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Taylor, Lester R., 1894-1962

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1894 - 1962

Biographical History

Lester Rogers Taylor was born on November 24, 1894 in Provo to T. and Maude Rogers Taylor. He served a mission to New Zealand. He married Vivian Parkinson in the Salt Lake Temple in 1918. He organized the radio station KNEU in 1946, was a farmer and irrigator, and was secretary and director of Alta Ditch Irrigation Company. He was a director fo the Provo Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Rotary Club. He was also the director of the Taylor Brothers Company and the owner of the Lester R. Taylor piano company with his wife. He and his wife had five children and sixteen grandchildren. He died on September 2, 1962.

Citation:
Lester R. Taylor papers, 1912-1971. L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. (born in Provo to T. and Maude Rogers Taylor, served to New Zealand, married Vivian Parkinson in 1918, organized KNUE, farmer and irrigator, secretary and director of Alta Ditch Irrigation, director for Provo Chamber of Commerce, member of the Rotary Club, director of Taylor Brothers company and owner of Lester R. Taylor piano company. Sixteen grandchildren).

FindAGrave.com, Lester R. Taylor (Lester Rogers Taylor). http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=40395901. (born November 24, 1894, died September 2, 1962.)

Ancestry.com, October 8, 2012. Lester R. Taylor (b. 1894). (married Vivian, five children.)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lester R. Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8104
Scope and Contents Contains the papers of Lester R. Taylor relating to his personal and professional life. It includes materials from his mission to New Zealand for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to New Zealand, yearbooks from his educational experiences, records of the Taylor Brothers Company, income tax returns, correspondence he sent and received over the years, letters exchanged with his future wife Vivian Parkinson from Provo, and other materials related to his life and work. Materials...
Dates: approximately 1912-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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