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Coui Corn ty Supenntendent Superintendent Superintendentfa SuperintendentM M Knigl Kmgl Knngl t folio Ting vmg sing an illtot III ill III'J illof 'J J 'Jof ' of several se\eral se eral \ yeais years } e3.IS e3IS . Mr Tailor Taylor Taylorbeen Tailorteen Ta } lor teen been bE < if bedfast st for over 0er oser 0\ 0 \ er a ye ; eiiils e'u eu e'uIIJ ' r rIlhls IIJ Ilhls ( ] S cond ion had graduallyn graduallyO graduallypa gradually pa n \\O O \ now none duiing dUllng during the pist p1St pest threeohs three threc ohs thS thSIe Ie Ie1lS ohsie \ TOS \\1lS 1lS was a res dent of1'oab of ' \ Moab \1'oab 1'oab 1oab con conlOusly conousIy conunsly lOusly ousIy S snce nee 1881 Until lecent recent lecents lecentIS recentrs IS rs s he be had been engaged in the thele thele theIe le and sheep shcep business busmess and held | | T ypubi publ pub ! c positions positrons In the coun counincluding counn counincluding including n 1udmg commissioner treas and assessorKrai as.essor asessor a&essor aessor a&essorneral . & neral eral services were \ a ere heldIon held Monafternoon \ Mon \Ion Ion Ionafternoon afternoon am n from frnTYt thft the Ti L D S Sbet ? ( ' eI bet . 5 , with Bishop W RIc R \Ic Ic Mc Mcode \ MeBe IcItie Itie ode in charge The services SPrvlCes \ w \ ere ereoded ereeded erenied oded eded by a large throng of leI nel leiS s and friends fnends and there were \ acrey ere 1 p floral 1Ioml tloral offerings offermgs The opemng opening opemngwas openingberrr openingbtr berrr was aas a duet Crossing Crossmg the . by Mrs Mennel Stewart andE and andIL R IL . . H . . , Dalrymple with Mrs Dlaldwin D DIaIdwin IaIdwin dwn ! accompanying accompaning } The indon in Int1 t1 on was offered by Howard Ho\\ard Ho ard \ \ W Wley Wley ley y followed foUowed by b } a dl du diet et lead leadGently I leadGtntly ead eadGently Gently Home by Mrs Betholand Bethol d and Mrs Tom Taylor 1\1rs 1 1rs Mrs Mrswta \ Mrswin wta ln accompanying accompanymg The prm pun punI pnnspeakers 1 I speakel speaker , were Elmer F TayKirtland Tay TayKirtland TaytfKlrtland Kirtland New ! Mexico lVPXICO presi presithe presithe presiKl the Young stake of the L D Dch Dch DRich ch and Hiram M Tailor Taylor Ta lor of ofke ofCity ofike * ike ke City an official of theLuke the theke theke ke temple brothers of thE thewho theSd ' , who spoke feetogly feelnngly feelingly of ofng ofng ofIon ng ? association assocmtlon and intimate intimatewith intimatewith Intimateins with , Mr Taylor They Theyhis Theyhis Theyl | his generous " , warm arm hearted heartedand heartedand heartedi and nd paid , a high tribute to toeIme toclime toiriime eIme clime ! of service to family and andt1 andoily andunity oily t1 Bishop McConkle vpoa.er vpoaer opo.e opoe opo.ecallmg spa ; . > . e ecalling calling callmg attention to tome "orne orne some " oftompllslunents of ofmpllshments ofmpllshments mpllshments of his hl < ; life hfe Thetill The Thed d he said had left a nch rich nchand richand richf and his name.111 name \ will \.111 .111 . ever evertely evertely everiimately TheI I tely connected with the theof theof theF | Of the gro\\ gro growth groth \ th and develop developfit developf | f Moab and Grand countyCarroll countyCarroll county , Can-oil Can oil Carroll - J Meador and Mrs Mrsorgensen Mrsorgensen Mrsfforgenscn orgensen sang The End of ofect ofect ofect ( ect Day accompanied accompamed b by byldwm biialdwm Idwm ldwm alter after which the beneus benewas bene > us was * as offered by Frank M MAt MAt ' At the cemetery the dedicairayer dedlca dedica dedicarayer rarer rayer IIrarer rareras \ was \\as as offered by dedlcaII Hiram Hiramy10r Hiramylor Hiramiylor II y10r ylor and the choir sangr sang r My God to Thee