Finding Taylor Descendants #
And Other Efforts to Keep in Touch
It’s reunion season again.
The annual Wallace reunion will be held June 8th at the Dover Visitor Center in Dover, TN. The descendants of Evans Wallace (1807-1864) sponsor this event but it is open to all Wallace descendants and their spouses.
Gordon Taylor, our vice president in charge of descendancy research, has prepared wall charts of the descendants of both Amy Taylor Wallace and Delilah Taylor Wallace. Since Gordon will not be able to attend because of a wedding in his family, Jonilee Slovak and Kerri Grellener, both from Texas, will display these charts and represent our Taylor Family Association to gather information.
Sadly, the annual Allred reunion scheduled for July 12 & 13th was canceled because the planned location was not available.
This was a missed opportunity for us to connect with descendants of Isaac Allred and Julia Ann Taylor & Allen Taylor and Sarah Lovisa Allred, and Taylors of later generations who have Allred connections.
There are many smaller reunions taking place among Taylor descendants. You can help.
Gordon Taylor conducts a Google Hangout most Saturday mornings with Ron Taylor, our database man- ager, and Roger Russell, our president, Mark Taylor, our membership vice president, and Nancy Gregory, who is working on charting results of autosomal DNA matches, to connect the test results with our paper and database documentation. Currently, the database has 90,548 Taylor descendants and spouses. Ron estimates that this may be slightly less than half of the actual descendants. Ours is a REALLY BIG FAMILY.
We have nowhere near enough volunteers who are working on slices of the database that apply to their family. Every little bit helps. We sometimes find obituaries of Taylor descendants that say they had as many as 50 or more children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and find that our database doesn’t even have a spouse for them. Our officers are working really hard at trying to keep up.
Gordon and Ron have been using the Relative Finder utility to connect with Taylor cousins. We encourage you to update your pedigree in Relative Finder every so often. Instructions for joining Relative Finder for the first time or updating your pedigree are found on Page 3.
FamilySearch is adding some improvements to help people collaborate, but some of them are not adequate for the needs of a really large family. There were an estimated 472 Taylor descendants who were present at RootsTech 2019 in Salt Lake City in March, but we have no way to contact most of them.
World War I #
Gary McCloud Shares the Story of His Great Uncle Artie Gordon Manco
My great-uncle was a WWI hero and he won the Distinguished Service Cross September 1918.
He also was in the service prior to WWI and saw service during the Mexican Campaign during the trouble with Pancho Villa.
His name on various muster rolls shows his enlistment as April 15, 1915 and that he was promoted to private 1st class from private on July 25, 1915.
He was promoted from corporal to Sergeant on August 8, 1917.
His heroism and wounding of May 27-28, 1918 are described here:
Back on the job, and more heroism in September 12, 1918:
World War I pictures of Artie Gordon Manco
Artie in later years
The Distinguished Service Cross is in the upper left of this collection
Artie Gordon Manco was born on February 25, 1895 in Warren County, Kentucky to Robert Manco and Lottie Jones Manco. He was their second child. He is a descendant of Joseph Taylor Jr. and Sarah Best through their daughter Frances Taylor who married William B. Cherry Jr. Their daughter Charlotte Cherry married Obadiah Milam. Their daughter Sarah Margaret Milam married Samuel Thomas Jones, whose daughter Lottie was Artie’s mother.
World War II #
Are You Related to Taylors in Weber County, Utah?
Kim Skeen Dixon has started a series of books about Weber County’s involvement in World War II.
Kim’s father served in Iwo Jima and Okinawa and her grandmother had three sons sent off to battle. (A younger son served later in Korea and Vietnam. The family was blessed to have all of them return home safely, and military service is a big part of the family lore.
As she researched the background of her father’s service, Kim scoured the old newspa- pers and she decided to broaden her studies and writing to include all of the kinds of service rendered by the citizens of Weber County, which includes the greater Ogden area. She has compiled a nearly 500-page book that includes articles, letters, and adver- tisements published in Ogden’s Standard-Examiner. This is the first of several volumes and covers the period from the attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941 to the end of 1942. She plans to cover one year in each volume, which will mean four volumes are planned. The second volume is likely nearing completion. She has been working for over four years on these books.
