People

: William Wesley Taylor; Early Grand Junction, Colorado resident. Owner of the Plain Dealer, an African-American newspaper in Utah during the 1890’s. Married to Lizzie Taylor. Grandfather of Josephine (Taylor) Dickey.

: William Wesley Taylor III; He was born to William Wesley Taylor and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Austin) Taylor in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father was an editor for an African-American newspaper, the Utah Plain Dealer, and his mother was a homemaker. He was 15 when his father passed in 1907. He became the provider for the family. He helped his sister and his brother Booker Thomas Washington Taylor get their college educations. He served in the Army during WWII and was honorably discharged. He was conferred a certificate from President Nixon and a tribute letter from Wayne Aspinall. He married Helen Booker. They had a son, Wesley, and four daughters, Dorothy, Mary, Marjory, and Josephine. Through the Handy Chapel, where his brother Booker was the pastor, he worked to assist African Americans new to Grand Junction or passing through, helped to remodel the church, and provided many other community services (his grandfather and mother had ministered in the early days of the church).