Joseph Edward Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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A member of the 2nd Utah State Legislature, Utah House of Representatives.
Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1830
Place of Birth: Horsham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-Feb-1913
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Joseph Edward Taylor
- Joseph Edward Taylor (December 11, 1830 – February 13, 1913) was a member of the Utah House of Representatives and the leading Sexton in Salt Lake City. Taylor was born in Horsham, Sussex, England to George Edward Grove Taylor and his wife the former Ann Wicks.
- He was raised in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.
- At age fifteen he moved to Hull, Yorkshire, England.
- He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at this place in 1846.
- In 1848 he began serving as an LDS missionary in England.
- In January 1851 he left England to come to Utah.
- But he fell ill in St.
- Louis and did not come to Utah until 1852.
- He originally worked as a cabinet maker and set up his undertaking business in 1862. In 1875 Taylor went on a mission to Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois.
- Beginning in 1876 he served for many years as the second counselor to Angus M.
- Cannon in the presidency of the Salt Lake Stake, which at the time covered all of Salt Lake County.
- Taylor became first councillor in the Salt Lake Stake presidency in 1884.
- Taylor was elected to the Utah State House of representatives in 1896. In 1904 the Salt Lake Stake was divided into four stakes and Taylor was released from the presidency.
- He was then called as a patriarch. Taylor had four wives.
- He had 10 children with his first wife, Louisa Rebecca Capener.
- Among his children by another of his wives, Lisadore Williams, was Alma O.
- Taylor, who was a key figure in the start of the Japanese Mission of the LDS Church.
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Source: Jenson, Andrew () Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1, Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company (Printed by The Deseret News Press), p. 295 Retrieved on January 4, 2012.
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Andrew Jenson
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| Alternative names | Anders Jensen | ||
| Description | Danish historian English: Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for much of the early-twentieth century. | ||
| Date of birth/death | 11 December 1850 | 18 November 1941 | |
| Location of birth/death | Torslev parish, Hjørring, Denmark. | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | |
| Work period | 1882-1941 | ||
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Source: Jenson, Andrew () Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1, Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company (Printed by The Deseret News Press), p. 295 Retrieved on January 4, 2012.
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