John Taylor		Born: 1808-11-01	Died: 1887-07-25
Father: James Taylor 2		Mother: Agnes Taylor
Children: John Whittaker Taylor
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Partners: Sophia Whittaker

John Taylor was born on 1 Nov 1808 in Milnethorpe, Westmorland, England. He married Sophia Whittaker on 23 Apr 1847 in Winter Quarters, Pttwtt, Iowa. He died on 25 Jul 1887 in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, USA. He was buried on 29 Jul 1887 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.

[Wikipedia Entry] Taylor applied for United States citizenship in 1849. That same year he was appointed an associate judge in the provisional State of Deseret. He later served in the Utah territorial legislature from 1853 to 1876. Taylor was elected Speaker of the House for five consecutive sessions, beginning in 1857. In 1852, he wrote a small book, The Government of God, in which he compared and contrasted the secular and ecclesiastical political systems.
From 1868 to 1870 Taylor served as a probate judge of Utah County, Utah. He also served as superintendent of schools for Utah Territory beginning in 1876. Taylor practiced plural marriage and was married to seven wives: Leonora Cannon, Elizabeth Kaighin, Jane Ballantyne, Mary Ann Oakley, Sophia Whitaker, Harriet Whitaker, and Margaret Young.[18] He was the father of 34 children.[19]
Taylor’s son, John W. Taylor, continued to serve in the church and in politics and helped to shepherd Utah to statehood in 1896. John W. Taylor was ultimately excommunicated from the LDS Church for his opposition to the church’s abandonment of plural marriage. His son, Samuel W. Taylor, became a writer, and the biographer of his father and grandfather.