Joseph Edward Taylor (December 11, 1830 – February 13, 1913) was a member of the Utah House of Representatives and the leading Sexton in Salt Lake City. Taylor was born in Horsham, Sussex, England to George Edward Grove Taylor and his wife the former Ann Wicks. He was raised in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. At age fifteen he moved to Hull, Yorkshire, England. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at this place in 1846. In 1848 he began serving as an LDS missionary in England. In January 1851 he left England to come to Utah. But he fell ill in St. Louis and did not come to Utah until 1852. He originally worked as a cabinet maker and set up his undertaking business in 1862.