- Do These Two Things Right Away!!
- RootsTech 2022 and the Taylors
- Taylor Association Updates
- Here’s the Third Thing for You To Do!
- Milestones, Honors, News
- William Taylor & Elizabeth Patrick
- Joining the Joseph Taylor Sr. Family Association?
- The Taylor Times Will Need a New Editor in 2023
- Taylor Family Association Officers and Committee Heads:
Do These Two Things Right Away!! #
Eileen Phelps, editor
The Deadline for This One Is March 25th:
Have you signed up for RootsTech 2022 and checked Relatives at RootsTech? It’s going away this week. You will lose a great chance to contact up to 300 of your closest relatives who might be interested in family history. If you click on this picture once you’ve signed in, you’ll see a map and a list of your total relatives, according to what shows on FamilySearch Family Tree. It will be a huge list. The Taylors are a large family, which is why FamilySearch picks up only 300 closest to you. From there, you can narrow it down. Choose “My Ancestor” from the subheads.
In this sample I chose my grandfather to narrow it down to 33. The sample shows the first of the 33 listed. Three options show below him. I could send this nephew a Message but today I don’t have time. I click on Contact and he is added to my Contacts list. I can go through this list and choose another ancestor and find another group of relatives to add to my Contacts list. If I don’t recognize someone or they have not registered
with their actual name I can click on Relationship and see a tree with the ancestor I chose at the top and see the lines of descent for both of us to that ancestor. The reason for adding this person to my Contacts list is that I will be able to contact them at a later time when the Relatives at RootsTech goes away on March 25th, in accordance with existing privacy agreements.
The Deadline for This One is just before April 9th:
It’s for the 2022 Taylor Family Virtual Reunion. It’s free, just like RootsTech, but again you have to register. This is because we have to let you in. Otherwise you could be a hacker and disrupt the Zoom session. To register, go to TaylorAssociation.org and look for the streaming ad, or go directly to:
The Taylor Reunion will take place Saturday, April 9th, from 1 pm to 3 pm Mountain Daylight Time. We will tell you more about what our association is doing and display new things that will be added to our website. We will have opportunities for visiting and asking questions and we hope you’ll tell us what you would like to see us work on in the future. By collaborating we can hire professionals and do yDNA testing when the
opportunities arise and we are working to improve our research and find documentation for the connections in our records. Our goal is to help our Taylors keep track of each other and build an accurate history. As more records are digitized and available online we hope to someday trace our history back to Europe in a way that is more than guesswork. We want our descendants to be able to share our Taylor story with each other.
RootsTech 2022 and the Taylors #
A Great Start for Us on the First Morning
This session took place on the first morning at nine a.m. of March 3rd. It was right on target for our family association and it affirmed what our own research has shown us about Joseph Taylor Sr. and Nancy’s lifestyle. They were NOT upper-crust powdered wig and boarding-school-educated planters as some of our earlier genealogists thought. They were working-class and those who had land were considered to be yeoman-class, which is slightly better but not gentry. Virginia had become a society with rigid class divisions just as England was. The Taylors became better off by means of the land grant they had obtained but they didn’t become wealthy or highly educated.
What is Tarheel Country? It’s the backwoods area that’s harder to get at, that well-to-do settlers (called Cavaliers in this presentation) didn’t want. This map shows the relative costs of land in the eastern ends of the colonies. Note that Norfolk is in the $$$ section of Virginia. According to the tax lists (called tithables) Joseph’s father probably owned no land in Norfolk County although it is possible that earlier Taylor generations did.
What did Joseph Taylor Sr. have to pay to apply for a land grant? We don’t know, but we need to find out what kinds of records survive for Granville grants. If any do survive they are not yet on-line. We have the image for the record that describes the property and this is on our website but we have no image for Joseph’s application for the grant and what he might have paid in order to apply. Edgecombe County is right on the edge of the $$ property and it is more likely that the Taylors paid only $ for their land. It is on a creek, which is good, but it is not a navigable creek.
A large part of the property is swampy. Were the Taylors tarheels? Very likely. Tarheel was the nickname for someone who often went barefoot on land that tar could get splattered on. This land was useful for naval stores, which included turpentine and tar and we are pretty sure the Taylors made tar. The RootsTech session also discussed “Who Settled Tarheel Country?” and described three main groups: Criminals (those who were transported), Cavaliers (younger children of the Gentry class who did not inherit
the family estate in England, and came to the colonies to “seek their fortune”), and Contractors (those who signed a contract as indentured servants to pay for their voyage). We have not found a record to tell us for certain who our first Taylor emigrant was, but the odds are that he would have been an indentured servant. (Our Theories story on our website tells who we think he may have been, but we hope to someday prove or disprove this idea through yDNA testing.)
A map of roads indicates that the Taylor grant lies between the two middle roads and the path the Taylors followed to move to North Carolina could have included parts of both roads. Another map that was shown hints that the ethnicity of the white set- tlers to this area were almost all English, rather than Scots or Irish. Joseph Taylor Jr.’s son William married Elizabeth Patrick. Her ethnicity reflects what that map shows for farther west. Mecklenburg Co. VA, where she came from, abuts the area labeled Scotch, Irish, German, and English.