Men and women worked at local military installations like Hill Air Force Base, the Ogden Arsenal, Defense Depot Ogden and the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot. Utah as a whole had 14 military installations and 40,000 jobs. More than half of this workforce was employed at Hill Field as the base was then called. Hill had 15,000 civilians, 6,000 military personnel, and “several thousand” prisoners of war.
You can purchase Kim Dixon’s book through her website: WeberCountysGreatestGeneration.com. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home.
Kim is a descendant of Joseph Taylor & Hannah Mariah Harris. See our Milestones on Page 8 for Kim’s line and see Page 6 for a couple of Wahlen items. They are also Taylor descendants.
By D Grace of God #
When Ben Taylor got a begging post from Liberia on his Facebook page he was a bit suspicious. It didn’t come from one of his Facebook friends.
It said “Helo Sir wel my name is Joel from Liberia West Africa. Please I beg you in name of GOD I need some assistance from a Business or financial assistance dat wil help empower me pls.”
Most of us would ignore such a message as a scam, but Ben had a connection with Liberia. He’d served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Minnesota among many refugees who had escaped that war-torn country. He decided to offer Joel Willie a business proposal and see what would happen. Willie would take pictures of his home in Liberia. If they were good enough, he would sell them and split the profits 50/50 with Willie.
Willie responded with some pictures that showed Ben that his cell phone could not produce the needed quality so Ben sent him a better camera. He didn’t stop there. Willie needed instruction in composition and lighting and everything he could think of to improve the pictures. He compiled the best of them into a booklet called “By D Grace of God.” He advertised it on his You- Tube Channel, “Pleasant Green.” (Guess where he got that name from?)
The results have been wonderful for the children and schools in Willie’s village and the surrounding villages. This story has been featured on CBS News, in the Deseret News December 18, 2018 and in the March, 2019 Reader’s Digest. You can find the rest of the story online at:
https://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/changed-internet-scammers-life/
Or more at:
Or you can look for Ben’s Facebook page or his YouTube channel: Pleasant Green. Or do a Google search for even more.
Another booklet is now available.
John Taylor’s Daring Save #
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded in 1830 and planned a large first printing of the revelations received by Joseph Smith, to be called The Book of Commandments. Printing had begun in a print shop in Independence, Mis- souri in 1833. In July the printshop was attacked and destroyed by a mob. Many Taylor descendants have heard the story of the two brave girls who rescued pages of the Book of Commandments, but not many have heard of the part that John Taylor, son of William Taylor & Elizabeth Patrick, played. According to church historians “Several church members risked their safety to salvage pages during the attack” and members in Missouri & Kirtland, Ohio bound the salvaged pages into incomplete copies of that edition. Less than three dozen survive today. The next printing took place in 1835 under the title The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.
Mark J. Taylor, our membership vice-president, has given us a transcription of John Taylor’s handwritten statement:
“In 1833 at the time of the destruction of the Printing Press in Independence Jackson Co. the printed sheets of the Book of Command- ments & the pied type & press were thrown in an old stable by the mob. I asked Bp Partridge if I might go & get out some copies of the Book of Commandments. He said it would most likely cost me my life if I attempted it. I told him I did not mind hazarding my life to se- cure some copies of the commandments. He then said I might go. I ran my hand in to a crack between the logs & pulled out a few at a time until I got as many as I could carry, when I was discovered. A dozen men surrounded me and commenced throwing stones at me and I shouted out “Oh my God must I be stoned to death like Stephen for the sake of the word of the Lord.” The Lord gave me strength & skill to elude them and make my escape without being hit by a stone. I delivered the copies to Bp Partridge who said I had done a good work and my escape was a miracle. These I believe are the only copies of that edition of the Book of Commandments preserved from destruction.”
Historian’s Office, Great Salt Lake City April 15, 1858.