Theeg Theeng g the out of TheeI town relativesre relativesere relath relatives es esere I ' ere ( in Moab for the ftilleral funeral ftilleraland funeraland funeralSs Taylord mid and , Mrs Elmer F Taylor Ta Ta\Iornd Ta Iornd ) \ lor lord d New Mex co Hiram1 Hiram 1fr MMr M \1 1 ' \ ' \fr fr Mr \ r and Mrs Stan Stanley Ie } Rus Rusnd Rusrid Rusind nd rid daughters Shirley andSalt and andSa.lt andSalt Sa.lt Salt . Lake City Claude N NFruita NFruits RTiita Fruita Fruits Colo Mennel W WMack WMack W'Mack WMack ' Mack Colo Mr and Mrs MrsTalor MrsTaylor MrsI Tailor Talor Taylor } Cisco John B BJr BJr Bs Jr Duchesne Kenneth C CWashmgton CWashington Cbon , Washington Washmgton D C CTaYlor CTaylor CTayIor , TaYlor is survived by three threears threeers threetens ers tens ! and four sons \ who ho area area are " a L Robertson Salt Lake LakeMr LakeMrs LakeMR Mr Mrs < ; Lydia A Skewes ardHelen ard and ardHelen andHelen Helen M Knight Moabr MoabA Moab A Taylor Jr and L Lr L LMoab LMoab TaylorCall TaylorCola Moab Claude N Taylor Taylorsento Call Cola and Ruel J Taylor Taylorento Tayloronto ento onto Calif Cahf All of his chll chil chllere chilere chilwre ere ; here for the funeral ex exel exl ex"id exid " el l J Taylor who underwent underwentpus underwentus us operation last week at atonto atlento toital ento onto entoand and is still stll ! confined to topital visitedher ital bed Mr Taylor visited visiteder visited"iw visitediw " her er in Moab three weeks ago agoOrotlKrs agoothers others and one sister sur"in surin sur surm surthey " m They are Andrew Aand Aand A ' MaxwellS "d d and " . Mrs Addie Addle Addre Maxwell 8 S A . A . Taylor Durango Colo Colo1M ColoM M . M . Taylor Salt Lake City Cityer Cityer CityP"1 CityP1 KirtlandUtitico KirtlandX1co " X1co er " r i F ' Taylor Kirtland ur or 1 " Alonzo Taylor was Born Corn barn ' Bemardino Bernardino AugustHis Calif August ' Taylormember His father Norman . Taylor'member Taylormember Taylor ' member of the first band ofWOMtrs of ofDloneers pIoneers Dloneers who " , ho under the leador lead leadof leadof enteredate pntered'te enteredbe of Erigham Brigham Young pntered entered 'te te be ' 'tevalley vaUey valley July 24 1847 1847ro 1847TaYlor econdInto Taylor driving the < ; second econd into 11111) 11111 ) the vaUey valley After re rem re"t ret " timeIors timeironn . in 111 m Utah but a short time timeiT ironn } - Iors went " 1 on to san Bernar i-T i T Bernartna Bernarand and * Taylorrn Taylorno here Arthur A Taylor " rn . no . His Ills father Norman camo came cameh h fr01ll from _ _ Ohio * .n n . " and ttiiu ilia his iiiuiiiei mother inForbush iiiuiiieiinForbush na-i na i Forbush motherForbush Taylor was aas v . a1 > , a na- na - naVennant naVermont spendingrears spendmgears spendingears Vtnnont Vennant Vermont After spendmg spending ears to in California Cahfornia Normang Norman Utahg Normanna Normanand and at Normanat atfamily na family fa1nlly returnedIns returned to Utah Utah8 g at Santaquln taquin Ins in 1858 858 They ! "Saged Saged 1gaged They"Saged Theyged " ged in the sav "a a " < a ? . mill mm busl busi busle busie busiwre e Littlek and later moved to Little Littlelyd theygaged k Juab county where they lyd businessIg'9 bUsiness andbUsiness gaged in the ranching and and1818 1879 Ig'9 Ig9 ' several eral members ot of the the"B6 fall1lly family thefall1lly thefamily In search of new cat - "B6 B6 nge age " Salleyoka came callie to Moaballey Moab \alley alley Salley \ alleyi 0-11 0 11 oka ' - as " ut LIttle Grand valley liked thatclded thatBided this section so v . well ell that Ine clded Bided to locate here and In e TaYlors , - * * moved AI.IVVCU AIIVVCU . their LI1CU fami Iami 1U.11U 1U11U . severale4 severaled driving famidriving Iamidriving rine ! with wit " them several e4 ed 11 tounder helld head of cattle The trip to under ' - - the leadership leadershl1 > ot of Nor NorJ-aylor NorJ aylor NorTaylor . Taylor required several severalOontlnued severalContinued Oontlnued Continued on last page ) ARTHUR A TAYLO TAYLOR TAYLORLONG TAYLORLONG LONG TIME CITIZEN CITIZENANSWERS CITIZENANSWERS ANSWERS LAST LST L \ST ST < \ C'VL CVL CLI C CALL CALLContinued \LI LI < \ ' . ( Continued from flrst first firstge pige page ) \ge ge ' \ ) months and " was "as as made under num numerous numerous erous hardshipsArthur hirdshlps h\rdships h rdships hardships hirdshlpsArthur ' \ Arthur A Tailor TaJlor Taylor " was "as as a marrle married marriedman marriedman marrleman man of only one diy d\Y d Y day ' \ when he left leftJuab leftJuab Juab county for Moab On September September Septem Septemher her ber 30 1881 he married marned Miss Sen\ Sen Sens SenJensen SensJensen Sen SenJenscn ' \ Jenscn Jensen of Ephraim and the next nextdaJ nextday nea neaday daJ day day they departed on the long longjourne longJourney journev journe Journey } to Grand s \ lallc alleJ allc3 } Mr Twlor Taylor Twlordroe Taylordrone drove dro\e dro e drone \ a yoke of oxen Into the valley valleyrleven valleyEleven valle : : Eleven rleven children " were "ere ere born to Mr Mrand Mrand M : andIrs and ! \ Mrs \Irs Irs Ta Tailor Taylor lor seven even of whom whomsurvIve whomsurvive whor whorsurvive survive He his h\s h s has ' \ 22 grandchildre grandchildren grandchildrenand and five great grandchildrenAlthough grandchlldien grandchiIdlen grandchildren grandchiIdlenI I Although Mr Tiylor Twlor Taylor s famil family w \ ere erc ereconsIdered ercconsidered er erconsidered considered faillyell falily failly fairly ' \ well \\ell ell to do during duringhIS duringhis his bo boyhood hood theJ they the } underwent under"ent underent " many manyhard manyhardships man manhardships hard hardships hips and privations prl\atlons prl atlons prisatlons \ Mr Tay Taylor Tayfor lor for recently recalled recaJIed that in 111 1864 1864when 1864when ' when he was 10 years of age he hetraded hetraded traded a load lead of " wood "ood ood to the utah utahWoolen UtahWoolen Woolen Mills at Provo for his firstready first firstready firs firsready ready m ide suit of clothes firstI I Mr Taylor w \ was as a rancnei ranchel and andcattleman aicattleman cattleman in 111 the early days daysMoab of ofMoab ofMoab Moab He acquired a large ranch inthe In Inthe ithe the 10\\ 10 low lower 10er \ er part of Moab valley now nowowned nowowned no'owned noowned ' owned by Dale M iPamott IPaITlott PaiTiott and andbuilt andbuilt anbuilt built the large brick house on that thatfarm thatfarm thafarm farm The Taylor lancli lanch ranch . was v.as vas known knownfar knownfar knowfar far and wide for its hospitality and andas andwas anwas \\as as was ' \ a favorite favonte stopping place for fortraelers fortras fctravelers tra\elers tra elers tras \ elers and friends fnends during durmg those thoseda thosedays thosdavs da days s of slow transportatIonAlthough transportationAlthough transportation transportationAlthough Although originally orJ.gl11ally orJgl11ally . a cattleman cattlemanMi cattlemanMi cattlernaiMi Mi Taylor in 111 1892 went into the thesheep thsheep thesheep sheep business busmess and brought the thefirst thefirst thfirst first band of sheep into mto Grand Grandeount Grandcounty Grancounts GrancountsDuring eount county countyDuring During the first year of the Ta Tar Tarfors Tavlors \ lors fors residence in the vallei valleJ vaiie3 the theDenver theDenver thDenver Denver & & - - Rio Grande narrowgauge naITO\\ naITO narrow naITOgauge narrowgauge \ gauge railroad \ was as built through throughGrand throughGrand