Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1930. Fred C. Strate. He received a BS Degree in Education in 1930. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 358.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Mabel Straw. She received a BS Degree in English in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 460.

Class of 1923. Elton Sumner (male). Source 1: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Elton J. Sumner. He received a High School Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 416. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1929. Elton J. Sumner. He received a BS Degree in Accounting & Business in 1929. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 416. ~ ~ ~ ~ Elton James Sumner was born May 3, 1905 in Provo, Utah. His parents were James Sumner and Myrtle Blanche Snow. He married Nedra Prince on July 2, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on February 16, 1965 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Nedra Prince Sumner, age 78, died December 13, 1994, following a short illness. She was born May 27, 1916 in Roosevelt, Utah, to James Ezra Prince and Effie Pearl Dalton. She married Elton James Sumner on July 2, 1934 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She attended Provo City schools and Brigham Young University. She worked over 20 years for L. Weston Oaks, M.D. as well as in the student placement department at BYU. She volunteered at hospitals in Provo and Salt Lake City. She was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many positions including Relief Society and Primary presidencies. She especially loved to sing in Relief Society and ward choirs. She made lovely porcelain dolls and figurines, and won many ribbons at the Utah State Fair with her needlepoint and crocheting. She is survived by her five children: DeeAnn Summer, Salt Lake; J. Frank (Joyce) Sumner, Pleasant Grove; Sterling E. (Wendy) Sumner, Sandy; N. Colleen Sumner (Brad) Mohr, Logan; Mary Sumner (Michael) Stansfield, Springville; 21 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; grandson, Sterling Christian; daughter-in-law, Donna; five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held Saturday, December 17, 1994, in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Thursday, December 15, 1994.]

Class of 1913. J. Bert Sumsion. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Commercial Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. J. Bert Sumsion. He received a BYH Commercial Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 412. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1923. J. Bert Sumsion. He received a BS Degree in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 412.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1918. Lucille Sumsion. She received an AB Degree in Agronomy & Animal Husbandry in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 421.

Class of 1923. Margaret Swenson (Swensen). Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. Margaret Swenson [Jacobs]. She received a BS Degree in Home Economics in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 304. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1933. Margaret Swenson. She received a BS Degree in Elementary Teaching in 1933. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 358. [There is a possibility that this might be a second person named Margaret Swenson.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Margaret Swensen was a Domestic Science (Home Economics) teacher in the 1932-1933, 1933-1934, 1934-1935 school years, also 1952-1953, 1953-54, 1954-1955, and perhaps additional years. She taught Advanced Cooking & Sewing, Health, & Homeliving. [Her name is spelled SWENSON in the 1929 Banyan yearbook and in the 1935 Wildcat yearbook.] She married James L. Jacobs. They are the parents of Alberta Jacobs, BYH Class of 1956. ~ ~ ~ ~ Margaret Swensen was born on May 29, 1906 in Provo, Utah. Her parents are John C. Swensen and Margaret Davis Swensen. Margaret Swensen Jacobs died on January 30, 1987 in Ogden, Utah. Interment, Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents are John C. Swensen (Swenson), born February 4, 1869 [BYA High School 1888, BYA Collegiate 1900], married Margaret Davies (Davis) Swensen. John originally used the -SON spelling, but later in life he decided it would be better to use the -SEN spelling. John and Margaret had ten children; five of the children continued with the -SON spelling, but the other five changed and used the -SEN spelling. They had seven sons and three daughters as follows: ~ ~ 1. John Starr Swenson [BYH Class of 1917?], born March 27, 1900, died December 28, 1977. He married Marva Carter. ~ ~ 2. Carl Davis Swenson [BYH Class of 1919?], born August 3, 1901, died April 29, 1979. He married Lura Tanner. ~ ~ 3. Reed Knute Swenson [BYH Class of 1921], born February 16, 1903, died April 2, 1989. He married Ruth Freebairn. ~ ~ 4. Alice Swenson, born May 10, 1905, died in infancy. 5. Margaret Swensen [BYH Class of 1923], born May 29, 1906, died January 30, 1987. She married James L. Jacobs. ~ ~ 6. Francis McLean Swenson (Mac) [BYH Class of 1926?], born June 29, 1908, died August 22, 1963. He married Willa Sowards. ~ ~ 7. Louise Swensen [BYH Class of 1928?], born May 24, 1910, died October 5, 1992. She married Jay Tolman. ~ ~ 8. Joseph Cadwallader Swensen [BYH Class of 1931], born June 15, 1913, died May 9, 2005. He married Verna Harding. ~ ~ 9. Albert Donald Swensen [BYH Class of 1933], born May 28, 1915, died October 6, 2001. He married Jennie Romney. ~ ~ 10. Richard Davis Swensen [BYH Class of 1936], born July 7, 1919. He married Arleen Stowell.