The session also mentioned that the Church of England was not well established in North Carolina, particularly as the time of the Revolutionary War drew nearer. Other materials that the Taylor Family Association has researched bear this out. Our readers who are familiar with Jane Austen’s works realize that the vicars of local parishes were usually connected to the Gentry class and enjoyed a prosperous lifestyle, with a large vicarage and servants to maintain it. They were usually not willing to come to a terri- tory where they would be dependent on a few widely-scattered settlers who lived in cabins and did their own farm work for enough to feed their families. These settlers were not interested in being tithed (taxed) to support the Church of England in a style far above what the settlers had themselves. Thus today’s genealogists will not find much in early church records and must rely more on court records such as deeds and wills for the Tarheel region. The session states “Anglican church waning, avoiding records was kinda the point, gravesites were private.”
The session tells us that because the typical records were scarce a researcher must study the history of the whole area, to learn “Baseline culture: language, religion, class, family life, cuisine, architecture, migration, etc.” and suggests several books and links to historical societies. Weather and infrastructure and also suggested as topic for study. We plan to put items on the website that fall into this category.
We also need to check these and other suggested resources.
We believe there are many North Carolina records that are not easily available online. Some have never been scanned. Others are digitized but not indexed. We have a real need for willing volunteers to help us look, especially those who live near or in North Carolina today. But if we post those things that we have already learned, future researchers will have a solid start.
Taylor Association Updates #
A Meeting with Software Engineers from FamilySearch
From a report by Nancy Gregory
Gordon Taylor, Ron Taylor, and Nancy Gregory from the Taylor Family Association had a virtual meeting on 16 March 2022 with Todd Powell, Ryan Plumb, software engineers for Relatives at RootsTech, and “Ryon #1 Bazzle” [another developer] from FamilySearch regarding the RootsTech2022 Relatives Around Me app. This app is very powerful and allows everyone registering for RootsTech2022 to build a contact list from as many as 300 relatives who are also registered for RootsTech2022. Todd was very interested in the work that we as a family are doing to further our family history. The Taylor Family Association was very interested in using that app to find family members with whom we could communicate to get any information they can add to the family history. We aired a few grievances with this list and Todd assured us that they would take these into consideration. Primarily we asked that in future RootsTech presentations, there would be more sessions that would provide training in how to use that useful feature. We would also like to be able to track those 300 relatives by the date and time they joined RootsTech so we can eliminate any duplication. We would like to be able to export that list of relatives into a spreadsheet file to be able to keep better track of them. We also asked that we be able to add these contacts into a “Family Group” so that we can communicate more effectively with the family of a specific ancestor through FamilySearch.
Todd did point out that the relationships and links are only as good as the data that is in FamilySearch as entered by the users; they don’t control the data. The service that determines all the relationships finds the closest relationship path.
On 25 March 2022, FamilySearch will discontinue the Relatives at RootsTech 2022 list. However, if you have added your relatives to the contact list, that contact list will be migrated over to your FamilySearch as a new icon next to your usual FamilySearch message list. This will ensure that you can easily find these contacts and begin to work with them to further your family history. Todd assured us that they will consider our request for better training. Next year another option will be added so that we can tap on a contact card and see their email if they have chosen to make their email public. FamilySearch has a new service called User Profile Service; it’s the first time they’ve had the ability to create a real user profile. They are pushing this “user-to-user” profile, encouraging users to update their profiles. Coming in July of this year, there will be some changes to the messaging system designed to make this easier.
In closing, Todd posed the question: “Using FamilySearch, what should users be doing to collaborate with the current tools, and what tools are missing?” Anyone who has an answer for this question should send an email to the TFA Secretary, Nancy Gregory, at her email: ngregory16@gmail.com.
We at Taylor Family Association are very excited about the changes that are coming to FamilySearch and encourage our family members to make the best use of these new features.
Your Editor’s Two Cents on This Subject
Not many of us are aware of how unusual the Taylor Association is. There aren’t many family associations that encompass such a large family. We’re trying to keep track of more than a quarter million people. We’re trying to verify and share records gathered over a century and a half about this family. We have ancestors who have pioneered in America since the mid 1600s and we ourselves are pioneering in our attempt to do this for a family of commoners (instead of noblemen) and an extremely common surname. If we collaborate successfully we can become a major model for other families in the future.
—Eileen Phelps
Here’s the Third Thing for You To Do! #
Check your family in the 1950 United States Census in April
Gordon Taylor, with Eileen Phelps
The 1950 Census becomes available April 11st. This is exciting! Our records show 83,984 family members alive [that we know of] during this census period.
The plan is that the computer will index your family census records for those alive during the period and then that you can VERIFY the data. (You will be able to make a correction of any Census field.)
