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John Taylor (1 November 1808 – 25 July 1887) was an English-born religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS Church to have been born outside the United States.
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Margaret Young Taylor (24 April 1837 – 3 May 1919) was a...
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John Whittaker Taylor (May 15, 1858 – October 10, 1916) was...
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. John Taylor (1 November 1808 – 25 July 1887) was an English-born religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS Church to have been born outside the United States.
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John was with the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum Smith in Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844 (see D&C 135). In the afternoon of June 27, he sang “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief.”. At 5:15 p.m., he was in the bedroom of the jail when Joseph and Hyrum were murdered. Four bullets entered John’s body in the deadly attack.
John Taylor. John Taylor was the third Prophet and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was known for helping the Saints deal with the persecutions of jail, fining, and being denied the vote because of their beliefs, all of which occurred during his presidency.John Taylor was born on November 1, 1808, in Milnthorpe ...
In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the fulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which ...
In February 1879, the anti-Mormon Salt Lake Tribune nicknamed John Taylor “John the Revelator.”[1] Though meant to disparage President Taylor, this appellation echoed what many Latter-day Saints believed—that John Taylor, as the presiding Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ, was the successor of the first two prophets, Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and an inspired recipient of the ...