BYH Class of 1919? Carl Davis Swenson (Swensen). ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1922. He received an AB Degree in Mathematics in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 478. ~ ~ ~ ~ Carl Davis Swenson was born August 3, 1901. Carl appears to have graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1919. He married Lura Tanner. Carl and Lura had three children: Her parents had three children: Claire Swenson Johnson (1924 - 2013); John Carl Swenson (1928 - 1998); and Robert T. Swenson (1929 - 1990). Carl Davis Swenson died on April 29, 1979.

His parents were John C. Swensen (Swenson), born February 4, 1869 [BYA High School 1888, BYA Collegiate 1900], married Margaret Davies (Davis) Swensen. John originally used the -SON spelling, but later in life he decided it would be better to use the -SEN spelling. John and Margaret had ten children; five of the children continued with the -SON spelling, but the other five changed and used the -SEN spelling. They had seven sons and three daughters as follows: ~ ~ 1. John Starr Swenson [BYH Class of 1917?], born March 27, 1900, died December 28, 1977. He married Marva Carter. ~ ~ 2. Carl Davis Swenson [BYH Class of 1919?], born August 3, 1901, died April 29, 1979. He married Lura Tanner. ~ ~ 3. Reed Knute Swenson [BYH Class of 1921], born February 16, 1903, died April 2, 1989. He married Ruth Freebairn. ~ ~ 4. Alice Swenson, born May 10, 1905, died in infancy. 5. Margaret Swensen [BYH Class of 1923], born May 29, 1906, died January 30, 1987. She married James L. Jacobs. ~ ~ 6. Francis McLean Swenson (Mac) [BYH Class of 1926?], born June 29, 1908, died August 22, 1963. He married Willa Sowards. ~ ~ 7. Louise Swensen [BYH Class of 1928?], born May 24, 1910, died October 5, 1992. She married Jay Tolman. ~ ~ 8. Joseph Cadwallader Swensen [BYH Class of 1931], born June 15, 1913, died May 9, 2005. He married Verna Harding. ~ ~ 9. Albert Donald Swensen [BYH Class of 1933], born May 28, 1915, died October 6, 2001. He married Jennie Romney. ~ ~ 10. Richard Davis Swensen [BYH Class of 1936], born July 7, 1919. He married Arleen Stowell.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. Russell B. Swenson. He received an A.B. Degree in History in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 392.

Class of 1914. Elsie Talmage. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Academic Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Elsie Talmage. She received a High School Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 95. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1917. Elsie Talmage. She received an AB Degree in English in 1917. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 95. ~ ~ ~ ~ Elsie Talmage was born on August 16, 1896 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents were James Edward Talmage and Merry May Booth. She married Harold Claudius Brandley on September 12, 1917 in Salt Lake City. She died on August 2, 1935 in Salt Lake City at the age of almost 39. Her interment, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1912. Sara W. Talmage. She received a B.A. Degree in 1912. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 478.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1921. Mathias C. Tanner. He received an AB Degree in French & Latin in 1921. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 334.

