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Louisa Rebecca <I>Capener</I> Taylor

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Louisa Rebecca Capener Taylor

Birth
England
Death
6 May 1931 (aged 96)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Born at London, Middlesex, England

Daughter of William Capener and Sarah Verrinder

Married Joseph Edward Taylor, 25 Sep 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Jennie Eliza Taylor, Joseph William Taylor, Louisa Marie Taylor, Alvin Verrinder Taylor, Annie Rebecca Taylor, Eleanor Groves Taylor, Elizabeth Margaret Taylor, Josephine Luella Taylor, Fannie Augusta Taylor, Edward Theodore Taylor

President Brigham Young announced from the stand in Sunday afternoon meeting in the old Tabernacle, that Jessie C. Little, City Sexton, had asked to be released as he did not like "burying the dead." President Young asked if anyone present would volunteer to take his place. Louisa R. Capener Taylor, was present at the meeting, and the thought came to her that her husband could fulfill the vacancy. That evening she suggested the same to her husband, Joseph E. Taylor, who went to President Young and offered to take the job and was accepted. Plans were made for him to dig the graves, and Louisa's father, William Capener, who was a cabinet maker, and established in the furniture manufacturing business, was to make the coffins.

Louisa would assist in preparing the bodies for burial. These were times when some of the people were in such poor circumstances they could not purchase burial clothes. Louisa would take her linen sheets or other suitable cloth, some of which was brought across the plains, and supply the clothing.

Joseph Edward Taylor, thus became one of the pioneer undertakers and was appointed sexton by the City Council in 1864. He continued in that office until 1890. He was the leading undertaker for fifty years, having the largest and most complete establishment of the kind in Utah.
Born at London, Middlesex, England

Daughter of William Capener and Sarah Verrinder

Married Joseph Edward Taylor, 25 Sep 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Jennie Eliza Taylor, Joseph William Taylor, Louisa Marie Taylor, Alvin Verrinder Taylor, Annie Rebecca Taylor, Eleanor Groves Taylor, Elizabeth Margaret Taylor, Josephine Luella Taylor, Fannie Augusta Taylor, Edward Theodore Taylor

President Brigham Young announced from the stand in Sunday afternoon meeting in the old Tabernacle, that Jessie C. Little, City Sexton, had asked to be released as he did not like "burying the dead." President Young asked if anyone present would volunteer to take his place. Louisa R. Capener Taylor, was present at the meeting, and the thought came to her that her husband could fulfill the vacancy. That evening she suggested the same to her husband, Joseph E. Taylor, who went to President Young and offered to take the job and was accepted. Plans were made for him to dig the graves, and Louisa's father, William Capener, who was a cabinet maker, and established in the furniture manufacturing business, was to make the coffins.

Louisa would assist in preparing the bodies for burial. These were times when some of the people were in such poor circumstances they could not purchase burial clothes. Louisa would take her linen sheets or other suitable cloth, some of which was brought across the plains, and supply the clothing.

Joseph Edward Taylor, thus became one of the pioneer undertakers and was appointed sexton by the City Council in 1864. He continued in that office until 1890. He was the leading undertaker for fifty years, having the largest and most complete establishment of the kind in Utah.

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  • Created by: SMS
  • Added: Feb 26, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18088875/louisa_rebecca-taylor: accessed ), memorial page for Louisa Rebecca Capener Taylor (17 Jul 1834–6 May 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18088875, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).