William Joseph Taylor

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Possible Match

Taylor, William Joseph

Birth Date: 7 July 1832, Death Date:18 May 1869, Gender: Male, Age: 21 Company:Unidentified Companies (1853)

Pioneer Information: Evidence from emigration and genealogical records proves that the Taylor family traveled to Utah in 1853. They sailed to America in 1853, and the first documentation to place them in Utah is the birth of a child 7 June 1854 in Provo, Utah, which was prior to the arrival of that season's emigration. Further research is needed to determine the name of the company they traveled with.

SOURCE: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,401...

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William and Mary left England on Febuary 5, 1853, and traveled to Utah with the Cyrus H. Wheeloch Company, also know as the "Independent Company" and the Ten Gallon Company", they arrived in Provo, Utah on January 4, 1854. For more information about Grandfather William see: Find A Grave; "Route from Liverpool to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake" by James Linforth, that is the sketch/diary of artist Frederick Piercy - which is at the Whitmore Library in Sandy, Utah; The Jersey; Pioneer Overland Travel - The Ten Gallon Company 1853, The Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; The History of William Joseph Taylor by his Granddaughter Mary Taylor Dahlquist; Pioneer History -William Joseph Taylor which is located at The Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum in Salt Lake City; Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah by Frank Esshom; Black Hawk War Veteran- served as a private in Captain A.G. Conover's Branch in Provo, Utah from May 1, 1866- July 18,1866, Utah Territory Military.