In the presence of /s/ John Taylor
Geo Hawkins
Geo, A, Smith
Milestones, Honors, News #
Amy Taylor & Etheldred Wallace & Delilah Taylor & John Wallace
Death:
Lottie Jewell Williams (Earhart) (Lewis), 93 of Dover, Stewart County, TN, died 1 Mar 2018 at her home. She was born 2 Oct 1924 in Stewart County. She married Cecil Edward Earhart in 1939. He is deceased. She married William Edison Lewis 12 Mar 1951. He is deceased. The funeral for Lottie was held 4 Mar 2018 at the Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church, with interment in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Stewart County. Lottie’s line: Monroe Franklin Williams & Sula Walton Cleveland Wallace, who were both Taylor descendants.
Lottie’s fatherMonroe Franklin William’s line: Elisha Darden Williams & Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Clark also both Taylor descendants.
Elisha Darden William’s line: Benoni Williams & Emeline “Em” Wallace > Evans Wallace & Sarah E. “Sally” Clark > John Wallace & Delilah Taylor.
Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Clark’s line: Littleberry “Berry” Wallace & Susan Rebecca White- hurst > Axium Green Wallace & Sarah E. “Sally” Clark > Amy Taylor & Ethelred E. “Dreddie” Wallace.
Lottie’s mother Sula Walton Cleveland Wal- lace’s line: James Evans Wallace & Charlotte
G. “Lottie” Vick also both Taylor descen- dants:
James Evans Wallace’s line: Evans Wallace & Sarah E. “Sally” Clark > John Wallace & Delilah Taylor
Charlotte G. “Lottie” Vick’s line: Robert W. Vick & Manizia “Nina” Wallace > Ethelred
E. “Dreddie” Wallace & Amy Taylor
Our thanks to Gayle Williams McKibben for this and additional information.
William Taylor & Elizabeth Patrick
-John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett
Callings:
G. Blake Wahlen & Jana Lee Beus (Wahlen) have been called to the Canada Vancouver Mission, where he will serve as mission president. Blake’s line: George Edward Wahlen & Melba Holley (see below) > John Amos Holley & Eliza Edith Rich > Henry Cecil Holley & Amanda Jane Knight > John Knight III & Sarah Elizabeth Taylor > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
Major Birthday:
Melba Holley (Wahlen), 90th. She was born 2 Feb 1929 in Slaterville, UT. She married George E. Wahlen 16 Aug 1946. He died 5 Jun 2009. The George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center and the George E. Wahlen Care Center honor him today. Melba’s line: John Amos Holley & Eliza Edith Rich > Henry Cecil Holley & Amanda Jane Knight > John Knight III & Sarah Elizabeth Taylor > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
Deaths:
Patricia Helen Bresset (Malan), 80, died 3 Dec 2018. She was born 3 Jan 1938 in Highland Park, MI, to Raymond Oliver Bresett & Lily Rogers. She mar- ried Taylor descendant Georg e Lawrence “Larry” Malan 8 Jun
1961. He died 6 Jan 1997. Interment in Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, South Ogden, UT, 8 Dec 2018. Larry’s line: Harry Benjamin Malan & Myrtle Lund > Eli Edgar Lund & Mary Millie Hutchins > John James Hutchins & Mary Millie Knight > John Knight III & Sarah Elizabeth Taylor > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
Marilyn Kay Glen ( Garner) (Christensen), 72, died 4 Feb 2019. She was born 25 Mar 1946 to Edward C. Glen & Evelyn Mayer in Bonners Ferry, ID. She married Gordon Garner 7 Oct 1961 and they were divorced 10 Jul 1982. Kay married Taylor descendant Merce Delbert “Del” Christensen 19 Apr 1991. He is deceased. Del’s line: William Ted Chris- tensen & Nedra May Labrum > Alfred Dallas Labrum & Alta Florice Fuell > John George Labrum & Cora Luella “Ella” Johnson > Alfred Summers John- son Jr. & Mary Lavina Taylor > Teancum Taylor & Clarissa Jane Taylor. Teancum was the son of John Taylor & Eleanor Burkett. Clarissa Jane was the daughter of Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Kevin James Widdison, 56, died 17 Feb 2019 at his home. He was born 15 Jun 1962 and married Cindy Child in 1983. He married Kristen Bess in 1992. He married Brenda Mays 26 Nov 2013. Interment Hooper, UT Cemetery 22 Feb 2019. His line: James “Jim” Hobbs Widdison & Reva Marie Searle > Ira Searle & Stella Richins > Daniel Leo Searle & Anna Louise Taylor > Teancum Taylor & Clarissa Jane Taylor. Teancum was the son of John Taylor & Eleanor Burkett. Clarissa Jane was the daughter of Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Clark Edward Simmons, 80, died 27 Feb 2019. He was born 3 Feb 1939 in Ogden, UT to John E. Simmons and Dorothy G. Ebert. He married Taylor descendant Bev- erly Rogers 6 Mar 1959 in Plain City, UT. (See below). Interment 5 Mar 2019 in the Plain City Cemetery. Beverly’s line see below.
