Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, death date 04/26/1896, death place: Juab, Juab, Utah.

Millennium File, James Elmer Taylor, male, birth date 11/04/1831, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, death date 04/21/1896, Father: Benjamin Franklin Taylor, Mother: Ann Mennell, spouse: Weltha Spafford, children: James E. Taylor and Olive Euzell Taylor.

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Elmer Taylor, male, birth date 11/04/1832, birthplace: Lorain County, Ohio, marriage: 11/13/1850, spouse: Wealthy A. Spafford, children: Martha J. Taylor, Horace F. Taylor, Wealthy Taylor, Olive Taylor, Helen Taylor, James Elmer Taylor, Irinda Taylor, Patty Taylor and Minerva Taylor.

Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men, Elmer Taylor, male, residence place: Utah, Father: Benjamin F. Taylor, Mother: Ann Mennell, comments: son of Benjamin F. Taylor and Ann Mennell. Born 11/4/1831 in Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio. Came to Utah 1850, William Wall company.

Utah, U.S., Pioneer Index, 1850, Elmer Taylor, birth date 11/4/1831, birthplace: Ohio, departure age 19, departure date 1850.

Utah, U.S., Veterans with Federal Service buried in Utah, 1847-1966, Elmer Taylor, birth date 11/04/1841, death date 04/26/1896, burial place: Levan, Juab, Utah, military unit: Capt. Wm. Bringhurst's Company, war: Blackhawk.

U.S., Cemetery Index from Selected States, 1847-2010, Elmer Taylor birth year 1831, death year 1896, cemetery name: Levan Town Cemetery, cemetery place: Levan, Juab, Utah.

Utah, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985, Elmer Taylor, probate date 11/13/1896, probate place: Juab, Utah.

Obituary

• Obituary - "The Desert News", 1896-05-09, p. 31;
  Died in Juab, Juab county, Utah of an abscess, Elmer Taylor, son of Benjamin Franklin Taylor and Ann Mennells [sic]; born at Grafton, Lorain county, Ohio, November 4, 1831. With his parents he came and lived at Ramis, six miles from Carthage, Ill., in 1842; he was acquainted with the Prophet Joseph and passes through the mobbings incident to those days, having joined the church in early youth; he remembered the Patriarch Hyrum Smith preaching in his father's new barn.
  
  He emigrated with his parents to Utah in 1850; in 1851 was called to fill a mission to San Bernardino, Cal., in Company with Elder Amasa Lyman and C.C. Rich; returned in 1857, and settled in Springville, Utah county; in 1870 removed to Levan, Juab county, and soon after was called to preside as Bishop for seven years; then moved to Juab and presided three [there] until about a year ago when he resigned on account of failing health. He came and lived in Salt Lake City during the summer of 1895, but removed in the fall to his old home at Juab, and went to work several weeks in the Manti Temple. His health continued to grow worse, and he told his family and friends that his stay would be short this them, for his suffering at times was severe.
  
  Before passing away he called his family together and exhorted them to keep the faith. He desired to see his son James E. who was laboring as a missionary in England and President Woodruff kindly cabled President Lund to have him released; he reached home one week before his father's death. He gave full directions whom he wished to speak at at [sic] the funeral, also as to the horses that should convey the hearse and his family to his last resting place, all of which was strictly carried out.
  
  April 28, at 11 a.m., the cortege left the family residence at Juab and at 1 p.m. they reached the Levan chapel where services were conducted by Stake President Paxman; Bishop N.P. Rasmussen, John and Susan Witbeck, Martin Taylor and Elder Paxman were the speakers; a telegram was read from presiding Bishop condoling with the family; all spoke in the highest terms of the deceased as being an upright man and of his integrity for the work of Christ. He filled every position with honor and credit. The funeral was the largest there has ever been in the county, eighty seven vehicles following to the cemetery. Many people were in attendance from Nephi besides all of Levan and Juab. Deceased leaves two wives, four sons and six daughters.

Buried at Levan Cemetery, Levan, Juab County, Utah.

Sources

1. ↑ The Desert News, 1896-05-09, p. 31;

• Ancestry.com: 1850 and 1860 United States Census.

• 1870 United States Federal Census
  Census Place: Levan, Juab, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1610; Page: 304B; Image: 621; Family History Library Film: 553109.

• 1880 United States Federal Census
  Census Place: Levan, Juab, Utah; Roll: 1336; Family History Film: 1255336; Page: 408B; Enumeration District: 25;.

• Ancestry.com: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995.

• Ancestry.com: Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887=1937.

• Ancestry.com: U.S., Appointments of U.S., Postmasters, 1832-1971.

• Ancestry.com: Geneanet Community Trees Index.

• Ancestry.com: Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records, 1847-1868.

• Ancestry.com: LDS Biographical Encyclopedia.

• Ancestry.com: Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1830-1848.

• Ancestry.com: Millennium File.

• Ancestry.com: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.

• Ancestry.com: Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men.

• Ancestry.com: Utah, U.S., Pioneer Index, 1850.

• Ancestry.com: Utah, U.S., Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, 1847-1966.

• Ancestry.com: U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021.

• Ancestry.com: U.S., Cemetery Index from Selected States, 1847-2010.

• Ancestry.com: Utah, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985.

• U.S., Newspapers - "The Desert News"

• Find A Grave website: Memorial #36626244.

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