We recommend that you listen to all three RootsTech videos before you begin. The second video is very useful for the hands-on experience. (Note it is 28 Minutes.)
https://www.familysearch.org/1950census/
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/get-involved-and-reviewing-the-1950-census https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/search?f.text=1950%20census&p.index=0&p.pageCount=10
We recommend that you start now by looking at your immediate family to find those members that were alive in 1950. Legacy Family Tree has an excellent feature to search for persons alive during a particular census year. You can use this list as your task list. (Ron, will share the steps during the TFA Virtual Reunion on 9 April and it will then be available on the TFA Website – Taylorassociation.org)
Once you have complete verification of family members, you can volunteer to verify neighbors and communities.
FamilySearch plans to be able to save your family census work and attach it as a source to the person(s) in the FamilySearch Family Tree. Their target is mid-April for this add-on FamilySearch feature to be available.
A preview of what you will see on the Review site:
First, you look for your family, by state, surname, county, and city, if you know them.
If your line is in FamilySearch Family Tree you may get additional suggestions for further searches. All Taylors have some ancestors in the tree but this works best if you’ve added yourself.
You will be offered the chance to be sure that all the household in the census is included, even if it overlaps the page break. (Note that a robot has already indexed this page with OCR technology.)
You will be given a chance on the screens that follow to fix any mistakes the robot has made. (You can see that this page hand-printed, not written in cursive. The OCR technology is getting smarter and smarter, but long-hand writing is tougher, even for humans.)
We will have more to show and demonstrate in our virtual family reunion.
Milestones, Honors, News #
William Taylor & Elizabeth Patrick #
-John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett
Dana Beth Hansen (Surrage), 68, died 4 Oct 2021. She was born 5 Jan 1953 to Dale and Almyra Hansen. She married Taylor descendant Ron Hadley Surrage 9 Aug 1974. They were divorced in 2019. Interment 11 Oct 2021 in the West Weber Cemetery. Ron’s line: Joseph Taylor Surrage & Norene Hadley > Joseph Surrage & Hanna Martina Taylor > John Henry Taylor & Ellen Petersen > John Ammon Taylor & Maren Johanne “Hannah Mary” Poulsen > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
Richard Lee “Rich” Stoney, 67, died 1 Jan 2022 in Plain City, UT. He was born 8 Dec, 1954 to Dorene & Bill Remon Stoney in Ogden, UT and married Suzann Taylor 18 May 1973 in Plain City, UT. She died 21 Jan 2017. Interment in the Plain City Cemetery 8 Jan 2022. Suzann’s line: Ralph Aaron Taylor & Emma Retta Willard > Clarence Taylor & Rama Iverson Inman > Hyrum Henry Taylor & Eliza Jane Bird > Alma Taylor & Cecelia Anzinette “Celie” Keyes > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
Joann Holgate (Walker), 88, died 13 Feb 2022 in St. George, UT. She was born 25 Nov 1933 in Roosevelt, UT to Frank Leo Holgate & Leona “Nona” Bell. She married Taylor descendant Kenneth Wayne Walker 7 Nov 1952 in Arcadia, UT. He died three days after her. (See him below.)
Kenneth Wayne Walker, 93, died 16 Feb 2022 three days after his wife Joann (above). Both were interred 25 Feb 2022 in the St. George, UT Cemetery. Kenneth’s line: Jo- seph Darrel “JD” Walker & Dorothy May Griffis > Joseph Nathaniel “Joe” Walker & Rose Luckey > Isaac Thomas Luckey & Eliza Jane Taylor > John Taylor & Eleanor “Nellie” Burkett.
-Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred
Dawna Davene Caudill (Christensen), 69, died 13 Nov 2021. She was born 5 Jun 1952 in Pocatello, ID, to Delbert Marion Caudill & LaRae Alice Mann. She married Taylor descendant Elwin Leon Christen- sen 17 Jul 1970. He survives her. Inter- ment in the Mountaiin View Cemetery in Pocatello 20 Nov 2021. Elwin’s line: Thain George Christensen & Mary Alice Gunter > Edsel Hezekiah Christensen & Edith Emma Egan > Rasmus Hezekiah Christensen & Nancy Melvina Bennett > George Bennett & Nancy Melvina Taylor > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Wayne B Gibson, 84, died 4 Dec 2021 in Murray, UT. He was born 15 Jun 1937 in Ogden, UT. Me married Carolynn Gould 15 Jun 1955 in the Salt Lake Temple. She died 10 Oct 2013. Interment 13 Dec 2021 in the West Weber Cemetery. His line: Louis Bitton Gibson & Delia Elizabeth Bennett > Marvin Allen Bennett & Julia Elizabeth Davis > George Riley Taylor Bennett & Mary Ann King > George Bennett & Nancy Melvina Taylor > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Olin Waddoups Hinton, 91, died 18 Dec 2021. He was born 7 Sep 1930 in Virgin, UT to Joseph Hinton & Lena Waddoups. He served in the US Army in the Korean Conflict. He married Taylor descendant Cherrie Stirling 25 Nov 1950 in Hurricane. She died 13 Jan 2010. Interment in the Hurricane City Cemetery 27 Dec 2021. Cherrie’s line: Rex Stirling & Thelma Workman > Jacob Lewis Work- man & Mary Catherine Redd > Benjamin Jones Redd & Clarissa Elvira Taylor > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Gwendolyn “Gwen” Faye Byington (Price), 75, died 22 Dec 2021 at her home in Smithfield, UT. She was born 15 Mar 1946 in Soda Springs, ID and married Darrel W Price 22 Nov 1972 in Brigham City, UT. He survives her. Interment in the Smithfield, UT Cemetery 30 Dec 2021. Gwen’s line: Donald Hezekiah Byington & Maryrose Ruth > Rasmus Hezekiah Christensen & Nancy Melvina Bennett > George Bennett & Nancy Melvina Taylor > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
Patricia Peterson (Pinegar), 84 died 27 Dec 2021. She was born 3 Feb 1937 in Cedar City, UT to Laurence Peterson & Wavie Orilla Williams and married
Taylor descendant Ed Jolley Pinegar 28 Mar 1956 in the Salt Lake Temple. He died 18 Aug 2020. Funeral 31 Dec 2021. Ed’s line: James Emery Pinegar & Effie Jolley > Bryant Heber Jolley Jr. & Annie Sproul > Bryant Heber Jolley & Orissa Angelia Taylor > Allen Taylor & Sarah Lovisa Allred.
