Margaret Young Taylor

For other people named Margaret Taylor, see Margaret Taylor (disambiguation).

Margaret Young Taylor
Sketch of Margaret Young Taylor (ca. 1919)
First Counselor in the general presidency of the Young Women
1880 – 1887
Called by	Elmina Shepard Taylor
Successor	Maria Young Dougall
Personal details
Born	Margaret Young (1837-04-24)April 24, 1837 Westport, Connecticut
Died	May 3, 1919(1919-05-03) (aged 82) Salt Lake City, Utah
Cause of death	stomach cancer
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery 40.777°N 111.858°W / 40.777; -111.858 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)
Spouse(s)	John Taylor
Children	9
Parents	Ebenezer R. Young Margaret Holden

Margaret Young Taylor (24 April 1837 – 3 May 1919) was a member of the inaugural general presidency of what is today the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. She was one of the plural wives of John Taylor, a president of the LDS Church.

Margaret Young was born in Westport, Connecticut. When she was 14 years old, she converted to Mormonism. She became one of the plural wives of church apostle John Taylor and emigrated to Utah Territory in 1858.

In 1880, when Elmina Shepard Taylor became the first general president of the church's Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association, Margaret Taylor was chosen as the first counselor in the presidency. After John Taylor died on 25 July 1887, Margaret Taylor resigned her position and was replaced by Maria Young Dougall.

Taylor died of stomach cancer in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the mother of nine of John Taylor's 34 children.

References

• Richard L. Jensen, “The John Taylor Family,” Ensign, February 1980, pp. 50–51
• Jenson, Andrew (1936). "General Board of the Young Woman's Mutual Improvement Association". Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Vol. 4. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson Memorial Association (Printed by The Deseret News Press). pp. 5529 267. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
• B. H. Roberts, The Life of John Taylor (Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1897)
• Cannon, Ann M. (1919). "Margaret Young Taylor". The Young woman's journal. Vol. 30. The Juvenile Instructor Office, Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association. pp. 301–302. Retrieved December 14, 2011. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

External Links

• Margaret Young Taylor at Find a Grave
• Margaret Y. Taylor biography, Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, L. Tom Perry Special Collections