Death
Taylor died on July 25, 1887, from congestive heart failure in Kaysville, Utah. Taylor was buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery in The Avenues, Salt Lake City, Utah. For two years after his death, the church was without a presidency. The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, with Wilford Woodruff as president of the quorum, assumed leadership in this interim period. In the April church general conference of 1889, the First Presidency was reorganized with Wilford Woodruff as the president. Six months later, in the October general conference, Anthon H. Lund was called to fill President Woodruff's vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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North view of John Taylor's Grave monument. -
Lower portion of west side of monument. -
West view of monument -
South view of monument. -
East view of bottom portion of monument.
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