Grand county Mr Talor Ta31or Ta ; lor contract contracted contracted contracted ed tho the building build111g of a considerable considerablestretch considerabistretch considerablestretch stretch of railroad grade bet\\een bet een between beteenThompsons betweenThompsons betneeThompsons \ ] Thompsons and Cisco CISro CiscoDuring CISroDunng CiscoDuring During Dunng the fir t feears few fe\\ fe \ \ y } ears of oftheir otheir i itheIr ' theIr residence in Moab valle3 valle vale ! ; itwas It iwas ' W9.S W9S was . necessary necessar to cross the Grand GrandrIver Grandriver Gramriver It'I 'I I rIver by fording fordmg and rafting After Afterseern1 Afterseveral Afteseveral se\ern1 se ern1 several \ years } ears of this sort of rIver rIvertransportatoIn rivertransportatoin rive : transportatoln transportatoIn Norman Taylol Taylos Taylolwith Tayloswith Tayloiwith with the aid of his sons built the thefirst thifirst thefirst first ferry boathlen boat whicn \\hlen hlen \ they operated operatedfor operatedfor operatector for many JealsArthur SearsArthur seais Jeals Sears Arthur Tailor Talor Taylor , during durmg his long longresIdence longresidence lone residence m 111 in Giand Gland Grand county was \ Cory Coryactive \ ry ryactIve active in m public and business busmess affaIrs affaIrsHe affairsHe Heas He was \\as as ' \ the first county treasurer treasurerGrand treasurerGrand treasureGrand ) Grand county ever had He served servedse servedseveral servecseveral seeral several se\ se \ eral terms as county commls commis commlsSlOner commissinner commissioner SlOner sinner being chairman of the board boardtv boardtwo boarctwo tv two . 0 terms He served as coun y as assessor assessor . sessor for 10 ) sears Jears ears and for 18 } ) leanwis ears earsI earss earswas ' was , \s s ' \ state sheep inspector mspector of Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Granccounty GranccountyHis I I county . countyHIs His wife died in m 1906 and in 1918 1918Mr 191 191Mr I , Mr Taylor married Mrs CaddIe CaddIeI CaddIeRobertson CaddieRobertson CaddieRobertson i Robertson at MoabFew MoabFew Moab MoabFew ' I Few men enjo enjoyed ed a lirger luger larger acquaintanceship ac acqualntanceshlp acquaintanceship qualntanceshlp quaintanceship throughout Utah Utah'and Utahand Utatand 'and and ' and the mtermountain mtermountaln intermountain country countrv than thanArthUl thanArthur thanArthui ' ArthUl Arthur A Taylor Until he became becamephysIcal becamephysically becamephysically physIcal physically ! } incapacitated mcapacItated several severalyears severalyears severalyears years ago his 1us " work "ork ork took him into intovanous intovarious intcvarious vanous various parts of the sta state te and hIS hISfrzends hisfriends hiifriends frzends friends were legion wherever he hewent hwent hwentArthur ( " went ent entArthur wentArthur Arthur A Taylor was a man oflofty of ofloft olloft loft lofty } principals prmclpals and Integrity It Ithas Ithas III has been said of him that in m his hisI hi ' . I i ' ' dais das da3s } of affluence afflr.ence afflrence . . he never turned turneda turne'a turnea ' a deaf ear to those in need He was wascompletely \ wacompletely as ' completely Icompletely unselfish and "ould ould would "ouldi wouldgladly " wouligladly gladly share his last centV1th cent \ with \V1th V1th a a'I afellow ; fellow being in 111 rn needHe needHe need needHe 'I I 'Ifellow Heas He \ was \\as as a grand charact character charactar r and he henumbered henumbered hnumbered numbered his friends by ! his qlS ac acI acqualntances acquaintances quaintances His name will evci eVE'I eVEI ever ' be behonol behonored bhonoied I honol honored ed and revered among tlios those tho thosewho e who \ ho kne v hl1n hun best |