-Julia Ann Taylor & Isaac Allred
Lawrence Charles Diehl, 88, died 23 Sep 2021 at his home in Salt Lake City, UT. He was born 9 May 1933 in Salt Lake City to Warren Charles Diehl & Thelma Searle. He married Taylor descendant Luana Joy Wood 9 Jun 1952 in the Salt Lake Temple. She died 27 Sep 2002. He married Ann Zenger 12 Jun 2003. She survives him. He served as a pilot in the US Air Force. Luana’s line: Rex Philemon Wood & Winnifred Caldwell > Walter Herbert Caldwell & Mary Frances Allred > Isaac Willard Allred & Helena Chloe Anderson > James Martin Allred & Mary Frances Vance > Isaac Allred & Julia Ann Taylor.
Joan Klomp (Graf), 57, died 19 Oct 2021. She was born 25 Sep 1964 in Ogden, UT and married Troy William Graf 7 Sep 1990 in the St. George, UT Temple. He survives her.
Interment 6 Nov 2021 in the Santa Clara, UT Cemetery. Joan’s line: Spencer Foulger Klomp & Janice Elaine Parkinson > Raymond Banner Parkinson & Marjorie Slater > John Lawrence Slater & Sarah Ann Tracy > James Alma Slater & Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Allred > John Allen Allred & Mary Jane Knight > Isaac Allred & Julia Ann Taylor.
Raymond F. Honing, 89, died 4 Dec 2021 in North Ogden, UT. He was born 17 Nov 1932 in Harrisville, UT to William Honing and Viola Saunders. He served in the US Air Force in the Korean Conflict from 1951 to 1955. He married Taylor descendant Evelyn L. Slater 17 Feb 1955 in the Salt Lake Temple. She survives him. Interment in the Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, UT. Evelyn’s line: Leland Slater & Artie Iona Fowers > James Richard Slater & Harriet Ritchie > James Alma Slater & Mary Elizabeth Allred > John Allen Allred & Mary Jane Knight > Isaac Allred & Julia Ann Taylor.
-Louisa Taylor & Hosea Stout
Bonnie Marie Snyder (Bills), 93, died 24 Nov 2021 at her home in East Millcreek, UT.
She was born 16 Jan 1928 in Salt Lake City and married Hal Doyle Bills 5 Nov 1947 in the Salt Lake Temple. He died 19 Mar 1999. Inter- ment in the Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, UT 4 Dec 2021. Bonnie’s line: Don Vernon Eugene Snyder & Pearl Sperry > William Oliver Sperry & Louisa Stout > Eli Harvey Stout & Carrie Hansen > Hosea Stout & Louisa Taylor.
-Elizabeth Ann Taylor & Samuel Driggs
LuAnne McClellan (Rasmussen), 78, died 17 Oct 2021. See –James Caldwell Taylor & Sarah Mariah Hyde
Dora Gae Martin (Keller), 89, died 19 Dec 2021. Gae was born 5 Aug 1932 in Pre- ston, ID and married Leness Keller 5 Aug 1953. He died 7 Apr 2014. Interment 27 Dec 2021 in the Preston, ID Cemetery. Gae’s line: Daniel Arthur Martin & Vera Merlyn Bennett > George Albert Bennett & Elizabeth Jane Moore > Thomas Bennett & Maria Driggs > Samuel Driggs & Elizabeth Ann Taylor.
