| Show In every town and community there are still many wonderful stories and memories of those who have lived in Sanpete Valley that have not been told Althougham neither Scandinavian nor Native to Sanpete there are personal ties to the area Four of our eight children were born here One is buried here Andnumber of my ancestors were stalwarts in the building of the Temple in Manti My great-grandfather John Taylor watched over the construction of the Temple from the time of Brigham Youngdeath soon after the temple site was dedicated in 1877 until President Taylor died in July 1887 less thanyear before the temple was dedicated Three of his sons were listed among those who made substantial contributions in building the Manti Temple Frank Taylor served asdraftsman Joseph Taylor wastimekeeper and Hyrum Taylor had responsibility with the Machine Shop and Planing Mill My Grandfather William Whitaker Taylor was called asmember of the First Council of Seventy in April 1880 when he was 26 years old According to his journal Grandfather visited wards branches or stakes of the Church nearly every Sunday He was dedicated to his calling and was home seldom enough that if he did have an evening he could spend at home he recorded it in his journal On 13 July he wrote Arranged for Bro Jens Hansen to convey us to Sanpete Grandfather did not make that trip to Sanpete He became ill soon after that entry and diedAugust 1884 just before his 31st birthday So althoughcan claim no ancestors from Denmark or Sweden there are genealogical lines that go back to England Germany Holland Scotland Ireland and France But ashave looked through past issues of the Saga of the SanpitchI realize how much my life has been enriched in these 48 years that we have lived among the people of Ephraim and have come to know many great people from other towns of the county as we have worked with this 125 |
