John H. Taylor (Mormon)
| John H. Taylor | |
|---|---|
 John H. Taylor in 1946 | |
First Council of the Seventy | |
| October 6, 1933 – May 28, 1946 | |
| Called by | Heber J. Grant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Harris Taylor June 18, 1875 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory |
| Died | May 28, 1946 (aged 70) Salt Lake City, Utah |
John Harris Taylor (28 June 1875 – 28 May 1946) was one of the seven presidents of Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Born in
ca. 1936
From 1896 to 1898 Taylor served as a missionary for the LDS Church in England.[2] Taylor married Susan Rachel Grant, a daughter of future church president Heber J. Grant and his wife Lucy Stringham Grant, in 1900. From 1907 to 1909 Taylor served in the Netherlands Mission of the church, and for much of this time was the president of the Belgium District of the church.[2]
Taylor attended the Chicago College of Dental Surgery (later Loyola University Chicago) and was a dentist by profession. He served as scout commissioner for the church when the church affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America in 1913. He was president of the church's Northern States Mission from 1923 to 1928. In 1925 the mission had slightly over 5000 members and 127 missionaries.[4]
In 1928, Taylor became president of the mission home in
His wife Rachel Grant Taylor was for a time a member of the General Board of the LDS Young Women organization.[6]
References
- ^ Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book and Andrew Jensen Historical Company, 1901–1936) 2:720.
- ^ a b c Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book and Andrew Jensen Historical Company, 1901–1936) 4:72, 248, & 363.
- Deseret Book, 2000) p. 2.
- ^ Heber J. Grant, Conference Report, April 1925, p. 4.
- ^ State of Utah Death Certificate Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rol Walker, "Jedediah and Heber", Ensign, 1979
