Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-11
IMPOSING MONUMENT
Erected Over tho Crave Of The Late
President John Taylor
COMPOSED or UTAH GRANITE.



terry on raise Of ground overlooking
the surrounding county stands IN Inn
posing monument, the hoighto Of which
n twenty.ihree feet above the surface
OF the ground. This monument marks
the resting. place Of the remains Of Ga @
late President John Taylor, together
with those Of his wife Lsonora, which
were placed In the same vault.
The foundation extends ELK feet be-
meath the surface, aud like the entire
monumen, is composed OF Utah gran
I 70 taken from the Temple qunrrief IN
Little Cottonwood canyon. Upon The
foundation IL placed large granite
stone feet o inches long and o feet
wide. Next comes two smaller stones,
feet Inches anu o fsttll inchearc.
speolivoly, each Of which are " inches
thick. The mex, Ia a cold stone feet
: inches In thickness, and feet Inch
square, and on this afo placed four
marble tablets, facing east, west, north
aud south, each Of which contains
an inscription. Above .hls la a
stone 10 inches thick aud 2
feot . inches square, which b
surrounded by an obollsk 10 feet high,
being < feet square NJ tho base aud
tapefing Rt the top 20 l foot thfcu
inches square. This ono pItc5 alone
weighs 1000 pounds, nud tho Outifu
monument, not including tue iouudh'
ton, weighs about hlteun tons In
Guiding the foundation there are about
fifteen pieces OF stone, which II ~ ul'
timated would weigh between thirty
and forty tons.
INSCRIPTIONS.
The marble tablet upon which tho
inscriptions are beautifully engraved,
each measure feet inches W iout
.. Thisis the only part VI tbs .aatefial
which was not obtained Ia Utah,nnd u
was imported from California In crude
state from California by Watson BfOa.,
by whom the polishing was donc.
The monument faces the west, and
on the marble tablet on this side arc
the wordE
IN memory Of
Juhn Taylor
Who DJeara before 30 demise. was ordained
one OF tho Twelve Apostles
and was
President Of tho church Of Jesus christ OF
LAtlor.day saints from isii 10 thu time
OF bile doath,
On the stone beneath this In bold
letters IL the word
TAYLOR
The inscription on the north side IL
an na foliowHf
Horn
IN Muuthurpe,
MUatmorolaud,
LnHihudt
Now isQs.
While on the south side arc the
aogdl
Dlod
July 9h
This east side Of tho monument Il
devoted to his wife LeonoTa anu reads
10 follows
In Memory Of
Leouofa Cannon Taylor
wife of
John Taylor
And daughter OF Captain noorgo Cannon
and Losnora tAlliatuf OF Peel,
islo OF Man.
Died Dec. .. A. u. isls, aged "a years,
amonthn aud. days.
The lettering, M vol ~ All Of tho
work on tho monument, was done by
home labor under tho direction OF
Brother james q. Bleak IT,, OF this
city, who has been engaged upon it
for about I'VE months past, Daring
part Of this period there have been
from four 10 six men employed IN cut.
ting the stone and erecting the m0uu.
ment, which was completed on SAtuf-
day last. There viii boz coping
around the lot which 10 30 be- composed
" tho same Kind OF tt1no Hs that Of
which the monument la constructed.
The monument has been erected by
the family Of the late President, and
though tho cost II not known, 10 viii
Amount " q conaidoIahln aum.