Betty Helen Andrews (Cook), 85, died 10 Feb 2022. She was born 19 Aug 1936 in Fairview, ID and married Dewey LaVor Cook 4 Feb 1954 in Preston, ID. He died 21 Aug 2008. Interment 22 Feb 2022 in the Hyde Park, UT Cemetery. Betty’s line: Dar- win States Andrews & Elizabeth Jones > William Thomas Andrews & Louisa Jane Hyde > Rosel James Hyde & Jane Driggs > Samuel Driggs & Elizabeth Ann Taylor
-Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs) & John Criddle
Lawrence Revere Chambers, 92, died 3
Oct 2021. He was born 1 Dec 1928 in Smithfield, UT to Lawrence Theo “Larry” Chambers and Amanda Caroline Egan. He married Taylor descendant Luana Hansen 13 Oct 1948 in the Logan, UT Temple. She died 8 Mar 1998. He married Emma Louise Carter (Davis) in 1999. She is deceased. Funeral 9 Oct 2021 in Syracuse, UT. Luana’s line: Elvin Joseph Hansen & Dora Leona Criddle > William Criddle & Sarah Mariah Linford > John Criddle & Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs).
John LaNay Wheeler, 92, died 20 Oct 2021. He was born 16 Jun 1929 in Stone, ID to Andrew Calvin Wheeler & Sarah. He married Taylor descendant Beverly Johnson. She died 13 Oct 2014. Interment 23 Oct 2021 in the Brigham City, UT Cemetery. Beverly’s line: Heber Kenneth Johnson &
Ora Mecham > Leo Mecham & Melinda May Adams > Joshua Adams & Sarah Criddle > John Criddle & Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs).
Bruce Wayne Anderson, 66, died 19 Nov 2021. He was born 6 Mar 1955 in Ogden, UT. His line: Jay Fred Anderson & Beatrice M. Johnson > Heber Kenneth Johnson & Ora Mecham > Leo Mecham & Malinda May Adams > Joshua Adams & Sarah Criddle > John Criddle & Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs).
Charles Howard Nelson, 79, died 26 Nov 2021 at his home. He was born 12 Sep 1942 to Ivan and Laura Bell Nelson in Los Angeles, CA. He married Taylor descendant Kate Adams 30 Jan 1967. She died 28 Feb 2014. Interment 4 Dec 2021 in the Brigham City, UT Cemetery. Kate’s line: Myron Mayne Adams & Erma Kate Harper > John Adams & Leuvenia Mayne Bishop > Joshua Adams & Sarah Criddle > John Criddle & Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs).
Glen Hindmarsh Lambson, 90, died 9 Dec 2021 at his home in Farmington, UT. He was born 18 Mar 1931 in Springville, UT to Ray M. Lambson & Melba Hind- marsh. He served in the US Army in Korea and married Taylor descendant Joyce Marie Hess 27 Aug 1957. She survives him. Interment in the Farmington City Cemetery 18 Dec 2021. Joyce’s line: Newel Eugene Hess & Alta Marie Criddle > James Alvin Criddle & Elizabeth Jane Dawson > John Criddle & Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs)
Delwyn A. Howell, 85, died 29 Dec 2021 at his home. He was born 12 Feb 1936 in Preston, ID. He served in the US Navy Reserve and married Sharon Kirby 19 Jun 1968 in Logan, UT. She survives him. Interment 7 Jan 2022 in the Hyde Park, UT Cemetery. Delwyn’s line: William Noel Howell & Cloe Leona Andersen > William Parley Howell & Lillie Alice Adams > Joshua Adams & Sarah Criddle > John Criddle & Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Driggs).
-Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore
Hung Ly & Elizabeth Eileen Phelps were married 30 Dec 2021 in the Sacramento, CA Temple. He is the son of Ly Thanh Tu & Dang Thi Truc Kieu of Vietnam. Elizabeth’s line: Mark Stonely Phelps & Krista Maria Gidney > Wayne
Irwin Phelps & Lois Eileen Stonely > John Wilfred Stonely & Doris Taylor > George Bailey Taylor & Elizabeth Torrie > Joesph Allen Taylor & Mary Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Kristy King (Brenkmann), 55, died 14 Oct 2021. She was born 2 Apr 1966 in Brigham City, UT and married Richard Lee Brenk- mann 13 Sep 1986 in the Logan, UT Tem- ple. He survives her. Interment 22 Oct 2021 in the Fielding, UT Cemetery. Kristy’s line: Karl Moroni King & Barbara Mitchell > Lyle Henry King & Vanita Mary Chugg > Moroni Chugg & Ida Taylor > William Andrew Taylor & Philomela “Millie” Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Terry Lee Sillitoe, 64, died 25 Oct 2021 at his home in Layton, UT. He was born 26 Jul 1957 and was adopted by Ernest Lloyd Sillitoe & Lucile Henzi. He married Taylor descendant Karlene Kidman 10 Oct 2020. She survives him. Interment 2 Nov 2021 in South Ogden. UT. Karlene’s line: Owen LaMar Kidman & Dorothea Moore > Ezra Kidman & Alta Melvina Rawson > Silas Daniel Rawson & Johanne Marie “Mary” Hegstead > Daniel Berry Rawson & Mary Melvina Taylor > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
Emma Lenore Stuart (Smith), 95, died 4 Nov 2021 in Hyrum, UT. She was born 24 May 1925 in South Morgan, UT to Oliver R. Stuart & Arletta Ray Robinson. She married Verl Arnold Smith 18 Mar 1944. He died 15 Sep 1985. She then married Taylor descendant Lawrence Dale Smith 22 Aug 1986. He died 1 Jan 2010. Interment in the North Morgan, UT Cemetery 11 Nov 2021. Dale’s line: Thomas Adrian Smith & Sarah Oles Owen > Charles Hanford Owen & Mary Jane Taylor > Joseph Allen Taylor & Mary Lake > Joseph Taylor & Mary Moore.
