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Robert T. Burton

American Mormon leader (1821–1907)

Summary

American Mormon leader (1821–1907)

Field	Value
name	Robert T. Burton
image	Robert Taylor Burton (1821–1907).png
birth_name	Robert Taylor Burton
birth_date
birth_place	Amherstburg, Upper Canada
death_date
death_place	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
resting_place	Salt Lake City Cemetery
resting_place_coordinates
signature	Signature of Robert Taylor Burton (1821–1907).png
spouse	Maria Susan Haven
Susan Ellen McBride
Sarah Anna Garr
children	27
parents	Samuel Burton
Hannah Shipley
position_or_quorum1	First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
called_by1	William B. Preston
start_date1
end_date1
position_or_quorum2	Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
called_by2	Edward Hunter
start_date2
end_date2
end_reason2	Death of Edward Hunter
poly_date	February 6, 1856
poly_wives	3
list_notes	Member of the presiding bishopric of from 1874 until his death. He was also one of the principal officers in the Nauvoo Legion during its Utah reconstitution (including the Utah War) and led the territorial militia against the Morrisites during the 1862 Morrisite War.
battles	Utah War
Morrisite War	allegiance	United States	unit=Nauvoo Legion
*First Regiment of Cavalry	commands	First Regiment of Cavalry

Susan Ellen McBride Sarah Anna Garr Hannah Shipley American Civil War Morrisite War|allegiance=United States|unit=Nauvoo Legion

First Regiment of Cavalry|commands=First Regiment of Cavalry}} Robert Taylor Burton (25 October 1821 – 11 November 1907) was a member of the presiding bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1874 until his death. He was also one of the principal officers in the Nauvoo Legion during its Utah reconstitution (including during the Utah War) and led the territorial militia against the Morrisites during the 1862 Morrisite War.

Biography

Born in Amherstburg, Upper Canada, Burton was called by Presiding Bishop Edward Hunter to be his second counselor in 1874. Burton served in this capacity until Hunter's death in 1883. When William B. Preston was called to be the new Presiding Bishop in 1884, Burton was asked to serve as his first counselor. Burton served in this capacity until his death.

Burton joined the LDS Church in Upper Canada in 1838.

In 1856, Burton was part of the rescue party sent from Salt Lake City to assist the stranded Martin Handcart Company near the Sweetwater River. In 1870, Burton was tried and acquitted for the murder of Isabella Bowman, a person who had been killed by Utah militia while surrendering in the Morrisite War.

Burton practiced plural marriage and fathered 27 children. He married his first wife, Maria S. Haven (1826–1920) in 1845. He married his other two wives, Sarah A. Garr and Susan E. McBride in 1856. He is the great-great-grandfather of a former presiding bishop of the LDS Church, H. David Burton.

Burton died at his home in Salt Lake City on 11 November 1907, and was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Robert Taylor Burton in his cavalry uniform

Notes

References

"Robert T. (Taylor) Burton".
Served with allegiance to the [[State of Deseret]]
Orton, Chad M.. (November 2010). "Orton". [[BYU Studies]].
Godfrey, Kenneth. (1994). "Utah History Encyclopedia". [[University of Utah Press]].
Dickson III, Ephriam. "PROTECTING THE HOME FRONT THE UTAH TERRITORIAL MILITIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR".
Todd H. Compton, notes to ''A Widow's Tale: The 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney'' (Logan: Utah State University Press, 2003), p. 735
(1907-11-12). "Gen. R. T. Burton Dies at Ripe Age". [[The Salt Lake Herald]].

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