Eli Taylor 1862-1931 Maria Telford 1869-1925

This picture is of the Hepworth's house in Bountiful, Utah.
Back row LtoR: Alma Hepworth, Eli Taylor, his wife Maria Telford holding their son Charles, Unknown woman, Melina Smith Taylor Hepworth, James Hepworth, George, Unknown young man.

Front Row LtoR: Beatrice, Unity Taylor, Witt Eli Taylor, Lurena Taylor, 

The Unknowns in the picture are thought to be Hepworths. It is likely they are the half brothers and sisters to Eli, who was raised by James. However, I have no confirmation of this. I do know that Lurena's son (Eli) once purchased this house in 1965 and then sold it in 1976. If anyone knows who the unknown Hepworth's are in the picture, I'd love to know!

Eli Taylor

Eli Taylor
Born 27 Dec 1862 Birmingham, Warwick, England
Parents: William Taylor and Melina Smith

Eli Taylor

Note: Eli was raised by James Hepworth, his stepfather.  Eli was the only one of four boys Melina gave birth to in England that survived to adulthood (see her story on this blog under Melina Smith/William Taylor). She met and married James Hepworth after she arrived in Utah and had several more children with him.

2nd Great Grandfather

Immigrated from England to Utah 1871 according to the 1900 Census
Married Maria Telford 23 Dec 1889 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Died 20 Jul 1931 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Note: his death certificate is not available online at this time. I have made a request that Utah archives link the image to the name, but they claim it is missing. 

Eli and Maria's headstone

Buried 23 Jul 1931 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Pictures: Family Group Sheet and Family Search
Marriage:  Utah Marriages Batch M73450-9 Film 483530
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (working for the Thomas Thurgood family)
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B  (Head of house)

Eli's obituary

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 47)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 57)
1930 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah Sheet 3B (age 67, living with his son Charles in the house of Juliett Wood who is a widow)
Obituary: Family Search posted by Doug Richan which he clipped from The Weekly Reflex issue Thursday 23 July 1931

Ancestry.com
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68723295

Maria's obit

Maria Telford
Born 22 Dec 1869 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Parents: Robert Telford and Maria Spooner
Died 7 Apr 1925 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah
COD: Cerebral Hemorrhage and arteriosclerosis
Informant on death certificate:  son Charles who was also living in Woods Cross 

2nd Great Grandmother

Maria's obit

Buried 10 Apr 1925 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Obituary 1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 277D (age 10)
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B 

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 40)

Note:  her name is spelled Mariah in the Census

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 50)

Family Search
Ancestry.com
Utah Death Certificate

Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68723660

CHILDREN

John Robert Taylor
Born 8 Dec 1890 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Died 27 Jan 1891 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Buried Bountiful City Cemetery (now is called Bountiful Memorial Park), Davis, Utah
Sources
Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120814460/john-robert-taylor
Family Search

George and Lucy

George Evan Taylor
Born 10 Feb 1893 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Military:  Lieutenant WWI, served on border during Mexican uprising in 1916
Occupation:  Dentist
Education: Utah State University

George's headstone

University of Utah
University of Southern California Dental College
College of Surgeons and Physicians of San Francisco
Activities: Davis County Commissioner 1958-1964
Charter President of Bountiful Rotary Club
Charter Commander of (Clarence M Argyle) American Legion Post and member of George R Day Post in Bountiful at time of his death
Charter Commander of Sons of Utah Pioneers (Thomas Kane Post)
Married Lucy Stringham 22 Sep 1922 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:  Dorothy, Michael
Died 26 Aug 1975 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Buried Bountiful City Cemetery
Sources
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120729403/george-evan-taylor
Marriage:  Utah Marriages batch M73650-4 Film 484357 mar lic app 3600
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B
Note:  He appeared as Evan G Taylor in the Census 
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 17)
Note:  He appears as Evan in the Census
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 26)
1930 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah Page 8A (age 37)
Note:  Appeared as Evan G Taylor in the Census
1940 US Census for Kaysville, Davis, Utah, Sheet 5B (age 47)
Deceased LDS member record
Social Security Death Index
WW1 Draft Registration Card which describes him as tall, grey eyes, brown hair

Lurena Taylor Mitchell

*Lurena Taylor

Great Grandmother

Born 22 Oct 1894 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married Frank Hunter Mitchell 29 Oct 1913 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Edna, Charles, Arline, Alfred, Una, Eli, Maryetta
Died 19 Apr 1962 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah (Cancer)
Buried Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B
Note: Her name was spelled Lerena in the Census

Lurena and Frank's headstone

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 15)

Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 429084 Batch M74304-9 Bk 46 cn 18013

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 25 - married and living in Bountfiul with her family)