Attended BYHS about 1910-1911 ~ Honorary. Dr. Vasco Myron Tanner. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1915. Vasco M. Tanner. He received an AB Degree in 1915. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Vasco Myron Tanner was the son of John Myron and Lois Ann Stevens Tanner, was born October 29, 1892, at Payson, Utah. He has the distinction of being the oldest child of his parents and the oldest grandchild of his grandparents. His boyhood was spent in Indianola and Fairview. He graduated from the eighth grade in Fairview in 1909. He attended Brigham Young High School briefly and then finished his high school work at Mt. Pleasant in 1912. His A.B. degree was obtained from Brigham Young University in 1915, his M.A. from the University of Utah in 1920, and his Ph.D degree from Stanford University in 1925. During this busy period of gaining an education, he courted a St. George school girl, Annie Atkin [BYH Class of 1916]. They were married in the St. George Temple, June 5, 1917. Their family consists of four girls and one boy; Carol, Gloria, Marilyn, Carmela, and V Jordan. Vasco Tanner taught a number of years at Dixie College in St. George (1916-23), and was appointed chairman of the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Brigham Young University in 1925. He has taught at Brigham Young University since -- almost a half century of service to that institution. Students trained by Dr. Vasco M. Tanner are to be found in most of the fifty states and in a number of foreign countries, and the department he built up at Brigham Young University is favorably known everywhere. Vasco has not confined his work to research and teaching, however. His activities have reached into such fields as wild life and wise use of natural resources, state parks and recreation, fisheries, city planning and city utilities, and national forests. He spent one term in the state legislature (1962-64), was a member of Chamber of Commerce committee of Provo for thirty years, and took an active part on the boards of health and hospital boards in the city. There were many more activities but space will not permit enumeration. Honors came to him in an ever increasing stream as the years passed. In 1959 he was given the Distinguished Service Award, Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. This was followed by being made a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London. The James E. Talmage Scientific Award was bestowed on him in 1968. There were many such honors. ____________________ Tanner, Vasco (1892-____) Thamnophis elegans vascotanneri Tanner and Lowe, 1989 --1892 Born October 29, Payson Utah. --1909 Graduated Fairview School, attended Brigham Young High School --1912 Finished H.S. at Mount Pleasant --1915 AB, Brigham Young University --1917 Married Annie Atkin June 5 with whom he would have Carol, Gloria, Marilyn, Carmela, and V Jordan. --1916-1923 Taught at Dixie College in St. George. --1920 MA, University of Utah --1925 Chairman of Zoology and Entomology, Brigham Young University where he served for nearly 50 years --1926 Ph.D., Stanford. --1962-1964 One term in Utah state legislature --He was a member of Chamber of Commerce committee of Provo for thirty years, and took an active part on the boards of health and hospital boards in the city. J.N. Stuart ~ ~ ~ ~ Vasco Myron Tanner was born on October 29, 1892 in Payson, Utah. His parents were John Myron Tanner and Lois Ann Stevens. He married Annie Atkin on June 5, 1917 in St. George, Utah. He died on April 25, 1989 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ FAMILY: Professor Vasco Myron Tanner (born October 29, 1892 in Payson, Utah) and Annie Atkin Tanner (born December 14, 1891). Vasco and Annie married on June 5, 1917. The children of Vasco and Annie Tanner included: Carol Tanner, married Leo Evan Smith; Marilyn Tanner, married Edward Smith Murphy; Carmela Dawn Tanner, married David Pond Forsyth; Gloria Tanner, married Maurice Smith; and V Jordan Tanner, married Pat Nowell.

Class of 1919. Alice Louise Taylor. She graduated from BYH in College Hall on Wednesday, May 28, 1919. Source 1: 1919 Graduation Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1919. Alice Taylor. Source 2: 1919 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 61-74. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1919. Alice Taylor. She received two BYH diplomas in 1919: a BYH Academic Diploma, and a BYH Business Diploma. Source: Annual Report, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 182. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1923. Alice Taylor. She received an AB Degree in French in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 198. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alice married ElRoy Nelson. Her parents: Arthur Nicholls Taylor and Maria Louise Dixon Taylor. Their children: Arthur Dixon Taylor, BYH Class of 1915; Elton L. Taylor, BYH Class of 1918; Alice Taylor (Nelson), BYH Class of 1919; Henry Dixon Taylor, Sr., BYH Class of 1921; Clarence D. Taylor; and Ruth Elaine Taylor (Kartchner). ~~~~OBITUARY: Alice Louise Taylor Nelson, age 95, died March 12, 2002 in Salt Lake City. She was born November 18, 1906 in Provo, Utah, the fifth child of Arthur Nichols Taylor and Maria Louise Dixon. She was known for her charitable service to friends and neighbors who were the recipients of homemade bread and cinnamon rolls. Family and friends cherish her water color and oil paintings. After graduation from Brigham Young High School in 1919, she attended Brigham Young University, graduating in 1929 with a BA in Art. During her student years she was a member of O.S. Social Unit, served as secretary-treasurer of the junior class and as student body secretary-historian. She married a classmate, ElRoy Nelson, August 14, 1935 in the Salt Lake Temple. She has resided in Troy, New York; Denver, Colorado; Salt Lake City, Provo and Riverton, Utah. She served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in numerous teaching capacities including pioneering the guide patrol program in Primary. Service in the Yale Ward, Salt Lake City, included Primary president and Relief Society president. For several years she volunteered at the Primary Children's Hospital in the pre-school for blind children. She was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and the Classics Club. She is survived by a brother and sister, Clarence Taylor and Ruth Kartchner, of Provo and sister-in-law, Ethelyn Taylor, of Salt Lake City; children, Arthur T. (Bonnie) Nelson, John C. (Mary Ann) Nelson, Christina L. (Ron) Preston, Henry A. (Kristy) Nelson, James N. (Connie) Nelson; 22 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. A funeral service was Saturday, March 16, 2002 in Sandy, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Thursday, March 14, 2002]

