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Box 6

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Pitchforth Family Biographies, 1833-1849

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 19
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Short biographies of Ann Pitchforth's daughters, Sarah Barbara Pitchforth Kienke and Mercy Jane Pitchforth Jenkins, and John Hughlings Jackson, son of Ann's sister, Sarah; and the last will and testament of Ann's father, John Hughlings.
Dates: 1833-1849

Lesser Known Wives, 1846 September 5-1887 June 13, 1966-1968

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 20
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Documents related to Taylor's lesser known wives, including "Lines," the verse he wrote in the album of Abby Jane Hart that was later published in vol. 8, no. 178 of the Millennial Star; correspondence between Samuel Taylor and Nauvoo historian, T. Edgar Lyon; excerpts from articles on Biblical justification of polygamy; lists, charts, and family group records of Taylor's families; and Taylor's will, naming several of his wives.
Dates: 1846 September 5-1887 June 13; 1966-1968

"Celestial Marriage", 1882 June 25-26

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 21
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents John Taylor's statement affirming the law of (polygamous) celestial marriage.
Dates: 1882 June 25-26

Lesser Known Wives

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 22
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Notes, lists, correspondence, and family records documenting Taylor's marriage to Annie Ballantyne, Leonora Cannon, Ann Hughlings Pitchforth, Josephine Elizabeth Roueche, and Margaret Young; and a copy of the Taylor coat-of-arms.
Dates: 1877-1887

Josephine Elizabeth Roueche Taylor, 1966 December 20-1967 January 19

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 23
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Correspondence documenting John Taylor's marriage to Josephine Elizabeth Roueche.
Dates: 1966 December 20-1967 January 19

Children's Blessings, 1864, 1875, 1882

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents John Taylor's blessings on his and Margaret Young Taylor's children: Leonora Y. Taylor, Mary Y. Taylor, and Samuel Y. Taylor.
Dates: 1864; 1875; 1882

Revelations, 1882-1886

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 25-26
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, and other documents including a bound collection of copied holographs, concerning several of John Taylor's revelations.
Dates: 1882-1886

Writings, 1881 October 7-1885 August 10

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 27
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Some of John Taylor's published writings, including his priesthood meeting speech, "Succession in the Priesthood"; "Origin, Object and Destiny of Women," an article published in the Relief Society Magazine; "Ecclesiastical Control in Utah," published in vol. 326 of the North American Review; and his poems "Father, Son, & Daughter," "Lines," and "Acrostic."
Dates: 1881 October 7-1885 August 10

Last Will and Testament, 1887 June 30

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents A photostatic copy of John Taylor's handwritten last will and testament.
Dates: 1887 June 30

Death Announcements, 1887 July 29 and August 8

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 29
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents John Taylor's obituaries from the Deseret News and Millennial Star.
Dates: 1887 July 29 and August 8