John Harris Taylor (28 June 1875 – 28 May 1946) was one of the seven presidents of
Seventy
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* a Pell number.
* the seventh pentagonal number.
* the fourth tridecagonal number.
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in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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(LDS Church).
Born in
Salt Lake City
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,
Utah Territory
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, Taylor was the son of Thomas E. Taylor and the paternal grandson of
church president John Taylor John Taylor, Johnny Taylor or similar may refer to:
Academics
*John Taylor (Oxford), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487
*John Taylor (classical scholar) (1704–1766), English classical scholar
*John Taylor (English publisher) (178 ...
.
[ Jenson, Andrew. ''Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia''. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book and Andrew Jensen Historical Company, 1901–1936) 4'']
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248, & 363. Taylor was
baptized
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into the LDS Church at age eight. At age 14, he received the
Aaronic priesthood and was ordained a
deacon
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and was ordained a
teacher
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''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
and
priest
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before he was ordained a seventy in 1896.
From 1896 to 1898 Taylor served as a
missionary
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for the LDS Church in
England
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.
[ Taylor married Susan Rachel Grant, a daughter of future church president ]Heber J. Grant
Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) was an American religious leader who served as the seventh president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Grant worked as a bookkeeper and a cashier, then wa ...
and his wife Lucy Stringham Grant, in 1900. From 1907 to 1909 Taylor served in the Netherlands
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Mission
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of the church, and for much of this time was the president of the Belgium
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District
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of the church.[
Taylor attended the Chicago College of Dental Surgery (later ]Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Cathol ...
) and was a dentist
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by profession. He served as scout commissioner for the church when the church affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America
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in 1913. He was president of the church's Northern States Mission
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Organised activities Religion
*Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity
*Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...
from 1923 to 1928. In 1925 the mission had slightly over 5000 members and 127 missionaries.
In 1928, Taylor became president of the mission home in Salt Lake City, Utah
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(predecessor to the Missionary Training Center). He was installed as one of the Seven Presidents of Seventy in 1933, where he served until his death in Salt Lake City from a coronary thrombosis
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.
His wife Rachel Grant Taylor was for a time a member of the General Board of the LDS Young Women organization.Rol Walker, "Jedediah and Heber", ''Ensign'', 1979
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