Mary Hiatt Taylor, Teancum Taylor & Clarissa Jane Taylor
Teancum Taylor
Known as T. Taylor, Teancum Taylor was the son of John Taylor and Eleanor Burkett. He was born in Ray County, Missouri, Dec. 21, 1836. He came to Utah when he was about eighteen years of age. In 1859, he married Mary Jane Hiatt.
He came to Ashley Valley Sept. 16, 1877, his family being the fourth white family to settle there. He was the first man to bring a load of pine logs into the valley, from what is now known as Taylor Mountain. The mountain was named for him. He was the first known person to enter Mt. Dell (Dry Fork), and lived there for a number of years. He died November, 1907.
Mary Jane Hiatt
She was born Dec. 21, 1842, in the state of Iowa. She came to Utah when she was twelve years of age. She married Teancum Taylor in 1859 at Mill Creek, Salt Lake City. She was the mother of fifteen children. Her son, Reuben Taylor, was the third white child born in Ashley Valley. He was born Sept. 11, 1878. Mary died in Vernal in 1914.
Clarissa Jane Taylor
She was born July 4, 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock county, Illinois. She came to Utah with her parents in 1850 when she was five years of age. She married Teancum Taylor on Aug. 15, 1860 at Ogden, Utah. She was the mother of fourteen children. She died Nov. 29, 1925 in Vernal.
From the "Builders of Uintah" compiled by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Uintah County, Utah Pioneers