Class of 1923. Edna Taylor [Buss]. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 462. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1930. Edna Taylor [Buss]. She received a BS Degree in 1930. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 462. ~ ~ ~ ~ Edna Taylor was born on February 17, 1903 in Farr West, Weber County, Utah. Her parents were George Bailey Taylor and Elizabeth Torrie Taylor. Edna married Walter R. Buss. Edna Taylor Buss died on January 10, 1985 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Walter Richard Buss, 94, died July 16, 2000 at Legacy Retirement Center in South Jordan, Utah of natural causes. He was born November 1, 1905 in Provo, Utah to Fred Earle and Edith Bliss Rumsey Buss. He attended school at BYU Training School. His family moved to Palo Alto, California, where he completed high school and attended San Jose State College. He obtained his bachelors and masters degrees at BYU and doctorate from Stanford University as well as a honorary doctorate from Weber State University On November 30, 1928, he married Edna Taylor of Farr West, Utah, in the Salt Lake Temple. They were the parents of five children: Richard, David (Georgia), Marilyn (John) Wilcox, Warren (Beverly) and Barbara ("J" Stephen) Jones. Walter taught geology and geography at Weber State University for 41 years. Students remember his famous trips to various national parks. Many of his students knew him as "Uncle Walt". He retired from Weber in 1974 after teaching there for 41 years. He was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in a variety of positions including Family History Center worker, high councilor, high priests group leader, and bishop's counselor. He helped compile a book about the history and descendants of Richard and Sarah Wood Buss, his ancestors. He is survived by his brother Robert (Eugenia) and sisters Mabel Crittenden and Helen (Ted) Halsey, four children, 19 grandchildren and 36 great- grandchildren. His parents, brother Paul, wife Edna, son Richard, son-in-law John Wilcox, granddaughter JanaLyn Wilcox and grandson Jason Wilcox preceded him in death. Funeral services were held on Thursday at the Madison Center Ward Chapel, 27th and Jefferson, Ogden, Utah, with Bishop Norman Sevy officiating. Interment, Ogden City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Tuesday, July 18, 2000.]

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Eli F. Taylor. He received a High School Diploma. Source 1: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 267. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Eli F. Taylor. 1908 BYH Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1911. Eli F. Taylor. He received a BA Degree in 1911. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 5, p. 212.

Class of 1912. Heber R. Taylor, of Provo, Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1912. Source 1: 1912 BYU Mizpah, BYH section, photos and names on pp. 1 - 62, 105. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1912. Heber R. Taylor. He received a High School Diploma in 1912. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, page 409. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. Heber R. Taylor. He received a BS Degree in Education in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, page 409.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1923. Henrietta Taylor. She received a BS Degree in Education in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 483.

