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John Taylor (1 November 1808 – 25 July 1887) was an English-born religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS Church to have been born outside the United States.
John Taylor served as the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1880 and his death in 1887. Born in 1808 in Milnthorpe, England, he joined the Church in 1836 along with his wife Leonora Cannon Taylor while living in Toronto, Canada.
Born in 1808 in the Westmoreland region of northwestern England, John Taylor was blessed with humble, kind, and loving parents who taught him to read and believe the Bible, to trust in God, and to have hope in Christ. His parents, James and Agnes Taylor, had him baptized in the Church of England shortly after his birth.
John Taylor, Third President of the Church. John Taylor was born November 1, 1808, in Milnthorpe, Westmorland, England. An 1832 immigrant to Toronto, Canada, he was a cooper and part-time Methodist minister.
Sep 12, 2023 · Recently, researchers from the Church History Department undertook an investigation into one of the oldest and most frequently discussed items in the department’s collection: John Taylor’s pocket watch, famously worn by President Taylor in his vest during the attack on Carthage Jail that took the lives of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
Defender of Truth. By Karla C. Erickson. As third President of the Church, John Taylor stood unshakable in his testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith, leading the Church through some of its most trying times. John Taylor was born on 1 November 1808 in Milnthorpe, a small town in the county of Westmorland, England.
John Taylor. Third President of the Church, 1880–1887. Testimony of Joseph Smith. “Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it.
