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Show John W. Taylor died of cancer, in Salt Lake City, on October 10. 1916. He was 59 years old. He was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery two days later. In 1909, before John's death, May Rich Taylor took over possession of the home in Farmington. The wives had become dependent upon their own resources, financially. Nettie could no longer afford the home and she and John had discussed the problem and had decided that it would be better for her to go to Prove. Nettie died there (in Provo) on January 8, 1956. She was buried in the Provo City Cemetery. May's possession of the home took her away from the social life of Salt Lake City, of which she had been a part. The move to Farmington did prove . profItable in that it was peaceful there and she could rest from the anxieties that she had faced as a result of people' s questions. Nay kept the home in top condition. The home contained many beautiful pieces of furniture, beautiful fireplaces, silver service, and rugs. The yard was also very well kept, with it's large orchards and gardens. Asa young girl, Marvel Nayfield. of Farmington, remembers going to the big house and polishing and cleaning. She said that the only problem was that everything was so maticulous that it was hard to tell what n ded cleaning. The chance to be in such a beautiful house made it all worthwhile. 11ay moved to Salt lake City in 1920 I and then on to Los Angeles. On August 15, 1966, ~lay passed away at the age of 101 years of age. Only one of John W. 's six wives outlived her. May sold the house to Andy Christensen in 1925. Christensen had leased Lagoon Amusemant Park for five years and lived in the house during that period of time. While Christensenowned the house, a fire started on thereof as a result of sparks from a fireworks display at ~soon. The winds had been strong and had blown them to the roof of the house. Records show that Nay bought the house tack and sold it to Clara White. White sold the house to Charles McDaniels, a retired servlceman~ and , his wife, Jessie. After McDaniels (Charles) died, the home was sold to Paul ~ .... " .......... . Dejong, who made it into three apartments. Duane L. Damjanovich bought the _ house from Dejong in 1973. 'A In 1975, DeVoy and Donna Rt'.\.e I1o~en ~ught the home from Damjanovic ' .. estorin . it to i t.s . orl a si leami dwell~n"'. 1 The work t the r~ Q,. .... ~lC.'-\'~ -have dQn§.~ the eluded remoWin a room from the front ore t~~j; sid~ ~..MY~ -~ remOdeled pa of the orig nal dwelling as a kitchen. In ad(ii.t1on-ro these things, alot of scraping, painting, papering, and cleaning have gone into restoring the home. The It,ortensens reside there presently. (1979) r2 T t ..... |
