Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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	CHARLES R. TABOR Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 816
	H. C. TAFT & SON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 816
	JOHN H. TARR Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 816
	GEORGE N. TAVENNER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 817
	ALEXANDER TAYLOR, farmer, Middlebury township, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Greene township, Ashland county, May 8, 1838, and was married Apr. 13, 1862, to Elizabeth Heck, who was born near Holmes county, Ohio.  Mar. 30, 1836.  They have six children: David W., born Jan. 25, 1864; John R., Nov. 26, 1866; Carrie B., Mar. 10, 1868; James Mar. 19, 1870; Millie Maud E., Aug. 8, 1872; and Eva M., born Sept. 3, 1875.      Mr. Taylor is a son of David Taylor, esq., of Richland county.  In 1821 he settled in Greene township, now Ashland county.  They first came to Monroe township and remained there till 1844, when they moved to Worthington township.  Mr. D. Taylor has been commissioner of Richland county for two terms of three years.      Alexander Taylor came to Middlebury township, Knox county, Ohio, Apr. 25, 1871, and remained there till the fall of 1880, when he sold out and moved to St. Clair county, Missouri, his post office being Lowery City, St. Clair county, Missouri.  Mr. Taylor has been a worthy citizen of this county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 817
	JOSEPH W. TAYLOR, Mt. Vernon, physician and surgeon, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, near Wooster, in December, 1849.  He remained in the family until about fourteen years of age, when his parents removed to Mt. Vernon.  He read medicine with Dr. Jacob Stamp, of Mt. Vernon, for three years - 1869, 1870 and 1871.  He attended two courses at the medical department of Wooster university, located at Cleveland, from which he received his diploma.  He returned to Mt. Vernon, and practiced with Mr. Stamp in 1871, 1872 and 1873.  He then purchased the drug store of Mr. L. Rowley.  After the erection of the Curtis house, in 1877, he moved his store to the room in building where he has since remained.      He came first to Mt. Vernon about 1866.  He attended school at Kenyon about one year.  He was deputy auditor under Colonel Alexander Cassil for two years.      He purchased a half interest in the Mt. Vernon Republican in February, 1881, and is the political editor of said paper. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 817
	SAMUEL TAYLOR, Mt. Vernon, was born Apr. 16, 1800, at Troy, New York, where he remained until June, 1840, when he came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, having previously made arrangements to take charge of the coopering shops of J. & J. Slocum, where he remained one year when the firm failed and he established a business for himself, in which he was very successful, doing a business for himself, in which he was very successful, doing a very large business.  He employed about six hands, and manufactured barrels, meat tubs, butter Kegs, etc.  In 1870 on account of his age, he gave his son charge of the business.  He was married to Catherine Balson in 1825, by whom he had fourteen children, six of whom are living.  Losing his wife, he married Nov. 27, 1853, Isabella Bumpus.  Mr. Taylor was one of the oldest citizens of Mt. Vernon, having lived here forty-one years and being eighty-one years old. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 817
	STOUGHTON L. TAYLOR, of Mt. Vernon, was born in Saratoga county, New York, Mar. 6, 1822.  He was born on a farm.  He commenced to work on the farm at quite an early age.  His father emigrated to Ohio when the subject of this sketch was about fifteen years of age, and settled in Licking county, where he resided up to the time of his death, his wife surviving him for some years.  In 1838 Stoughton went to clerk in a store in Homer, Licking county, and shortly after to Utica, same county, where he remained until 1843.  He continued clerking up to 1846, when he commenced business for himself, which he continued for a short time.  He went from Utica to Logan county and engaged in business, and also acted as agent for the Knox Mutual insurance company for some nine years.  He came to Mt. Vernon and engaged in business here.  In 1870 he was elected by the board of directors of the Knox Mutual Fire Insurance company as general agent and adjustor for the company.  He has been a member of the board of directors for several years.      Mr. Taylor has been twice married.  His first wife was Miss Elizabeth T. Browning, to whom he was married in June, 1849.  She was a daughter of the late George Browning.  Mr. Browning was born in a block-house in Marietta.  He was the son of a daughter of Rufus Putnam.  Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had six children, four of whom are living.  Mrs. Taylor died June 6, 1874.  He was married June 29, 1876, to Miss Rebecca Rice. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 817
	THOMAS N. TAYLOR, farmer, Pleasant township, was born in Logan County, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1844.  He was reared a farmer and has made farming his vocation.  In 1872 he married  Miss Mary E. Bowman, of same county, born in 1854.  They settled in Logan county, where they remained until 1876, when they came to Knox county, where they remained until 1876, when they came to Knox county, purchased and moved on the farm where they are now living in Pleasant township, known as the old Park farm, two miles east of Mt. Vernon. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 817
	GEORGE L. TEETER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 817
	WARNER TERRY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 818
	DANIEL THOMAS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 819
	JESSE BURGESS THOMAS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 818
	GEORGE L. TEETER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 818
	DANIEL THOMAS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 819
	JESSE BURGESS THOMAS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 818
	ENOCH THOMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 819
	FRANKLIN P. THOMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 819
	JOHN D. THOMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 820
	MATHEW THOMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 820
	ROBERT THOMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 820
	SAMUEL C. THOIMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 820
	THOMAS THOMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 821
	WILLIAM THOMPSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 821
	ABSALOM THRIFT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 821
	A. H. TILTON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 821
	ASBURY J. TILTON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 822
	DANIEL A. TILTON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 822
	J. A. TILTON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 821
	ANDREW W. TIM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 822
	FRENCH TISH, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Harrison township, Knox county, Ohio, in 1853, and was married in April, 1875, to Julisa McKinsey, who was born in Brown township in 1847.  They have one son: Walter Clinton, who was born Nov. 30, 1876.      Mr. Tish purchased a home in Berlin township in November, 1878. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	GEORGE W. TISH, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Millwood, Knox county, Sept. 25, 1842, and was married in 1866, to Livona Weston, who was born in Fredericktown, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1844.  They had two sons Charlie, born June 13, 1868, and Freddie, Jan. 16, 1876.      He was a soldier in the late war, a member of company B, Ninety-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in the following engagements:  Chickasaw Bluffs, Mississippi, Dec. 28, 1862; Fort Hindman, Jan. 11, 1863; Siege of Vicksburg, from May 28, 1863, until July 4, 1863; Jackson, Mississippi, July 10th to July 17, 1863; Battle of Grand Coteau, Nov. 3, 1863; Siege of Fort Gains, Alabama, from Aug. 3rd to Aug. 9, 1864; Fort Morgan, Alabama, from Mar. 27th to Apr. 8, 1865, and Mobile, Alabama, Apr. 12, 1865.  He was honorably discharged, and has resided in Berlin township for a period of eleven years.      During the war he was taken prisoner Nov. 3, 1863, and was paroled Dec. 25, 1863, and exchanged in May, 1864.  He was a prisoner five months.  He was a corporal of company B, One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 822
	MATILDA TIBIN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	WILLIAM TOMS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	JAMES TONENS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	ALEXANDER TRAHERN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	MATTHIAS TRESSEL Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	JOHN TRICKLE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	TRIMBLE FAMILY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 823
	JOSEPH TRIMBLE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 824
	SAMUEL TRIMBLE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 824
	E. A. TRUMBULL Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 824
	JOHN TUCKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 824
	JONES TUCKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 824
	TULLOSS FAMILY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 825
	WILLIAM TURNER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 825

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