| − | John served as a Nauvoo city councilman, a chaplain, a colonel, and a judge advocate for the Nauvoo Legion. Also, he was responsible for publishing two newspapers; Times and Seasons, Nauvoo Neighbor until 1846. John would be thrown in Carthage Jail with prophets Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The mob martyred the Smith brothers and John himself was shot. Legend says that John survived the ordeal because a bullet ment to kill him was stopped by watch. John wrote Doctrine and Covenants 135 as a tribute to Joseph and Hyrum. In 1847, he was forced out of Nauvoo and with the help of Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor led 1,500 Saints to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. There, Taylor was appointed an associate judge in the provisional State of Desert and served in the Utah territorial legislature. Taylor was elected Speaker of the House for five consecutive session. | + | John served as a Nauvoo city councilman, a chaplain, a colonel, and a judge advocate for the Nauvoo Legion. Also, he was responsible for publishing two newspapers; Times and Seasons, Nauvoo Neighbor until 1846. John would be thrown in Carthage Jail with prophets Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The mob martyred the Smith brothers and John himself was shot. Legend says that John survived the ordeal because a bullet ment to kill him was stopped by his watch. John wrote Doctrine and Covenants 135 as a tribute to Joseph and Hyrum. In 1847, he was forced out of Nauvoo and with the help of Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor led 1,500 Saints to Salt Lake Valley, Utah. There, Taylor was appointed an associate judge in the provisional State of Desert and served in the Utah territorial legislature. Taylor was elected Speaker of the House for five consecutive session. |