[Wives of John Taylor] - the marriage dates of the following 6 are not known - the is the year in which they were 'sealed' at Nauvoo
Mary Amanda Ustley (b 1821 Tenn) - did not accompany Taylor to Utah and played no part in his life after 1846
Mercy Rachel Thompson (b. 1807 Honiden, England) - marriage was a form of guardianship for a widow.
Mary Ramsbottom (b. 1826 Nottingham) - also remained in Nauvoo and did not move to Utah
Sarah Thornton (b. 1807 Huntingdon)
Lydia Dibble Granger Smith (b. 1790, Hartford Conn) - as a widow she had married Hyrum Smith, and like him, Taylor married her to provide some form of guardianship
Ann Hughlings Pitchforth (b.1801 Grantham) - this was actually bigamous as she had deserted her husband, Samuel Pitchforth, in Peel to emigrate to Nauvoo with her children.
Sarah Thornton Coleman - another 'guardianship' marriage for widow of a leading Mormon - divorced 1853.
[These marriages are not recognized by LDS Church] 1846
[Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith]
[source: Isle of Man, 'John Taylor' http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/mormon/jtaylor.htm]
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