Beverly Rogers (Simmons), 77, died 7 Mar 2019 in Centerville, UT. She was born 13 Jan 1942 in Ogden, UT. She married Clark Edward Simmons 6 Mar 1959 in Plain City, UT. He died a week before (See above). Interment 13 Mar 2019 in the Plain
City Cemetery. Beverly’s line: Harold Archie
Rogers & Ruth Mae Hipwell > Llewellyn Hipwell & Estella Jane “Stella” Maw > John Hipwell & Louisa Ann Knight > John Knight III & Sarah Elizabeth Taylor > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
Viola Joyce Walker (Phelps), 82, died 2 Mar 2019. Joyce was born 26 Jul 1936 in Ogden, UT to George Rulon Walker & Enda Lorraine Young. She married Taylor descendant Sheldon Ezra Phelps 1 Aug 1959. He died 10 Sep 2002. Interment 8 Mar 2019 in the Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden. Sheldon’s line: Ezra Uria Phelps & Elizabeth Hipwell > John Hipwell & Louisa Ann Knight > John Knight III > Sarah Elizabeth Taylor > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
Rex Monroe Searle, 72, died 6 Mar 2019. He was born 18 Sep 1946 in Vernal, UT and served in the US Navy for four years. He married Kip Green 15 Apr 1986. She survives him. Interment 15 Mar 2019 in Evergreen Memorial Park, Ogden, UT. Rex’s line: Lester Jay Searle & Grace Duke > Daniel Leo Searle & Anna Louise Taylor > Teancum Taylor & Clarissa Jane Taylor. Teancum was the son of John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett. Clarissa was the daughter of Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
-Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred
DEATHS:
J. Ronald Remigi, 78, died 3 Dec 2018 at his home in Bountiful, UT. Ron was born 12 May 1940 in Salt Lake City to John Smiraldi Remigi and Helen Henderson. He married
Taylor descendant Laurelee Salt 24 Jan 1959 in Elko, NV. She survives him. Interment 8 Dec 2018. Laurelee’s line: William Francis Salt Jr. & Della Jo Hickman > Joseph Smith Hickman & Della Vilate Taylor > Joseph Ephraim Taylor & Annie Sophia Brian > William Riley Taylor & Margaret Jane Ellison > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Joy Peterson, 75, died 8 Dec 2018 in Cedar City, UT. She was born 23 Nov 1943 in Woods Cross, UT. She was a professor at Southern Utah State College from 1977 to 2005. Interment 15 Dec 2018 in the Bounti- ful, UT City Cemetery. Joy’s line: Neils Archie Peterson & Leah Howard > Thomas Jerid Peterson & Margaret Ellen Taylor >Joseph Ephraim Taylor & Annie Sophia Brian > William Riley Taylor & Margaret Jane Ellison > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Ora Taylor Mascaro, 97, died 22 Dec 2018. She was born 18 Nov 1921 in Fremont, UT and married Frank Mascaro 26 Jun 1942. He died 28 Jun 2000. Interment 29 Dec 2018 in Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery, Cottonwood Heights, UT. Ora’s line: William Gross Taylor & Emily Belgium Duncan > Joseph Ephraim Taylor & Annie Sophia Brian > William Riley Taylor & Margaret Jane Ellison > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Denille Andrus, 61, died 25 Jan 2019. She was born 12 Sep 1957 in Payson, UT. She is survived by five children & 20 grandchildren. Interment 1 Feb 2019. Her line: Elden Gardner Andrus Sep 1957 in Payson, UT. She is survived by five children & 20 grandchildren. Interment 1 Feb 2019. Her line: Elden Gardner Andrus Sep 1957 in Payson, UT. She is survived by five children & 20 grandchildren. Interment 1 Feb 2019. Her line: Elden Gardner Andrus Levi Pinegar & Mary Adeline Jolley > Bryant.
