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The HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY Gift of John ArthurTaylor BRJGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/clarencedixontay2009tayl Dixon Clarence Taylor Work His Life and HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY brKvoungun^/ersit, PROVO, UTAH Clarence Dixon TaylorTrust © Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved Table of Contents Acknowledgements vii Arthur NichollsTaylor Family Group Sheet 82 Major Life Events 92 Foreword ix Summary ofthe Life ofArthur NichollsTaylor 94 Theme: My Life's Peaks 1 HenryAldous Dixon, 1835-1884 (grandfather) ...95 HenryAldous and Sarah Dixon Family Biographical Information 3 Group Sheet 96 Portrait ofClarence Dixon Taylor 3 HenryAldous and Mary Dixon Family Clarence Dixon Taylor Pedigree Chart 4 Group Sheet 97 The Peaks in My Life 5 HenryAldous Dixon Family 106 A Chronological Survey ofMy Life Events 26 HenryA. Dixon's Ordination as Elder 106 MyThrift and Savings Program 34 Sarah DeGrey Dixon (grandmother) 107 AYounger Brother 38 ATribute to Mother Ill Church Related Events in My Life 39 Autobiographical Sketch ofSarah DeGrey Priesthood Ordinations and Callings 40 Dixon at Age 47 Ill Patriarchal Blessing, 10 August 1930 40 Grandmas Sarah Dixon and ElizaTaylor Patriarchal Blessing, 10 September 1930 41 at Wildwood 113 Clarence Dixon Taylor's Line ofAuthority to Maria Louise Dixon Taylor (mother) 114 Office ofSeventy 42 Extracts from Her Diary 125 Clarence Dixon Taylor's Line ofAuthority to Letter Deposited in Utah Stake Relief Office ofHigh Priest 42 Society Box, Provo, Utah 126 Anthony "Tony" Hansen Taylor's Account of A Mother's DayTribute 127 the South AmericaTrip 42 Summary ofthe Life ofMaria Louise Dixon South AmericaTrip Itinerary 49 Taylor 127 Tributes to Clarence Dixon Taylor on His A History ofWildwood 127 Sixty-eighth Birthday 51 "My Folks" 131 Clarence D. Taylor's Seventy-ninth Birthday 52 ATribute to Aunt Rye 132 Excerpt from Youth 52 TheTaylor Family Shield 134 TheArt ofRenewal 52 The Dixon Family Shields 135 A Different World But in ManyWays George TaylorSr. andHisFamily Book the Best ofTimes 52 Publication 136 Oak Hills Sixth Ward Newsletter 53 Family Record Booklets and George TaylorSr. andHis Family Book Owners 138 My Family Heritage 55 Table ofContents 139 ThomasTaylor (great grandfather) 57 Individual Record Forms 139 Anne HillTaylor (great grandmother) 57 Family Record Booklet 139 George and ElizaTaylor Family Group Sheet 58 George TaylorSr. andHis Family George and HenriettaTaylor Family Book Owners 140 Group Sheet 59 Family Longevity Chart as of 1992 144 GeorgeTaylor Sr., 1838-1926 (grandfather) 60 Copy ofWill ofGeorgeTaylor Sr. 71 ProvoThird Ward 145 Eliza NichollsTaylor (grandmother) 74 Leadership History ofProvo Third Ward 147 ElizaTaylor's Seventy-eighth Birthday 80 Provo Settlement 147 Eliza NichollsTaylor's Patriarchal Blessing 80 Bishoprics ofProvo Third Ward 147 Arthur NichollsTaylor (father) 81 Provo ThirdWard Chapel Building 148 iii — , iv Clarence Dixon Taylor: His Life andWork — Provo Third Ward Amusement Hall 149 DetroitTrip for the Dodge Car 1935 211 Historical Outline ofProvo Third Ward 150 Father's Rocking Chair 212 Sunday School 54 Gathering Leaves 213 1 Provo Third Ward Minutes ofDeacons 155 Music Appreciation Contest 213 Provo Third Ward ReliefSociety 156 The Scroll 214 Provo Third Ward ReliefSociety Hall 157 Our Shetland Pony "Lightning" 214 Provo Third Ward M.I.A. Officers TheTestimony ofa Pioneer 216 Reunion—1934 158 Waste Not, Want Not 218 Year 1877 158 Year 1878 158 Goldbrickers & Brickerhaven 219 Year 1885 158 Stewart Falls 221 Year 1890 158 "Goldbrickers" and "Brickerhaven" 223 Honoring Those Who Worked in An Early Map ofBrickerhaven Drawn by Third Ward M.I.A 159 Lynn D. Taylor 225 Provo Third Ward Ghost Story 160 Brickerhaven History 226 The Halloween Circus 160 Dwelling Contruction 226 Third Ward Married Folks Dances 161 Construction Dates ofBrickerhaven Dwellings 231 My Mission to the Union ofSouth Africa 163 Brickerhaven StockTransfers 231 A Letter from Elder ClarenceTaylor's 1952 Goldbricker DinnerTalk 231 Older Brother Lynn 165 Goldbrickers' First NewYear's Eve Party 233 Copy ofa Letter from Maria D. Taylor 167 "Goldbrickers Forever" 234 Renewal ofFamilyTies in South Africa 169 Sketch Map ofBrickerhaven 236 My Search for Family Records in South Africa ...171 Hermanus Nicolaas Casparus Lotter 172 Family Business Enterprises andTrust 237 Copy ofHandwritten Letter From My History ofTaylor Brothers Company 239 Father, Arthur N. Taylor 173 Dixon Taylor Russell Company Copy ofHandwritten Letter From Financial History 241 CelestiaJ. Taylor 174 Dixon Taylor Russell Company History 244 Cango Caves South Africa 176 DTR: Like Losing an Old Friend 245 Lorenco Marques (now Maputo, Utah Lake Farm 246 Mozambique) 179 The Provona Beach Resort 246 Zanzibar 180 Provona Beach 251 The Old City ofJerusalem 183 230 West Center Street, Provo, Utah 253 A Letter to Elton Taylor 186 BriefChain ofTitle to 230 West My Second Experience in Finding Relatives Center Street, Provo 255 in Africa 188 Taylor Second West Property 258 Copy ofHandwritten Letter 189 Warehouse 27 North 200 West Discovering My "Gold Mine" In Provo, Utah 258 Johannesburg, South Africa 191 27 North SecondWest (Warehouse 259 ) 225 West First North—William Lewis J. 11113ry Service•<»..»...!•» •••>«.••• «..t195 Corner 261 Army Service, A Memoir, 1942-1945 197 245 West First North 262 & Uncle Bud's Military Dress Hat 201 Dangerfield Taylor Partnership 264 351 West Center Street 265 Stories & Essays 203 357 West Center Street 265 HenryA. Dixon's Account ofan Iceberg 363 West Center Street: Ed Peay Collision, From HisJournal 205 Blacksmith Property 265 When theWinds Obeyed 207 H. D. & C. D. Taylor Co 266 A Christmas Gift 208 Provo Cemetery Lot Purchase 267 An Adventure ofa Lifetime 208 A. N. TaylorTrust Estate Stock Purchase Athletics on Sandy Alley 210 Life Insurance Plan 267 Avoid That First Drink! 211 McClellan Home Investment 270