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NEHEMIAH
TAYLOR was the son of James and Charlotte (Smith)
Taylor, born September, 1919, married Lucy Hicks,
Sep. 17, 1843, who was born in NY in 1827 and died 1850.
He married his second wife, on July 12, 1852, who was born July
12, 1852 and died Aug. 27, 1902. Nehemiah died July 15,
1909.
JAMES W. TAYLOR (Nehemiah's father) was born
1780/1790, married Nancy Charlotte Smith, daughter of
David Smith. James W. was in the war of 1812 (marker
on his grave at Westfield, Ohio) and he died Jan. 21, 1859.
He was found in the 1840 census of Marlboro Twp., Delaware Co.,
Ohio living beside David Smith. It is not known if
James came to America with his parents as a young child,
or if he was already grown and came by himself. We do know
that he married in America and that his wife was born in New
York State. James may have had a son born in
California in March, 1780 and died Oct. 14th, 1855 age the age
of 75 years, 7 months. He was buried in the Westfield
Cemetery. He may be brother of James, both are sons of D.
H. & G. M.
Nancy Charlotte Smith's family was prominent in
Delaware county, Ohio from 1840 through the 1850's. Quite a bit
of information is also known for the Smith Family.
According to Nehemiah's death record, he was born in
Ohio, and his father was born in Scotland. His father may
have been in Hagerstown, Maryland, and possibly from Maine
before that (sea port town). Nehemiah's son,
George, told his grandchildren the family came from
Virginia! The earliest information found for Nehemiah
is where he married his first wife, Lucy M. Hicks,
daughter of Nehemiah Hamilton Hicks and Margaret Whitbeck,
at Westfield in what was then Northern Delaware County, Ohio. Nehemiah
and Lucy M. were married by A. Patee at Westfield,
Ohio which later became part of Morrow County. By this
marriage, two children were born: Samantha J. Taylor,
born in 1846, Ohio (Lived at Colby, Wisconsin in 1865); and
George Washington Taylor, born on the 4th of February, 1848
in Sandusky (according to death certificate), Ohio.
The family is listed on the 1850 Census of Morrow
County, Ohio. Lucy died ca 1851 probably in
childbirth. Nehemiah married his second wife,
Betsey Ann Miller, in the town of Westfield, Morrow County,
Ohio. She was born in Windsor, Broome County, New York.
Betsey was previously married Aug. 5, 1838 to Joshua
Travis and had five children by that marriage.
Henry Hamlet, born 1839 and Jane Ann, born 1849 were
both living with Nehemiah and Betsey on the 1855 and 1860
census in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
In 1880, Henry (Betsey's son) was living in
Marathon County, Moisinee, Wisconsin as a laborer and was
married to V. A. Getchal, 33 years old. She was
born in Main and her father was born in Maine. Her Mother
was born in New Hampshire. Henrys wife had a
brother, Frank, born in 1853 in Wisconsin.
Hamlet's children are: Manniss, Elnaxa, Gavin Bert,
Arthur, Willie, and Leon. Hamlet was living in
Hancock, Wisconsin in 1902 and was the only living child from
Betsey's previous marriage at that time. Henry,
for a while, used the name Henry
Taylor while in the U. S. Navy in the early 1860's.
One of our ancestors is reported to have been in one of the wars
as a water boy. This may have been Nehemiah's
father in the war of 1812, with the British.
Nehemiah left Morrow County, Ohio, and came to
Marston, in Washington Township (then Northern Sauk County,
Wisconsin, about April of 1853, His family traveled by
wagon, with the Felt E. Wheeler and sons, Nelson,
Almon, Henry and John and other families. One
of the Wheeler families continued on West to California,
while Nehemiah and Felt E. Wheeler and his
other children traveled into Sauk county, Wisconsin. In
1860, Nehemiah lived in Washington Township, Sandusky (Hillpoint).
The postoffice was in "Humbolt" where they lived at least until
1863.
Nehemiah came to Clark county in the fall of
1865 as stated by him in his letter, telling about his
step-son's health, to the pension department. Nehemiah's
family lived near Loyal in 1869, in Loyal Township, Clark
County, Wisconsin, where Nehemiah was farming. The
value of his personal estate was $400.00 and his total estate
was worth $600.00. In 1878, Nehemiah homesteaded
160 acres of land in Township 26, Section 22, just a little east
and south of Loyal. On the 1850 Morrow Census, Betsey
is listed with John Festien and Elizabeth
(probably Betsey's mother) and Betsey's daughter,
Jane Ann. She probably lived at home with her
mother after her first husband, Joshua Travis, died, but
before she married Nehemiah.
In 1874, Nehemiah's wife Betsey, left
him and moved to Colby, Wisconsin, where she is described as a
pioneer settler. In 1880, Betsey and her daughter,
Nancy, were in Colby along with Betsey's grandson,
Clarence Andrews, first son of Nehemiah and Betsey's
first daughter, Henrietta, who was then nine years old.
Betsey took in washing to support herself and lived on
Main Street. She died on Aug. 27, 1902, and is buried in
Colby, Wisconsin.
In 1880, Nehemiah lived in Jackson County, near
Alma Center, with his daughter, Samantha, his son
George's wife Nancy, and their daughter, Mary.
They lived there until about 1894 and were near Humbird,
Wisconsin in Calrk County in 1895. In 1900, Nehemiah
was living with Henry Young, son of Chauncy Young.
According to the family, Nehemiah's son George,
hated Nehemiah and the family states that Nehemiah
was a scoundrel.
Some of Nehemiah's siblings may be Martha,
Catherine and William.
Nehemiah and Betsey's children are as follows
(second marriage): Henrietta, born 1853; Henry
L., born May 14, 1855; James B., born July/Aug.,
1858; Malcom David, born May 1860; and Nancy Charlotte,
born Jan. 16, 1863.
George Washington Taylor
(Scottish name)In his later years probably
holding one of his grandchildren.
George lived on Hickman road, Humbird, until 1931 when
his wife, Nancy, died. |
George Washington Taylor & wife, Nancy
Margaret Young. (Scottish name)In his later years
probably holding one of his grandchildren
George lived on Hickman road, Humbird, until 1931 when
his wife, Nancy, died |
Nehemiah B. Taylor & wife, Elizabeth (Betsey)
Ann Travis Miller.This photo was taken at Colby,
Wisconsin in 1901 and their daughter, Nancy Charlotte
Taylor & Edgar Wilkins, son Oscar Wilkins
and his child. |
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