in Mormonism up to his death. He died of stomach cancer at his home in Forest Dale, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 58. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. In August 1916, Taylor was posthumously baptized by proxy and reinstated into the church by two stake presidents. However, a year later, the First Presidency officially stated that the reinstatement was null and void. He was later officially rebaptized and on May 21, 1965, received the ordinance of Restoration of Blessings by proxy under the hands of Joseph Fielding Smith, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, with the unanimous approval of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Honors The Taylor Stake of the LDS Church, which was headquartered in Raymond, Alberta, was named in Taylor's honor. As an apostle, Taylor had made considerable efforts to assist the Mormon settlers in Canada. The Taylor Stake was renamed the Raymond Alberta Stake in the 1970s. In the 2000s, the town of Raymond built a street named Taylor Street in his honor. An LDS Church chapel was built on the street, and it is named the Taylor Street Chapel. See also Second Manifesto 1886 Revelation The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada Reed Smoot hearings Notes References Terrence C. Smith and Reed Turner (eds.) (2001). A Planting of the Lord : A Century of the Latter-day Saints in Raymond, 1901–2001 (Raymond, Alberta: Raymond Alberta Stake) Samuel W. Taylor (1971). Family Kingdom (Salt Lake City, Utah: Zion Book Store) External links Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: John W. Taylor 1858 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in Canada American Mormon missionaries in England American Mormon missionaries in the United States American general authorities (LDS Church) Apostles (LDS Church) Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Deaths from cancer in Utah Deaths from stomach cancer Latter Day Saints from Utah Mormonism and polygamy People excommunicated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints People from Provo, Utah People from Salt Lake City The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada Excommunicated general authorities (LDS Church)