-Joseph Taylor & Jane Lake (Ordway)
Beverly Ann Child (Taylor), 87, died 6 Nov 2021. She was born 18 Sep 1934 in Bluewater, New Mexico and married Joseph John Taylor Jr. 9 Mar 1957 in Elko, NV. He died 21 Apr 2015. (He descends from the Prophet John Taylor & Alice Hunter line.) Funeral 13 Nov 2021, location not given. Beverly’s line: Elman Taylor Child & Ruth Elizabeth Bates > William Alfred Child & Amanda Taylor > Joseph Taylor & Jane Lake (Ordway).
-Joseph Taylor & Hannah Mariah Harris
Max Knight Bodily, 87, died 17 Dec 2021. He was born 18 Jul 1934 in Syracuse, UT. He married Mary Yvonne Middleton 25 Jun 1954. She survives him. Interment 28 Dec 2021 in the Kaysville, UT Cemetery. Max’s line: LeLand Earl Bodily & Virginia Knight > William Thomas Knight & Eliza Alzina “Zina” Taylor > Heber “C” Taylor & Eliza Baird > Joseph Taylor & Hannah Mariah Harris.
-Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara” Lake
Michael Kay Bednar, 43, was called as stake president of the Champaign, IL Stake. His line: David A. Bednar (apostle) & Susan Kae Robinson > Kay L. Robinson & Nyla Grace Clement > Thomas Leslie Clement & Grace Ethel Taylor > Joseph Lake Taylor & Nancy Elizabeth McEntire > Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara” Lake.
Lee Taylor Child, 68, died 21 Oct 2021 on his birthday. He was born 21 Oct 1953 in Ogden, UT. He married Lorna Slater 17 Oct 1972 in Ogden, UT. She survives him. Interment 26 Oct 2021 in the Roy, UT City Cemetery. His line: Donald Stephens Child & Donna Taylor > Parley Pratt Taylor & Ozula Jane Atkinson > Levi James Taylor & Flora Genet Bingham > Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara” Lake.
Melvin Alfred Taylor, 73, died 10 Oct 2021. He was born 17 Dec 1947. He served in the US Army in the Vietnam War. He married Ila Gae Kindler 25 Oct 1969. She survives him. Interment Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, South Ogden, UT 18 Oct 2021. Melvin’s line: Alfred Alphonso Taylor & Ruth Berlin > Alvin Ernest Taylor & Florence Bassett > Alfred William Taylor & Ada Marion Hix > Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara” Lake.
Mark DaBell, 49, died 2 Dec 2021 in Perry, UT. He was born 17 Jun 1972 in Ogden, UT. He married Crystal Taylor. They were later divorced. He married Karen LuJean Warren 21 Jun 2002 in Corinne, UT. She survives him. Interment 10 Dec 2021 in the Brigham City, UT Cemetery. Mark’s line: John Kent DaBell & Idonna Clark > Alfred William “Alfie” DaBell & Linda Dolores Schoenfeld > Jack Moline DeBell & Signe Maria “Mary” Molin > Alfred Kossuth DaBell & Julia Ann Taylor > Pleasant Green Taylor & Clarissa “Clara” Lake.
-Pleasant Green Taylor & Mary Eliza Shurtliff
Frank Crockett Carley III, 76, died 17 Nov 2021. He was born 3 May 1945 in Idaho Falls, ID to Frank Crockett Carley II & Cleo Larene Humpherys. He married Taylor descendant Sandra Doney 28 May 1971 in the Logan, UT Temple. She survives him. Sandra’s line: Wayne Wright Doney & Marilyn Larson > Ezra Arlen Larson & Verneta Marler Harris > James Alvin Harris & Aner Lucetta Marler > Allen Marler Jr. & Amanda Melvina Taylor > Pleasant Green Taylor & Mary Eliza Shurtliff.
-Pleasant Green Taylor & Sarah Jane Marler (Lake)
Warren Eugene Babcock, 82, died 9 Feb 2022 in North
Logan, UT. He was born 9 Oct 1939 in Martinez, CA to Nephi Rowley Babcock & Viola Lucille Pyser. He married Taylor descendant Karen Johnson.
She survives him. Interment in the Smithfield, UT City Cemetery 16 Feb 2022. Karen’s line: Ralph Melwin Johnson Jr. & Genevieve Porter > Ralph Melvin Johnson & Millie Gertrude Marler > Samuel Gates Marler & Eliza Ann Taylor > Pleasant Green Taylor & Sarah Jane Marler.
