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Autobiography of Henry Dixon Taylor (b.1903), an Assistant to the Council of Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born in Provo, Utah, the son of Arthur Nicholls Taylor and Maria Louise Dixon, and married Alta Hansen in 1929. He served as a stake president and a mission president before becoming a "general authority.".
Henry Aldous Dixon was born on 14 March 1835 at Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. His parents were John Henry Dixon and Judith Boardman Dixon. After hearing the gospel preached by the missionaries, Henry wanted to be baptized, but was forbidden by his father. Upon turning 21 years of age, Henry was baptized by John Ellis, a local member who held the office of a priest. Leaving his father's home where he was no longer welcome, he went to Port Elizabeth to earn enough money to come to Utah. Henry arrived in Utah on 12 September 1857.
Henry Aldous Dixon immigrated to the United States from South Africa on 1 November 1856. He landed in Boston in March 1857. When an elderly couple by the name of Walker offered to provide all the equipment to go to Salt Lake, Henry drove the ox team for them. They arrived in Salt Lake on 12 September 1857. After serving a mission, Henry married Sarah DeGrey in the Endownment House on 21 January 1865. In April 1869, he took a second wife by the name of Mary Smith. Henry died 4 May 1884 and left two wives and 14 children.