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Norman Benjamin Taylor


Birth15 September 1828Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Norman Benjamin Taylor (1828-1899), memorial #25556849.

    Bill Yates, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (: Yates Publishing), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Norman Taylor and Lydia Forbush (1850); citing Provo, Utah, Yates Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900”.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Passing of the Pioneer," 26 November 1899, p. 5, columns 4-5.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Norman Taylor, folder "Amasa M. Lyman's company schedules, circa 1847 February-April" (#28), image 17, line 4.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 775-776, FHL microfilm 183373.
Death25 November 1899Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Norman Taylor (25 November 1899); citing Office of Vital Statistics, Salt Lake City, Utah, “Death registers 1890-1908,” image 562, FHL microfilm 26554.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Passing of the Pioneer," 26 November 1899, p. 5, columns 4-5.

    Grand Valley Times, Grand Valley Times (Moab, Utah: J.N. Corbin, 1896-1919), "A Pioneer Passes Away," 1 December 1899, p. 1, columns 2-3.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Death of a Utah Pioneer," 26 November 1899, p. 5, column 6.
Burial28 November 1899Grand Valley Cemetery, Moab, Grand, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Norman Benjamin Taylor (1828-1899), memorial #25556849.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Norman Benjamin Taylor, ID: KWJ6-9N8.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Norman Taylor (25 November 1899); citing Salt Lake City, Utah, Office of Vital Statistics, “Death registers 1890-1908,” image 562, FHL microfilm 26554.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Passing of the Pioneer," 26 November 1899, p. 5, columns 4-5.

    Grand Valley Times, Grand Valley Times (Moab, Utah: J.N. Corbin, 1896-1919), "A Pioneer Passes Away," 1 December 1899, p. 1, columns 2-3.
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   • Lurana Forbush
Married2 April 1848Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Norman Benjamin Taylor and Lurana Forbush, ID: KWJ6-9N8 and ID: KWVM-Y58.
          Children:
               Norman Lester Taylor
               Loren Sylvester Taylor
               Arthur Alonzo Taylor
               Rufus Benjamin Taylor
               Polly Henrietta Ann Taylor
               Jane Augusta Taylor
               Andrew Augustus Taylor
               Lydia Adelaide Taylor
               Lurana Helen Taylor


   • Lydia Forbush
Married22 November 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Norman Benjamin Taylor and Lydia Forbush, ID: KWJ6-9N8 and ID: LLQX-HLT.

    Bill Yates, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (: Yates Publishing), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Norman Taylor and Lydia Forbush (1850); citing Provo, Utah, Yates Publishing, “ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900”.
          Children:
               Ernest Leander Taylor
               Edwin Erastus Taylor
               Charles Wesley Taylor
               Hiram Martin Taylor
               Adelbert Thaddeus Taylor
               Sanford Alfonzo Taylor
               Elmer Franklin Taylor
               Lydia Lurana Taylor


   • Johannah Smith Jennings
Married19 August 1861Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Norman Benjamin Taylor and Johannah Smith Jennings, ID: KWJ6-9N8 and ID: KWJ8-JLS.

   • Helen Jeanette Murray
Married15 July 1863Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Norman Benjamin Taylor and Helen Jeanette Murray, ID: KWJ6-9N8 and ID: KWV9-TLL.
          Children:
               Heber Crispin Taylor


   • Annie Beckstead
Married9 March 1866Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Norman Benjamin Taylor and Annie Beckstead, ID: KWJ6-9N8 and ID: LHT7-RHW.

   • Nancy V Brashear
Married1 July 1886Buchanan County, Missouri, United States
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    Grand Valley Times, Grand Valley Times (Moab, Utah: J.N. Corbin, 1896-1919), "A Pioneer Passes Away," 1 December 1899, p. 1, columns 2-3.

    Recorder of Deeds, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Norman Taylor and Nancy V Tyler (1 July 1886); citing Buchanan County, Missouri, Recorder of Deeds, “Marriage record, v. F-G 1883-1888,” image 390, FHL microfilm 1004804.
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• 1840Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Santaquin, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Taylorsville, Juab, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusGrafton Township, Lorain, OhioExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSantaquin, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSantaquin, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusTaylorsville (Levan Precinct), Juab, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young Vanguard CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure16 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847
• Milo Andrus CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), .
       Departure7 Jul 1861
       Arrival12 Sept 1861
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• Compiled Military Service RecordExtractImage
• Compiled Military Service Record--Co. Muster-In RollExtractImage

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