1930 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah, Sheet 3B, (age 35)
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah, Sheet 5A (age 45)
Deceased LDS member record
Note:  her name was misspelled Lorena
Ancestry.com
Family Search
Picture:  in my possession
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50169398/lurena-mitchell

Witt Eli Taylor

Witt Eli Taylor
Born 16 Aug 1896 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Military: Navy
Married Louise Helen Nelson 13 Feb 1926 Durango, La Plata, Colorado
Children: Joyce, Robert
Died 2 Oct 1979  San Diego, San Diego, California
Sources
Colorado Statewide marriage index
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B 
Note:  His name was given as Eli W in the Census
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 13)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 23)
1930 US Census for Durango, La Plata, Colorado (age 33, he and wife Louise and 2 children are living with Peter Nelson, his father in law)
1940 US Census for Durango, La Plata, Colorado sheet 8A (age 43)
Deceased LDS member record
Family Search
Ancestry.com

Beatrice Taylor

Beatrice Taylor
Born 6 Aug 1898 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married 1) David James 18 Jun 1919 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note:  if this marriage is true, they must have divorced very quickly because in the 1920 Census she is with the Hiskey family in SLC - so more research is needed
2) Ernest Charles Hamilton 31 Dec 1922 Los Angeles, California
Children: Ernestine, Thelma

Beatrice Headstone

Died 3 Oct 1982 Fresno, Fresno, California
Buried Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno, California
Sources
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B 
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 11 - living w/parents)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 21 - living with the Virgil Hiskey family in Salt Lake City, Utah)
1930 US Census for Fresno, Fresno, California Sheet 20B (age 31)
1940 US Census for Fresno, Fresno, California Sheet 9B (age 41)
California Death Index
SS Death Index
Online: archives.state.ut.us birth record
Deceased LDS member record
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124377684/beatrice-hamilton

Unity Taylor

Unity (Una) Taylor
Born 2 Jul 1901 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married Rudolph Max Swenson 15 Nov 1922, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note: her name is recorded as Una and both bride and groom are listed as 21y old - however, it gives her birth year as 1900 - perhaps to get married without permission?
Children:  Max, Taylor, Beatrice
Death: Sep 1986 Utah
Burial: Bountiful Memorial Park
Sources
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 9)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 18)
1930 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 7B (age 29)
Note:  She and Rudolph and two children are living with the Albert Halbrook family
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 6A (age 40)
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 429113 Batch M74573-9 reference number 40968 also the marriage is recorded on the Western States Marriage Index
Death:  Social Security Death Index
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144239381/unity-swenson

Charles William Taylor

Charles William Taylor
Born 16 Sep 1902 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married Leone McKean Argyle 1 Sep 1933 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note: Their recorded ages at time of marriage is 30y for him and 23y for her.
Children: Carma, Charles, Irene
Died 19 Dec 1988 Ontario, Malheur, Oregon
Sources
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 7)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 17)

Charles and Leone's headstone

1930 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 28, single, living with his father at the widow Juliett Wood's place and claims his father's birthplace is Ireland his mother's is Utah)
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 34)
Online: Western States Marriage Index
Social Security Death Index
Deceased LDS member record
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31587382/charles-william-taylor

Baby Boy's birth Certificate

Baby Boy death certificate

Stillborn boy
Born and died 5 Mar 1906 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Birth and Death Certificates
Utah Deaths Film 2229075 Certificate 21 image 88

Clifford Van Taylor

Clifford Van Taylor
Born 13 May 1907 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah
Occupation: Farmer, Managed Safeway store in San Francisco
Married: Norma Rachel Law 23 May 1928 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:  Merrill, Gwenda, Helen, Val
Died 15 Jan 1956 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
COD: Heart disease, lung cancer
Buried: 18 Jan 1956 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources

Norma and Clifford's headstone

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 2)

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 12)

1930 US Census for San Francisco (Districts 1-250), San Francisco, California (age 23)

1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 64A (age 32)
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74614-3 Film 429125 An 54439 

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68724927/clifford-van-taylor

Utah Death Certificate
Deceased LDS member record

Ora May Taylor
Born 13 May 1909 Woods Cross, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Occupation:  Beehive Clothing Mills
Married Lyman Eugene Johnson 31 Jul 1929 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children: Eugene, Gary, Paul

Ora May and Lyman's headstone

Died 7 Jul 1968 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Buried 10 Jul 1968 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah

Sources

Living Family Contact: Carl Johnson cmjohnson63@gmail.com
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 9months)

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 10)

1930 US Census for Clover, Tooele, Utah sheet 1B (age 20)
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 63B (age 31)
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74592-9 Film 429134
Deceased LDS member record
Ancestry.com
Family Search
Obituary in Salt Lake Tribune Monday, 8 Jul 1968, page 25
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68725082/ora-may-johnson