Healing / Medical Reversal & Remission

Healing of a little girl in the Albert Taylor family

Published October 6, 2026 at 6:12 AM

1880s · 1889
A train traveling westward from Norfolk, Virginia

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During a journey by train from Norfolk, Virginia, westward, a little girl, the daughter of Brother Albert Taylor, became severely sick. She was administered to by the Elders and was speedily restored to health.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 26, 1 July 1889, p. 414):

During a journey by train from Norfolk, Virginia, westward, a little girl, the daughter of Brother Albert Taylor, became severely sick. She was administered to by the Elders and was speedily restored to health.

In Their Own Words

“Nothing of importance occurred until we reached Denver, except the severe sickness of a little girl, the daughter of Brother Albert Taylor. She was administered to by the Elders, and speedily restored to health. — Millennial Star 51:26”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 July 1889 (Vol. 51, No. 26). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1889-07-01_51_26 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 26, 1 July 1889, p. 414 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1889-07-01_51_26

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