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