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Woodbury, John Taylor, Jr., 1884-1953

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1884 - 1953

Biographical History

John Taylor Woodbury (1884-1953) was an educator in Utah. He served as a Latter-day Saint missionary in Turkey from 1905 to 1909.

John Taylor Woodbury Jr. was born in St. George, Utah to John Taylor Woodbury Sr. (1863-1936) and Mary Elizabeth Evans Taylor (1862-1954). He served a four-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Turkey, from 1905 to 1909. In 1909, while still in Turkey, he married an Armenian/Turkish woman by the name of Mimzar (Nimzar) Gagosian (1890-1933). He graduated from Dixie College in 1913 and from Brigham Young University in 1916. Woodbury then taught at Dixie College in St. George for twenty-five years, where he served as head of the department of religion and education. He also served two terms as St. George's mayor. After his first wife's death he married Grace Mills in 1933. He died on December 2, 1953 in Richfield, Utah.

Citation:
John Taylor Woodbury, Jr. mission correspondence, 1905-1909 (served four-year mission to Turkey; later taught at Dixie College as head of religion/education department; served as St. George mayor; born to John Taylor Woodbury Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Evans Taylor on Aug. 16, 1884; married Mimzar Gagosian; remarried Grace Mills; died Dec. 19, 1936)

Washington County News obituary, December 10, 1953 (John T. Woodbury Jr.; head of Religion Department at Dixie College, two-term mayor of St. George, Utah)

Ancestry.com Family Data Collection, via WWW, Sept. 27, 2006 (John Taylor Woodbury; b. 16 Aug. 1884 in Washington, Utah; d. 2 Dec. 1953 in Richfield, Utah)

FamilySearch.com, May 23, 2012 (born to John Taylor Woodbury Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Evans Taylor; married Mimzar Gagosian; remarried Grace Mills)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ann W. Hafen papers, 1880-1980

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1768
Scope and Contents Contains Ann's personal files, including: daily journals, desk calendars, and other autobiographical material; early life memorabilia and school papers (elementary through university); personal and professional correspondence; manuscript files, primarily poetry, but also articles and shorts stories (including the collection 'Campfire Frontier'), plays and radio dramas (My Wife Shall Be A Lady, One More American, Quenched Fire, Son of Bird Woman, etc.), other radio programs, and music;...
Dates: 1880-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1768, LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen papers

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