Denille Andrus Heber Jolley Jr. & Annie Sproul > Bryant Heber Holley & Orissa Angelia Taylor > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Sylvia Jayne Heywood (Taylor) (High), 84, died 6 Mar 2019. She was born 18 Sep 1934 to Reid Heywood & Barbara Moore and married Taylor descendant Merlin Leland Hunt Taylor 23 Sep 1950 in Loa, UT. He died 30 Sep 2009. She later married George High. He is also deceased. Merlin’s line: Leland S. Hunt & Dora Bell Taylor > Ephraim Austin Taylor & Sarah Rees > Joseph Ephraim Taylor & Annie Sophia Brian > William Riley Taylor & Margaret Jane Ellison > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred. Carol Lee Allen 10 May 1969. She is deceased. Interment 11 Dec ceased. Interment 11 Dec 2018 in the Memorial Red- wood Cemetery, Taylorsville, UT.
-Allen Taylor & Phoebe Ann Roberts
Death:
Richard Lester Davis, 72, died 6 Dec 2018 in Centerville, UT. He was born 3 Mar 1946 in Payson, UT. He served in the US Navy as a Corpsman medic in Vietnam and married Carol Lee Allen 10 May 1969. She is deceased. Interment 11 Dec 2018 in the Memorial Redwood Cemetery, Taylorsville, UT. Richard’s line: Homer Lester Davis & Lily Christina Cook > Sheldon “Chell” Cook & Etta Throckmorton > Jo-seph Ridley Cook & Mary Ann Taylor > Allen Taylor & Phoebe Ann Roberts.
-Julia Ann Taylor & Isaac Allred
Callings:
Jeffery Glen Chapman & Kristi Ann Fraughton (Chapman), have been called to the Texas Fort Worth Mission, where he will serve as mission president. Jeffery’s line: Terrence Oliver Chapman & Linda Burnham > Stanford Alma Burnham & Golda Lucille Rogers > Isaac Higbee Rogers & Myra Irene Sanders > John Franklin Sanders Jr. & Hannah Elmina Allred > William Alma Allred & Almira White Aldrich > Isaac Allred & Julia Ann Taylor.
Deaths: Lyla Jean Allred (Hudson) (Gough), 86, died 2 Jan 2019 in Cottonwood Heights, UT. She was born 6 Feb 1932 and married Nile Gough. He died in 2002. Interment 9 Jan 2019 in the Lehi, UT City Cemetery. Lyla’s line: Joseph Parley Allred & Venetta Elizabeth Howell > Horace Eugene Allred & Mary Elizabeth Mower > Joseph Parley Allred & Mary Leoma Allred, daughter of Isaac Allred & Julia Ann Taylor.
Alice Cheney Saunders, 95, died 10 Feb 2019. She was born 30 Oct 1923 in Ririe, ID to Austin John Cheney & Carrie Alene Pincock. She married Taylor descendant Lawrence David Saunders 18 Nov 1943 in the Salt Lake Temple. He is deceased. Interment 16 Feb 2019 in the Ogden City Cemetery. Lawrence’s line: Edward Thomas Saunders & Marcia Ann Slater > James Alma Slater & Mary Elizabeth Allred > John Allen Allred & Mary Jane Knight & Isaac Allred & Julia Ann Taylor.
