Show obituary benjamin franklin taylor was lorn in pittsfield barkshire Birk shire co mass august 4 1805 he emigrated with his parents to grafton loraine co ohio in 1817 at alic age of 22 he married ann mannell who bore him twelve children and died at alie age of 63 years they joined the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in lie was baptized by zebedee coltrin Gol trin april 12 1840 and emigrated to macedonia counte Coun tv in 1843 taking an active part in the erection of the nauvoo temple lie left with the sainta in the early spring of 1810 and reached pot taw otama iowa the same season he left iowa in the spring of 1850 for salt lake valley and lived that winter in a dugout dug out on little cottonwood union fort was afterwards built he left in the early spring of 1851 in company with apostles Apost lea lyman and rich for california now san belardino mardino Be eliere he took an active part in alie purchase and building up ot that place being a member of the hiigli council of eliat stake of zion until the move to utah in 1857 where lie has most of the time since apart of the time in to where he died of paralytic stroke on the etli of december 1889 at alic ripe age of 84 years 4 months and 5 days he died as ho had lived a true latter day saint at his last birthday anniversary at springville Spring ville where he had been for a few months several of liis numerous family met him and looked evoi alie family record showed grand children and great grand children aliis is perhaps one of the largest families in utah from only one wife his first was born september 15 1828 |