Ardis. This may be your ancestor. I looked his name up on the LDS COLLECTOR"S LIBRARY 1997 bonus Disk by INFOBASES. There may be others listed INFOBASES got their information from a book "MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 1830-1848" compiled by Susan Eastman Black. She works at Brigham young University in their religion department. I have found this disk to be very helpful in finding out my pioneer ancestors. This information may also be on their new edition, I am not sure. I also don't know how much I can e-mail from the disk. What are the copyrights surrounding this type of information? Hope to be more helpful! Melanie Taylor, Stephen (Male) Birth: Taylor, Stephen (Male) Date: July 1, 1794 Place: Scipio, Cayuga, NY, USA Parents: Taylor, Stephen (Male) Father: Taylor, Zeeb Mother: Taylor, Lydia Death: Taylor, Stephen (Male) Date: October 1, 1865 Place: Ft. Laramie, Laramie, WY, USA Alternate Date: After 1852 Alternate Date: After 1854 Alternate Place: on LDS mission to the Eastern States Marriage Information: Taylor, Stephen (Male) Spouse: Tifft, Sophronia Date: 1825 Children: Taylor, Stephen (Male) Name: Birthdate: Place: 1. Taylor, Cyrenus Henry July 30, 1826 Elba, Genesee, NY, USA Marriage Number 2 Taylor, Stephen (Male) Spouse: Barr, Patty Marriage 2 Children: Name: Birthdate: Place: 1. Taylor, John 1832 of Elba, Genesee, NY, USA Marriage Number 3 Taylor, Stephen (Male) Spouse: Turner, Martha Date: Before December 1832 Marriage 3 Children: Name: Birthdate: Place: 1. Taylor, Augusta Camilla January 28, 1834 Elba, Genesee, NY, USA 2. Taylor, Lora Ann December 101836-7 Elba, Genesee, NY, USA 3. Taylor, Joseph Orsen July 8, 1841 Elba, Genesee, NY, USA 4. Taylor, Jared January 26, 1845 Elba, Genesee, NY, USA Church Ordinance Data: Taylor, Stephen (Male) Baptism Date: August 1, 1838 Temple Ordinance Data: Taylor, Stephen (Male) Endowment Date: March 13, 1852 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Sealed to Spouse Number 2 Date: March 13, 1852 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Sealed to Spouse Number 3 Date: March 13, 1852 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA -----Original Message----- From: AEParshall <AEParshall@aol.com> To: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com <HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, May 09, 1998 9:02 PM Subject: [HANDCART-L] Stephen TAYLOR/Martha TURNER >My pioneer ancestors were Stephen Taylor (1794-1864?) and Martha Turner >(1803-1848). They came west with Brigham Young's 1848 company; Martha died >of measles at the Elkhorn River. We've found some good material in the >Huntington diaries, but I wonder if some of you with your CD resources might >turn up some other mentions? > >Other family members, all surnamed Taylor, were Cyrenus, Jared, Orson, Lora >Ann, and Camilla Augusta. > >After a short stay in Salt Lake, the Taylors moved down to Manti. I've found >Stephen on some militia muster lists, and he was part of Pratt's Exploring >Company scouting out southern Utah. He is *not* the Stephen Taylor that was >one of the rescuers of the Martin and Willie companies, nor is he related in >any way that we can tell to Pres. John Taylor. Haven't really found much >trace of him in Utah, which is a shame because he was the first member of my >family to join the Church, in 1838. > >Stephen went back east on a mission, and never made it back to Utah. Family >tradition has it that he died at or near Fort Laramie, but we've never found >anything to document that. I think the family really did know at the time, >because there is no hint of any mystery about a disappearance, but it would be >nice to find something to mark his death. > >Thanks for checking your sources for Stephen, Martha, and the children. > >Ardis >AEParshall@aol.com >