Class of 1921. Henry D. Taylor. Source 1: Photographs of the BYH Class of 1921, one taken in 1918, and one taken of the graduating seniors in 1921. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1921. Henry D. Taylor. 1921 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1921. Henry D. Taylor. He received a High School Diploma in 1921. Source 3: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 182. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1929. Henry D. Taylor. He received a BS Degree in Accounting & Business in 1929. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 182. ~ ~ ~ ~ Elder Henry D. (Dixon) Taylor, 1903 - 1987. • Born in 1903 in Provo, Utah • Baptized as a child • Enrolled BYHS 1917, graduated in 1921 • Mission to Eastern States • Married Alta Hansen 1929; four children • Assistant to the Twelve 1958-1976 • First Quorum of Seventy 1976-1978 • Named Emeritus General Authority 1978 • Married Ethelyn Peterson Taylor 1986 • Died in 1987 in Salt Lake City, Utah Elder Henry D. Taylor, Sr. a native of Provo, Utah, had served as a General Authority since April 6, 1958, when he was sustained as an Assistant to the Council of the Twelve. He continued his service as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from October 1, 1976 until he was given emeritus status September 30, 1978. He was a former managing director of the Church’s welfare services program. At the time of his call to general Church service, he was presiding over the California Mission. Prior to his mission appointment, he had served for ten years as president of the East Sharon and Sharon stakes in Provo, Utah. During that time he was also chairman of the Mt. Timpanogos Welfare Region, which then comprised ten stakes, and the Central Utah Welfare Region. From 1944 to 1946, he served as bishop of Provo’s Pleasant View Ward. Elder Taylor was born November 22, 1903 in Provo, the son of Arthur Nicholls and Maria Louise Dixon Taylor. His parents had the following children: Arthur Dixon Taylor, BYH Class of 1915; Elton L. Taylor, BYH Class of 1918; Alice Taylor (Nelson), BYH Class of 1919; Henry Dixon Taylor, Sr., BYH Class of 1921; Clarence D. Taylor; and Ruth Elaine Taylor (Kartchner). Henry (Sr.) was reared on a farm in Provo, which provided the background for his later service in the welfare program. After graduating from Brigham Young High School in Provo in 1921, Elder Taylor worked as an accountant for a real estate company before accepting a call to the Eastern States Mission. He was president of the Connecticut District and later served as mission secretary. Returning home, he received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Brigham Young University in 1929. In 1937 he received his master of arts degree in retailing from New York University Graduate School. On December 26, 1929, he married Alta Hansen of Richfield, Utah, in the Salt Lake Temple. They were the parents of four sons. After his first wife died, Elder Taylor married Ethelyn Peterson Taylor in 1986. Elder Taylor was long associated with the family mercantile business, Dixon-Taylor-Russell Home Furnishers, in Utah County. Active in civic affairs, he was a past president of the Provo Chamber of Commerce and Provo Kiwanis Club, and vice-president and chairman of the executive committee of Utah Valley LDS Hospital. He was survived by his widow, Ethelyn, Salt Lake City, Utah; sons, Henry D. Taylor, Jr. [Senior Class President, BYH Class of 1949], Palo Alto, California; Anthony H. Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah; Stephen K. Taylor and David A. Taylor, Provo, Utah; sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Also surviving were brothers and sisters, Alice Taylor Nelson, Elton L. Taylor, Clarence D. Taylor, and Ruth Elaine Taylor Kartchner, all of Provo, Utah. “I loved Brother Taylor,” said President Ezra Taft Benson at funeral services February 27 eulogizing Elder Henry Dixon Taylor, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. “I thank God I’ve had the opportunity of rubbing shoulders with this great man.” Elder Taylor died in a Salt Lake hospital February 24, 1987, after a brief illness. He was eighty-three years old. Services were held in the Salt Lake Eagle Gate Stake Center, with burial at the Provo City Cemetery. Also speaking at the funeral were President Gordon B. Hinckley, First Counselor in the First Presidency; President Thomas S. Monson, Second Counselor in the First Presidency; and Arch L. Madsen, former bishop of the Oak Hills Ward. President Howard W. Hunter, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve, conducted. ~ ~ ~ ~ AUTHOR: Autobiography of Henry Dixon Taylor [Sr], 396 pages, printed by Brigham Young University Press (January 1, 1980) - ASIN: B00070SC6W. Self-published, paid for by Taylor family. Copies are rare, but may be found in BYH library.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1928. Leo A. Taylor. He received a BS Degree in Accounting & Business in 1928. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 184.

Class of 1917. Lynn Taylor (male). He graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1917. Source 1: 1917 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 82-88. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1917. Lynn D. Taylor. He received a High School Diploma in 1917. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 327. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1923. Lynn D. Taylor. He received an AB Degree in Art in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 327.

