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Taylor, George Shepherd, 1860-1924

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860 - 1924

biographical statement

Citation:
Ancestry.com, Dec. 8, 2011 (George S. Taylor; George Shepherd Taylor; b. July 16, 1860 in Salt Lake City, Utah; d. Jan. 16, 1924 in Provo, Utah; m. Anna Christina Smoot (1858-1904)

Latter-day Saint bio. encycl., 1936: vol. 4, p. 362 (George Shepherd Taylor; president of the New Zealand Mission from 1920-1923; son of George Hamilton Taylor and Elmina Shepherd; wife died in 1904)

Mormon missionary diaries WWW site, Dec. 8, 2011 (George Shepherd Taylor; student at the University of Utah and Brigham Young Academy; worked as a clerk at the Taylor, Romney, Armstrong Lumber Company; m. Feb. 9, 1882 to Annie Kristine Smoot, sister of Reed Smoot; served as missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand, 1884-1888; moved to Provo, Utah, 1889; est. Provo Book and Stationary Company, 1889; president of George H. Taylor Investment Company, vice-president of Smoot Lumber Company; served as bishop and high councilman in Church)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

George M. Taylor postcard collection, circa 1907-1950

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1544 Series 10
Scope and Contents

Contains a postcard collection of George S. Taylor collected by George M. Taylor. Contains postcards and photographs of missionaries sent to him while on a mission in Germany. As well as postcards of art work, musicians, and theatre performers. Materials date from circa 1907-1950.

Dates: circa 1907-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1544, Ruth Louise Partridge papers

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