Richard James Taylor
Richard James Taylor (1848-1905) was born 4 Feb. 1848 in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He was the son of John Taylor and Jane Ballantyne. He married Sarah Mariah Farr on 7 Aug. 1876 in Salt Lake City. He was baptized on 1 May 1856. He was mentioned in a letter Wilford Woodruff wrote to Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. on 11 May 1888 about land sales. He died 17 Mar. 1905 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
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