James William “Jim” Stewart Jr., 67, died 22 Feb 2019 in Farmington, UT. He was born 23 Oct 1951 and married Penee Wood 21 Apr 1979 in the Salt Lake Temple. She survives him. Funeral services 27 Feb 2109 in Farmington. Jim’s line: James William Stewart & Ellen Francine Robbins > Devirl B. Stewart & Grace Nixon > Francis Marion Stewart & Amanda Elnora Allred > William Alma Allred & Almira White Aldrich > Isaac Allred & Julia Ann Taylor. “Chell” Cook & Etta Throckmorton > Jo- seph Ridley Cook & Mary Ann Taylor > Allen Taylor & Phoebe Ann Roberts.
–Louisa Taylor & Hosea Stout
Death:
Lida Marlene Prince (Layton) (Pierce), 83, died 21 Nov 2018 in Draper, UT. She was born 17 Jul 1935 in St. George, UT and married Lawrence M. Layton in the Salt Lake Temple 24 Mar 1954. He died in 1994. She later married Walter Hugh Pierce. They were married in the St. Louis, MO Temple 27 May 2000. He survives her. Interment 28 Nov 2018 in the Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, UT. Marlene’s line: William Harvey Prince & Lida Cox > Warren Cox & Mary Etta Lee > Isaiah Cox & Elizabeth Ann Stout > Hosea Stout & Louisa Taylor.
-Elizabeth Ann Taylor & Samuel Driggs
Death: Venice Hyde Sorensen, 87, died 23 Feb 2019. She was born 6 Apr 1931 in Logan, UT and married Foster J. Sorensen 14 Jun 1965 in the Salt Lake Temple. He is deceased. Interment 9 Mar 2019 in the Brigham City, UT City Cemetery. Venice’s line: Amasa William Hyde & Ruey Taggart > bridge > Rosel James Hyde & Jane Driggs > Samuel Driggs & Elizabeth Ann Taylor.
-Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs) & John Criddle
Deaths:
Dawna LaVern Flint (Smith), 85, died 12 Dec 2018 in Syracuse, UT. She was born 14
Dec 1932 in West Point, UT and married Carl Nile Smith 15 Jun 1950 in the Salt Lake Temple. He died in Oct 2015. Interment 20 Dec 2018 in the Syracuse City Cemetery. Dawna’s line: John Virgil Flint & Myrtle Criddle > William Criddle & Sarah Mariah Linford > John Criddle & Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs). Donald Adams Catron, 92, died 14 Feb 2019 at his home in Millcreek, UT. He was born 1 Feb 1927 and served in the Merchant Marine and in the US Army Peratroopers. He married Shirley Ross in the line: Donald Skeen & JeNeal England > Merlin Hyrum England & Florence Mariah Taylor > Heber “C” Taylor & Eliza Baird > Joseph Taylor & Hannah Mariah Harris.
-Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore
BIRTHS:
Emma Beth Lemon was born 25 Feb 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Tanner Crey Lemon and Samantha Phelps. Samantha’s line: Michael Irwin Phelps & Susan Braithwaite > Wayne Irwin Phelps & Lois Eileen Stonely > John Wilfred Stonely & Doris Taylor > George Bailey Taylor & Elizabeth Torrie > Joseph Allen Taylor & Mary Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Marriage:
Daniel Braithwaite Phelps & Emily Gough were married 26 Mar 2019 in the Fort Collins, CO Temple. She is the daughter of Michael & Tonya Gough. Daniel’s line: Michael Irwin Phelps & Susan Braithwaite > Wayne Irwin Phelps & Lois Eileen Stonely> John Wilfred Stonely & Doris Taylor > George Bailey Taylor & Elizabeth Torrie > Joseph Allen Taylor & Mary Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Major Birthday:
Theron Phillips, 95th. He was born 4 Feb 1924 in Ogden, UT. He married Taylor descendant Thelma Faye Hipwell and they had three children. He currently lives in Riverdale, UT. Faye’s line: Samuel Frederick Hipwell & Thelma Coy > Walter James Coy & Sarah Taylor > Joseph Allen Taylor & Sarah Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Deaths:
Carolyn Olsen Stock, 75, died 5 Dec 2018. She was born 17 Feb 1943 in Ogden, UT and married Robert B. Stock 2 Jun 1965 in the Salt Lake Temple. He survives her. Interment 17 Dec 2018.
