Jabez Taylor journal
Scope and Contents note
Collection includes an originial journal kept by Jabez Taylor from August 1879 to August 1915. Also included in the collection are two typescripts of the journal. One copy was written on a typewriter, the other appears to have been printed off from a computer. The collection also includes Taylor's pedigree, along with his family group records for his families with Ann Fisher, Mariann Brewer, and Anna Pauline Peterson. In his journal, Taylor documents various topics spanning the weather, church functions and services, his family, and his day to day activities.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-1915
Creator
- Taylor, Jabez (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Jabez Taylor journal must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Jabez Taylor (1840-1919) was an English convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jabez Taylor was born on April 26, 1840 in Belper, England to William Taylor and Martha Thompson. At a young age, Taylor began working for the Cotton Factory of Messers Strutt and Company. During this time period, Taylor was baptized into the Latter-day Saint faith at the age of twelve. Taylor left the cotton factory at the age of fourteen or fifteen, at which time he began moving around England, living different places for short amounts of time. Despite his zeal for moving around, he eventually caved in to his mother's wishes and returned home to Clay Cross in Derbyshire. Shortly thereafter, Taylor wed Ann Fisher on December 25, 1860. In August 1863, Ann bore Taylor his first son, who died in September. Due to grievance, Ann took sick and "wasted away" according to Taylor, until her death on March 22, 1864. After her death, he moved back home with his mother. Then, on December 16, 1866, Taylor married Mariann Brewer. They parented six children together. Around this time, Taylor moved his family to Utah in order to be closer to the main body of Saints. While living in Salt Lake, Taylor also married Anna Pauline Peterson, with whom he also had six children. Jabez Taylor died on December 16, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Extent
1 half box (0.25 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains an original journal kept by Jabez Taylor from 1879 until 1915. Also included in the collection are two typescripts of the original journal, a pedigree for Jabez Taylor, and three family group records for his three respective wives.
Custodial History note
Donated by Larry Draper in September 2008.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Larry Draper; 2008.
Appraisal note
19th Century Western & Mormon Americana; Journal of a nineteenth-century Latter-day Saint.
As such, his journal provides insights into the average life of a Latter-day Saint man living in Utah during the late nineteenth century.
Processing Information note
Processed; Lissa Chandler; 2009.
Subject
- Taylor, Jabez -- Diaries (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of Jabez Taylor journal, 1879-1915
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lissa Chandler
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States