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Portraits of the past: Heversham Parish church

Published: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 12:21 a.m. MST

Kenneth Mays, For the Deseret News

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James and Agnes Taylor, parents of President John Taylor, were members of record of the Church of England. They had their son John baptized into the parish church in Heversham, when he was about a month old. John?s father, James, had been baptized in that same church building as an infant. Peter Fagg, a local researcher and author, has written that John?s christening is still listed on the parish church records. While a teenager, John Taylor joined the Methodist Church and became a lay preacher in that faith. After moving to Canada, he eventually met Elder Parley P. Pratt and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Taylor was ever faithful from that time on, through his service as president of the church. President Taylor died in 1887 in Kaysville. Photo by Kenneth Mays

James and Agnes Taylor, parents of President John Taylor, were members of record of the Church of England. They had their son John baptized into the parish church in Heversham when he was about a month old. James had been baptized in that same church building as an infant.

Peter Fagg, a local researcher and author, has written that John's christening is still listed on the parish church records. While a teenager, John Taylor joined the Methodist Church and became a lay preacher in that faith.

After moving to Canada, he eventually met Elder Parley P. Pratt and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Taylor was ever faithful from that time on, through his service as president of the church. President Taylor died in 1887 in Kaysville, Utah.

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