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Taylor These pictures are some of the original or replications
of houses that John Taylor had owned or lived in after his
calling as an Apostle and then Prophet. John Taylor worked in
several trades and industries, including a cooper, a Methodist
preacher (before joining the LDS Church) and a cabinet maker.
During his apostleship, John Taylor also worked as a printer, a
newspaper publisher, a territorial judge and a state legislator.
Nauvoo, Illinois 1845-1846 In 1845, John Taylor bought this
house in Nauvoo from John Ivins. He and his family would live
there for less than a year before leaving Nauvoo in the exodus
to the Salt Lake Valley in 1846. The house was originally
connected to two other buildings, the post office and a printing
office. A restoration of