Michael Burton Taylor, 40, died 26 Oct 2021 in Bountiful, UT. See -William Warren Taylor & Julia Aner Carbine
-William Warren Taylor & Julia Aner Carbine
Michael Burton Taylor, 40, died 26 Oct 2021 in Bountiful, UT. He was born 6 Jan 1981 in Burley, ID. He married Veruca. She survives him. Interment in the Bountiful City Cemetery 30 Oct 2021.
His line: Michael’s line: Mark “J” Taylor & Deanne Burton > Arnold Jack Taylor & Lova Ruth Marriot > Lester Taylor & Margaret “Maggie” Hoggan > Edmond Zebulon Taylor & Eliza Ann Taylor.
Edmond’s line: William Warren Taylor & Julia Aner Carbine. Eliza’s line: Pleasant Green Taylor & Sarah Jane Marler.
-Nancy Jane Taylor & Jonathan Smith
Grant LaMar Allen, 82, died 19 Oct 2021. He was born 31 Aug 1939 in Logan, UT and married Pamela Norean Russell 16 Apr 1987. She survives him. Grant’s line: Ken- neth Grant Allen & Myrl Seamons > Jedediah Moroni Seamons & Coral Smith > Jonathan Heber Smith & Alice Done > Jonathan Smith & Nancy Jane Taylor.
David Andrew Black, 58, died 7 Nov 2021. He was born 21 Jun 1963 and married Nancy Viola Jessop 17 Sep 1985 in Colo- rade City, AZ. She survives him. Interment in the Isaac W. Carling Memorial Park in Colorado City 16 Nov 2021. David’s line: David Estes Black & Alida Witt > Millard William Black & Eda Johnson > Leroy Sunderland “Roy” Johnson & Josephine Ford > Warren Marshall Johnson & Permilia Jane Smith > Jonathan Smith & Nancy Jane Taylor.
Michael Joseph Griffiths, 89, died 9 Dec 2021. He was born 11 Dec 1931 in Weston, ID. He married Diann Ravsten 1 Jun 1953 in the Logan, UT Temple. (See her obit following.) Interment 16 Dec 2021 in the Clarkston, UT Cemetery. Michael’s line: Jesse William Griffiths & Bertha Loretta Olsen > Joseph Olsen & Loretta Smith > Jonathan Smith & Nancy Jane Taylor.
Diann Ravsten (Griffiths), 87, died 2 Jan 2022 in North Ogden, UT. She was born 11 Jun 1934 in Clarkston, UT to John Byron Ravsten & Stella Elva Godfrey and married Taylor descendant Michael Joseph Griffiths (see above). Interment 7 Jan 2022 in the Clarkston, UT Cemetery.
Katherine “Kathy” Richards, 41, died 8 Jan 2022. She was born 10 Dec 1980 and suffered the effects of a brain tumor at 18 months. Interment in the Kaysville, UT City Cemetery. Her line: Stephen Richards & Christine Browning > Dale Thomas Browning & Blanche Jean Wade > Claude Edgar Wade & Jessie Marie Shurtliff > Charles Vincent Shurtliff & Nancy Alzina Smith > Jonathan Smith & Nancy Jane Taylor.
Martha LeeAnn Barlow, 27, died 28 Dec 2021 in Pompano Beach, FL. She was born 9 Sep 1994 in Hildale, UT. Interment in the Tonaquint, UT Cemetery 5 Jan 2022. Martha’s line: Orval Frederick Barlow & Glenda Counsil > John Yates Barlow & Esther Johnson > Leroy Sunderland “Roy” Johnson & Josephine Ford > Warren Marshall Johnson & Permilia Jane Smith > Jonathan Smith & Nancy Jane Taylor.
-James Caldwell Taylor & Sarah Mariah Hyde
LuAnne McClellan (Rasmussen), 78, died 17 Oct 2021. She was born 21 Mar 1943 in Seattle, WA to Junius Wilson McClellan & Mildred Clark. She married Taylor descendant Dallen Earl Rasmussen 6 Aug 1969 in the Salt Lake Temple. He died 13 Oct 2020. Funeral 23 Oct 2021 in the Franklin County Funeral Home in Preston, ID. Dallen’s line: Harvey Hans Rasmussen & Ramona May Talbot > Clarence Earl Talbot & Mary Elizabeth Taylor > Heman Caldwell Taylor & Elizabeth Alfretta Bennett. Heman’s line: James Caldwell Taylor & Sarah Mariah Hyde. Elizabeth’s line: Thomas Bennett & Maria Driggs > Samuel Driggs & Elizabeth Ann Taylot.
