| Show f TJ I r m t 9 e r t v in int lf i f S H me ih n Early Eary Days D yB en Hem Hearses s a d all al the trie c fo rn G vc for th G nf fy bs s si i Were Wre J E R Taylor Jayor tl c First Fir t cr of Yi Statistics St Q I OR the ft ilG years that t lt Salt Saltus alt alti F i I us I an abiding p ae I lo people there was I not a I regular l undertaker un bo iB I ami anil tho Ho coast That thero was need lc d dr toe r QI du nJ tho period pelo beginning in n 1847 ami clida In ca td t sd wore frequent Mil Un t ose tl YH 1 from frol tho time they the first Tho rho tudes und ti U H experiences to cro tho plains el l ut der MI tho th most m st tl s then pr aln caused u d many mal a t to lo 10 shortly into Inlo holt that sleep th no awakening In m Then rh l Halt Balt I Iko ako was WIS the tho hotis f bound cast esl ward und and Westward I stad who had nu 1 thought Of be sojourning permanently in thee purls puts ami of t these fell el III I In tho deserts arid ll laid to rest resl In Inthe II the Client Jl nl city elt on Oi tha tho n bench To and nd friends of fell teJ tho Iho of tho th dead for burial and I Ilio tho funeral functions 1 rH and oth e upon demand but there was entire lack of or fea fOlt features tures turcs that go to make mako up Ul u IL funeral of or today tda lire Hie rot from active ser service vice vl of r Joseph T E Taylor tho News has hus been able hie 10 dala of oC tha undertaking profession II in this llis state 46 rl neo as 18 a It caretaker pf oC the tho dead ead In 1863 Sir Ill Taylor fa l received roc ln appointment as re Ie recorder corder nf of vital statistics l and city FOX ex FOXton exton ton and It va vas then thon he entered upon Jon his career of oC an nn undertaker tho first asi a In tho Thoro ha been a i number of flex ton hi time the ap al of ono from the th e year 1852 NI In III tha beginning ng but bUl was paid to properly recording death JIn instances Int slips of rather el than books em employed any at all 1111 done A piece QC f paper panel found In Inthe the tho sextons ns files long tho man who had placed pa Il It If there thero had hll 1 from thuu a tt woman lh l A washer wo woman man 1 1 or 01 three blocks s cast caul from J To T meet tho demands d of an nn accurate recorder l and of at ti I ell I undertaker Ull constituted the Im t Mr Taylor and that ho suc succeeded su is recognized not only by h the Iho J Lake iko City but by bytho bytho tho people pf of tho w settlements adjacent thereto Shortly after ho had opened op an un undertaking und d ther occurred o the tha death deith bf a 11 young punS man in city un under del der peculiar tand distressing circum circumstances stances Two brothers rOl of oC u t Wealthy resident of St Louis under undertaking taking a L trip around the world slopped over oer In Salt Lake Lak Here Hore one ne of or them fell suddenly Illand to his In Inthe the h le the Townsend was summoned a leading phy M lan I DI r Tate Hc diagnosed cat as which up to that time th was certified to 10 by byall all physicians as liS inflammation ot or the tho bowel To ro the physician the said Hald Doctor save vo that boy and amI a 11 check for any sum that my name will IY honored by l my It is too toolate to late Ie raid l ld h pf medicine in inal al an hour jour our brothel will bo dead The prediction proved true as asIn In ca ili hl i youn no rm U V t 4 r rI I ONn COACH RIDE The Th rs sought the services ofa Orf Mr Taylor an anI l told lold him himbe be remaIn of tho deceased tobo shipped home no matter mattel what tho Iho cost might be and It ho wanted thu Ih body binl to be b In at presentable upon up l arrival at Its II destina destination tion There was no railroad r ll here berg nt at tho time and the stage slag coach was the Iho most availably modo pf transit t Mr 1 Taylors fertile it means of If ir th re u lI ld g to tho of oC Wells tho undertaker luid 1111 1 tho Iho matter before COlO thorn m was Placed ill II t his hi disposal and 1 the promise given gIen that at each station a J re relay rela lay la of horses would bo In readiness io to the corpse C Is on Oil Its Il way wa waAt At that time the tho of embalm embalming ing 1111 was unknown or 01 at al least nut not In thu w st t The Tho body Was us encased ill hI a heavy hea V casket which was entirely tilled with alcohol al und sealed It II re 1 nearly all tho available alcohol In III cily II ut at the time lime to meet the thu demand ll of Mr 11 Taylor hI body hody at St StLouis StLouis Louis in III splendid condition EMBALMING Not long ln after this IhL occurred the death of oC one lie of the Iho t prospectors In III Utah who succumbed to In typhoid fever then known as Ul mountain fever fer In thIs case as ns In III the other expense was ot ut no consideration and lInd Air 11 Taylor received 1 a It kilogram nun from Massachusetts to 10 ship Ilio tho body bod there Thu Tho undertaker engaged enga the tho services servIce of tho lato Dr D W V F 1 An Anderson derson on who removed Ill soft HOrl parts ot of the body the vitals which Wore pre preserved served In III a separate box hox The cavities of the tho body worn then h filled with pul pulverized charcoal and the tb body was wa wrapped In III cloths cloth soaked In III a II preparation tion ot Mr tr Taylor a or own making alid put Inlo a plain hermetically sealed casket It too loo was In good goo 1 condition destination was reached 1 During Taylors official activity ho look care ot of thc tho remain of or up upwards wards of oC deceased persons which Is 18 believed io tn bo tho worlds record rho largeness hugeness of th number wi dle to II the fact that for many mall years ear lw was waS tho only undertaker In the tho city and aud ho he had Imd also ulso tho o of tho sur surrounding rounding cities and towns Among tho Iho dignitaries who have havo met their final summons hero und whose who Jc functions Cle performed 1 by Mr 11 Taylor may bo mentioned tho following Gov Duana Duano Doty Dot who died In and was burled in III Fort Douglas cemo Ga 3 T Wilson Oct 31 1870 and remains shipped overland to his former homa l ti 1111 III Mr III Taylor performed Ilio tho last official rites riles for President Brigham Young John Taylor 1 Jor Wlford and Lorenzo Snow Sno Counsel o GeorgeA Smith Daniel II Vels and George Q Cannon several of Ilio fhe tw apostles and othor Church lend lead leaders ers OIS OISIn In addition to the tho city It hero aro tho following burial grounds l hero heie Fort Douglas Ml Olivet Israel IsI l Iud and the original cemetery In Iu each of these the e except tho city elty cemetery Mr Taylor made mudo tho first interment Tho initial burial in 11 lt of Robert Hobort Richmond In 1877 |