Class of 1921. Victor R. Taylor. He was a member of the Class of 1921 as a freshman in 1918. Source 1: Freshman photo. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1921. Victor R. Taylor. Source 2: 1921 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1928. Victor R. Taylor. He received a BS Degree in Political Science in 1928. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 338.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1914. Wesley Taylor. He received an A.B. Degree in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 368. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. Wesley Taylor. He received an M.A. Degree in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 368.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1916, & Faculty. William T. Tew, Jr. He received an AB Degree (Chemistry) in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 432. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Faculty - Seminary. ~ ~ ~ ~ William T. Tew, Jr. President, East Central States Mission, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ~ ~ ~ ~ Elder William T. Tew Jr., Former President of the East Central States Mission" "I am very happy to be here this afternoon and to take the place of my old friend, A. Richard Peterson. We were together in school, preparing for our missions abroad. In years past we both filled missions in foreign lands, and we have also been in foreign lands and at home presiding over missions during the past few years. I am happy to be here today to mingle with my brethren and sisters in this great tabernacle. We have been thrilled today listening to this great choir - the harmony, the volume, the fervor, the enthusiasm, the inspiration that seems to fill these singers has in turn thrilled this audience and the unseen audience that perhaps numbers hundreds of thousands. Since returning home about five or six weeks ago I have been asked many times, "Are you glad to be home?" I can honestly say to my brothers and sisters that I am glad to be home. I was glad when I was in the mission field, but when my mission was completed and I was released, why shouldn't I be glad to be back among my brethren? I believe that when one puts his whole soul into the missionary work for a period of three years or more, he deserves a release. If he doesn't put his soul into it, he deserves a release long before the three years are up. We have had great joy in our mission. The Lord has blessed us with health and strength, and He has increased our testimonies of the Gospel. We have had great joy in mingling with our Saints abroad, many of whom are here today at this great Conference. We have enjoyed the companionship, the loyalty and love of your boys and girls who have been sent there as missionaries. I want to tell you, my brethren and sisters, there is nothing in the world more dear to me than the love of these young people who have filled honorable missions in the mission field. They are an inspiration to those who labor among them; they are the stalwart defenders of the faith; they are the "hope of Israel" because the "hope of Israel" is the youth of Zion. The future of this Church and the salvation of our Church rests with the youth. My brethren and sisters and friends, I have been impressed very much within the last few days studying things regarding our Savior's life. One of the things that occurred to me last evening as well as this afternoon is the experience of our Savior as a boy of twelve in the temple of the Lord. When His mother sought Him she found Him both asking and answering questions among the wise men and lawyers of the temple. His question to her was, "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" I do not know any greater ideal, any greater goal or objective in life that you and I can have, or that young people can have in their souls than the one embodied in that question. We should be about our Father's business, and the question arises in turn, "What is our Father's business?" We have been told that the Lord's work and the Lord's glory is to bring to pass man's immortality and man's eternal life; and eternal life we are told is a quality of life, the kind of life that God Himself lives, that kind of life that Jesus, the Christ, came to give - life abundant, rich and full and joyful. That is the Lord's business; that is my business as one of His children; that is your business, my brethren and sisters, as the children of the Lord. Though we grant the fact that the Lord is Omnipotent, it seems to me that in this realm of His work, bringing to pass man's eternal life, the Lord does need you and me, because I claim -I may be wrong - but I claim the Lord cannot give me eternal life, that quality of life, that degree of joy which is celestial, unless I am willing to do my duty and keep His commandments, assist my fellow men in learning His commandments and encouraging them in keeping those commandments. I am sure the Lord spoke a glorious truth when he said to Oliver Cowdery and others: "If you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!" And so we have rejoiced in the mission field in devoting ourselves to the service of the Lord. We have brought into the Church in the last three years between twelve and thirteen hundred souls, converts and children. We have traveled over a hundred thousand miles. I have attended and preached in more than a thousand meetings. How much good has been done rests of course with the future. My brethren and sisters, we have increased in testimony. We bear our testimony to you this afternoon that this is the work of the Lord, and the only way to bring peace and joy to the world is by knowing the Lord's commandments and by keeping them. My five minutes are up. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank the parents of those boys and girls who have served in the mission field. I do thank them and am grateful for their lives, for their devotion and for their service. May the Lord bless these young people at home that they may keep in the harness, that they may be kept in the faith, that they may be an inspiration to all those with whom they associate, I pray in Jesus' name. Amen." [Conference Report, October 1940, Second Day-Afternoon Meeting, Elder William T. Tew Jr.]

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1928. Ralph A. Thacker. He received a BS Degree in Mechanical Arts in 1928. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 92.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1922. Hyrum C. Thomas. He received a BS Degree in Business & Accounting in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 92.