David Farnes Hobbs, 63, died 27 Dec 2021 in Murray, UT. He was born 22 Nov 1958 in Preston, ID. He married Jennie. She survives him. Interment in the Whitney, ID Cemetery 31 Dec 2021. David’s line: Leonard Struve Hobbs & Opal Farnes > Raymond George Farnes & Elsie Sarah Corbridge > John William Corbridge & Sarah Louisa Taylor > James Caldwell Taylor & Sarah Mariah Hyde
-James Caldwell Taylor & Lucy Jane Lake
Connie Checketts (Vernon), 90, died 5 Oct 2021 in Salt Lake City, UT. She was born 6 Sep 1931 in Dayton, ID. She married Stewart Graham Vernon 4 Apr 1951 in the Salt Lake Temple. Funeral 18 Oct 2021 in Salt Lake City. Connie’s line: Andrew Norell Checketts & Dora Taylor > James Caldwell Taylor & Lucy Jane Lake.
Joining the Joseph Taylor Sr. Family Association? #
To sign up or renew your membership, go to our website, or send $15 annual dues to: Mike Deal, 3080 Dutchman Drive, Santa Clara, UT 84765
All checks should be payable to “Joseph Taylor Sr. Family Association.”
Please include your email address if you have one, as well as your postal address and a telephone number.
The Taylor Times Will Need a New Editor in 2023 #
Yes, I’m officially quitting the job after 29 years. I’m not quitting the Association, but it’s time for someone else to step in as the newsletter person.
There’s no getting around it, I’m 87 and 3/4 years old. Not only is everything getting harder to do, but I might suddenly show up in the obituaries myself.
You remember that you didn’t get a couple of issues of Volume 25 because I couldn’t get online enough to do them, besides being evacuated three times and having a computer crash? If we’d had an assistant editor, something could have been done.
We are also accumulating a lot of obituary scans and some bi- ographies that we’d like to sort and share, but we have no one volunteering to do that just now.
I will continue to update articles from the T Times and upload them to the website. I’m hoping to have a dozen or more to be available by the Virtual Reunion and plan to keep going until I’ve put all the research I’ve got in my files up where it can be easily read. If I manage to do more research I’ll write it, too.
This is pretty urgent. I’ll have more to say in the next few is- sues about what the job entails. Future T Times newsletters wouldn’t have to look like the current ones, though.
We actually need many kinds of volunteers. If you want to help in some way but you’re not sure just where your talents fit, let’s talk it over, starting with the reunion.
—Eileen Phelps
Taylor Family Association Officers and Committee Heads: #
Taylor Association Board of Trustees:
Founding Trustee: Noel Taylor, 1116 S. 900 East, Apt B, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, Cell: 385-887-2926; noeltaylor2002@gmail.com
Trustees: Ronald Emery Taylor, Gordon Morris Taylor, Mark J. Taylor. (See contact info below)
President: Dr. Roger Taylor Russell; 7430 S. Wasatch Blvd. Unit J4, Salt Lake City, UT 84121; 907-446-7611; rogertdds@aol.com
Vice-President: Blaine Taylor, 4380 West 2100 North, Plain City, UT 84404; 801-731-4356 or 801-644-0595; bj.taylor40@gmail.com Vice-President: Gordon M. Taylor, 5952 Tom Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130; 303-683-9244 or 303-945-5737; gmtmt8@gmail.com Vice-President: Mark J. Taylor, P.O. Box 639, St George, UT 84771, 435-669-1367, tmjtbat2@gmail.com
Membership: Mike Deal, 3080 Dutchman Drive, Santa Clara, UT 84765, 435-632-5451, themikedeal@gmail.com Secretary: Nancy Gregory, 2337 E. Canaan Way, Apple Valley, UT 84737; 360-914-7093: ngregory16@gmail.com Treasurer: Reid Brown, 167 W. Newberry Ln., Ogden, UT 84414; 801-624-0126; reidbro@msn.com
Taylor Association Website: https://taylorassociation.org;
Webmaster: David R. Taylor, 1668 E 350 S., Springville, UT 84663, 801-602-4917: davidrtaylor96@gmail.com
Web Assistant: Karl Taylor, 4140 Legendary Dr., Apt 130 Frisco, TX 75034; 352-263-7820; karlt325@outlook.com
Facebook Groups: Joseph Taylor Sr. Family Association; Taylor Family Association
Taylor Database Manager: Ron Taylor, 183 West 1600 South, Orem, UT 84058; doit4ron@gmail.com
Assistant: Nancy Gregory, 2337 E. Canaan Way, Apple Valley, UT 84737; 360-914-7093: ngregory16@gmail.com
Taylor Family History Books: Shari Franke, 6147 South 2250 East, Ogden, UT 84403; 801- 479-6725; dwfranke@comcast.net
Taylor Times editor: Eileen Phelps; 17586 Dog Bar Rd, Grass Valley, CA 95949; cell 505-252-2005; eileen.phelps@littlehillservices.net
Mail Distribution: Teresa Johnson, 1786 Grandview Dr., Idaho Falls, ID 83402 ; 208-221-8832; btsmt2005@yahoo.com
Taylor Milestones: Shari Franke, 6147 South 2250 East, Ogden, UT 84403; 801- 479-6725; dwfranke@comcast.net
Taylor DNA Project: Ron Taylor, 183 West 1600 South, Orem, UT 84058; doit4ron@gmail.com
We are a member of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the LDS Ancestral Families Association
