Parley's Story
Birth: August 14th, 1862 | male | in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Death: July ??, 1863 | Infant | in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Memorial: Stone 13 | right column
Parley George Taylor is the third of nine children born to George Taylor and Eliza Nicholls, both from England.
The Taylor family immigrated to America on the ship “Amazon.” After arriving in America, they traveled by boat down the Missouri River on the way to Nebraska. During that time, Parley became very ill.
Exhaustive travel conditions, disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, premature birth, and extreme weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers. Three days out of St. Joseph, Missouri, 11-month-old Parley passed away. He is buried in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.
The family continued on and joined the John W. Wooley Company to cross the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. The company departed Nebraska on August 9, 1863.