Carolyn’s line: Lee Olsen & Clara Child > Carl Olsen & Florence May Owen > Charles Hanford Owen & Mary Jane Taylor > Joseph Allen Taylor & Mary Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Richard Giles Grant, 86, died 5 Dec 2018. He was born 23 Mar 1933 in Los Angeles, CA. He served in the US Army in the Korean conflict and married Taylor descendant Lou Jeane Peterson 23 Dec 1953 in the St. George, UT Temple.
She is deceased. Interment 13 Dec 13 2018 in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Lou Jeane’s line: Lorrin LeRoy Peterson & Elizabeth Higgs > Thomas William Peterson & Lettie Taylor > Joseph Allen Taylor & Mary Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore. Shawna Cobabe Van Meeteren, 70, died 27 Jan 2019. She was born 16 Aug 1948 in Ogden, UT. She married Henry Clair Van Meeteren in the Salt Lake Temple, He survives her. Interment 2 Feb 2019 in the Eden, UT Mountain View Cemetery. Shawna’s line: Shawna’s line: Dr. Alvin Fred Cobabe & June Heslop > William Henry Heslop & Icivinda Taylor > William Andrew Taylor & Philomela Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
M arilyn Kay G l en ( G ar ner) (Christensen), 72, died 4 Feb 2019. See – John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett Kevin James Widdison, 56, died 17 Feb 2019. See –John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett Rex Monroe Searle, 72, died 6 Mar 2019. See –John Taylor & Eleanot “Nellie” Burkett.
-Joseph Taylor & Jane Lake (Ordway)
Death:
Donald Melvin Peck Jr., 88, died 15 Feb 2019 in Rexburg, ID. He was born 1 Nov 1930 in Midvale, UT and served in the US Army Signal Corps during the Ko- rean Conflict. was sealed to Marylyn Lucille Moore 18 Jun 1956. She died 13 Feb 2000. Interment 23 Feb 2019 in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Salt Lake City. Donald’s line: Donald Melvin Peck & Twila Gagon > Joseph Albert Gagon & Emily Jenevieve Finch > Wiliam Highland Gagon & Lydia Ann Taylor > Joseph Taylor & Jane Lake (Ordway).
-Joseph Taylor & Hannah Mariah Harris
Featured: Kim Skeen has written a book a b o u t W e b e r County’s contributions to World War II, based on reports in the Standard Examiner. It is the first of a series that will cover each year of the war in its own volume. See Page 3 for details. Kim’s line: Donald Skeen & JeNeal England > Merlin Hyrum England & Florence Mariah Taylor > Heber “C” Taylor & Eliza Baird > Joseph Taylor & Hannah Mariah Harris.
-Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara” Lake
Featured: Ben Taylor was featured in the March 2019 Reader’s Digest. See: details on Page 4.
or find this story about him in the Deseret News Oct 18, 2018. He was emailed a scam from Liberia, but decided to handle it differ- ently by teaching the young man (Joel Willie) to take professional pictures and Ben helped him sell them to earn money to help his village. A great read. Ben’s line: Jerry B. Taylor & Jane Johnson > Jack Thornton Taylor & Joann Coral Bennett >Ira Joseph Taylor & Hilda May Thornton > Joseph Lake Taylor & Nancy Elizabeth McEntire > Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara Lake.
Death:
Austin Lincoln “Linc” Clifford, 88, died 14 Dec 2018 in Salt Lake City. He was born 12 Feb 1930 in Idaho Falls, Id and served in the US Air Force in the Korean Conflict. He married Dixie Olsen 17 Aug 1956 in the Salt Lake
Temple. She survives him. Interment 22
Dec 2018 in the Paradise, UT Cemetery. Linc’s line: Austin Leonard Clifford & Helen Dick > Leonard Eli Clifford & Marion Almeda Taylor > Alfred William Taylor & Ada Marion Hix > Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara” Lake.
