John Whittaker Taylor (May 15, 1858–October 10, 1916) was the son of John Taylor (the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and Sophia Whittaker. He was born in Provo, Utah while his parents were taking shelter there along with other church members from the Church conflicts in northern Utah. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Taylor (November 1, 1808 – July 25, 1887) was the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887. ... In the Latter Day Saint movement, the President of the Church is generally considered to be the highest office of the church. ... This is the current Mormon collaboration of the month! Please help improve it to meet the ideal article standard. ... Map showing Provo, Utah Provo is a city in Utah and the county seat of Utah County, located about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. ...

Taylor married in 1883 and moved to Cassia County in Idaho, where he worked as a farmer and in his father's sawmill. He also worked as a county clerk, and a newspaper editor, among many other things. 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Cassia County is a county located in the state of Idaho. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The term county clerk has been commonly applied, in several English-speaking countries, to an influential employee of a county administration. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ...

He died of cancer at his home in Forest Dale, Salt Lake County, Utah October 16, 1916, at 56 years of age. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Samuel W. Taylor, a noted Mormon historian, is perhaps his most famous child. Samuel wrote a biography of his father called Family Kingdom. Samuel W. Taylor also wrote a number of teleplays and stories that were adapted to film, including the short story "A Situation of Gravity" on which the movies The Absent-Minded Professor and Flubber were based. // Biography Samuel W. Taylor was a notable novelist, scriptwriter and historian. ... The Absent Minded Professor is a 1961 Disney film starring Fred MacMurray as title character Ned Brainard and Nancy Olson as Betsy Carlisle. ... Flubber is a 1997 film produced by Disney starring Robin Williams and Marcia Gay Harden. ...

Church service and conflict

The younger Taylor became a church leader in his own right. He was ordained as a deacon circa 1872 and a teacher in 1874. He also served as missionary. Taylor was ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church on May 15, 1884, on his 26th birthday. In Mormonism, priesthood is considered to be the power and authority to act in the name of God, including the performance of sacred rites and ordinances, and the performance of miracles. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This is the current Mormon collaboration of the month! Please help improve it to meet the ideal article standard. ... The current Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the LDS Church. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Taylor was a staunch believer in the doctrine of plural marriage, and had six wives and thirty-six children. Although the Church officially forbade the practice with the 1890 Manifesto, Taylor continued to privately marry additional wives and consequently resigned from the Quorum of the Twelve in April of 1905 (followed by the resignation of Elder Matthias F. Cowley in October of the same year). Early next February, Elder Marriner W. Merrill died. The three new vacancies were filled in the April General Conference of 1906 by George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, and David O. McKay. Plural marriage (also sometimes called celestial marriage or The Patriarchal Order of marriage) is a type of polygamy that was allegedly practiced by Joseph Smith, Jr. ... The 1890 Manifesto, sometimes simply called The Manifesto, was a historical statement which officially renounced the practice of polygamy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church; see also Mormon). Signed on by LDS President Wilford Woodruff in September of 1890, the Manifesto was a... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Matthias Foss Cowley (1858–1940) (commonly known as Matthias F. Cowley) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1897 until his death in 1940. ... Marriner Wood Merrill (1835-1906) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1889 until his death in 1906. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: LDS stubs ... Categories: LDS stubs ... David Oman McKay (September 8, 1873 – January 18, 1970) was the ninth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormon), serving from 1951 until his death in 1970. ...

John Taylor disputed with the Quorum of the Twelve often after his resignation. He was finally excommunicated from the Church in 1911, but he was not bitter with the Church and remained a believer, even up to his death.

In August 1916, John W. Taylor was posthumously baptized by proxy and reinstated into the Church by two Stake Presidents. However, a year later, the First Presidency officially stated that the reinstatement was null and void. He was later officially rebaptized and reinstated under the direction of Church President David O. McKay, in 1965.

Grave marker of John W. Taylor.

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Reference

• Taylor, Samuel W. Family Kingdom (ISBN 0-914740-14-8).

External link

• Essay adapted from LDS Biographical Encyclopedia