My great Grandfather was born just two years after the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He heard about the Gospel while still young and was baptized. When the time came, he served a Mission in Ireland. He married his first wife Mary Bowring and they decided to move to the Salt Lake Valley. They set sail on the ship "Jersey" along with many other Saints and an account of the journey was published. They had some good experiences and some not so good, but they were all happy to be on the ship. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley approximately eight months after leaving England. They moved to Provo, Utah where William went to work in the woollen mills.
William took a second wife Rebecca Harris (my great grandmother) who was very young when they married. Rebecca was a niece of Martin Harris, who was a witness to the Book of Mormon. Two children were born to this union, a son Emer Harris Taylor and a daughter Rebecca Harriet.
William was called to be a Home Missionary and also served in the organization of the34th Quorum of Seventy.
William contracted encephalitis and died when he was only 37 years old.
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