-Pleasant Green Taylor & Sarah Jane Marler (Lake)
Major Anniversary: Richard T. “Dick” Brown and Lonna Ann Germer (Brown), 50th. They were married 26 Feb 1969 in the Salt Lake Temple. Dick’s line: William Moroni Brown & Norma Taylor > Loran Josiah Taylor & Ida Mary Bell > Josiah Taylor & Arrilla Abigail Smith. Josiah was the son of Pleasant Green Taylor & Sarah Jane Marler (Lake). Arrilla Abigail was the daughter of Jonathan Smith & Nancy Jane Taylor.
-Nancy Jane Taylor & Jonathan Smith
Major Anniversary: Richard T. “Dick” Brown and Lonna Ann Germer (Brown), 50th. See –Pleasant Green Taylor & Sarah Jane Marler (Lake)
Deaths: Vickie Jean Shurtleff Goff Jones, 78, died 26 Jan 2019 at her home in Salt Lake City. She was born 14 Dec 1940 in Las Vegas, NV. She married Bob Goff in 1961. They were later divorced. Vicki’s line: Victor Ray Shurtleff & Thelma White > Warren Lewis Shurtleff & Laura Agren > Charles Vincent Shurtliff & Nancy Alzina Smith > Jonathan Smith & Nancy Jane Taylor.
Karen Marie Hartley (Almond) (Moyes), 82, died 8 Feb 2019 at her home in Layton, UT. She was born 6 Sep 1936 in Malad City, ID to Ernest Hartley & Mabel Marietta Hancock. She married Lyle Norby Almond 15 Nov 1957 in the Logan, UT Temple. He died 24 Oct 1968. She married Taylor descendant Wil- liam Earl Moyes 6 Jun 1986 in the Ogden, UT Temple. He survives her. Interment in the Downey, ID City Cemetery 13 Feb 2019.
-James Caldwell Taylor & Sarah Maria Hyde
Wedding:
Joseph “Joe” Critchlow and Alexis “Allie” Romney were married 5 Jan 2019 in the Paris, France Temple. She is the daughter of Tagg & Jennifer Romney & granddaughter of Senator Mitt and Ann Romney. Critchlow is a backup quarterback for BYU. Joe’s line: David Scott Critchlow & Sarah Meyer > Robert Taylor Critchlow & Marilyn Clarene Clifton > William James Critchlow Jr. & Anna Marie Taylor > Charles Hyde Taylor & Anna Charlotta Jeppson > James Caldwell Taylor & Sarah Maria Hyde.
The Taylor History Books
Volumes 2 and 3 are still available
The books are 25.00 each, with $5 extra for shipping.
Order from Shari Franke, 6147 South 2250 East, Ogden, Utah 84493. (More contact info on Page 10.)
Volume 3 covers the descendants of William Taylor & Elizabeth Pat- rick. Having the entire set of three volumes makes the books more valuable as heirlooms.
Your Editor’s Two Cents
This is the first issue of the 2019 volume of the Taylor Times, which means it should have come out in March. Unfortunately, I moved in March and fell behind.
What with some health problems that required surgery and delayed my move, and what with unpacking and trying to get my Taylor materials organized, I found it hard to concentrate on fam- ily history matters. It doesn’t help that I’m in my eighties either.
I have a good start on the material for the next issue and I hope to surprise you all by getting it put together before the end of this month. There will be another World War I story that’s too long to fit into this issue, along with a couple of other features ready.
At the end of July I will be moving again. I will have more band- width when I’m back in Albuquerque, so I plan to upload the World War I stories to our website at that time. There will be plenty of room for more stories and it’s not too soon to think of starting a round of World War II stories.
During these moves my cell phone and email don’t change. How- ever, I have been getting a lot of spam calls on my cell, so I don’t answer calls that don’t show a name on my phone screen. If you telephone me for the first time, please leave a voice message so I will know that I should put you in my contact list and call you back. Email is my favorite communication where possible, be- cause I have a record on my computer and don’t have to rely on my aging memory. Snail mail works, too.
—Eileen Phelps
