BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Richland Co., Ohio
Past and Present
Illustrated
Publ: Mansfield by A. A., Graham & Co.
1807 - 1880
Franklin Twp. -
ANDREW F. TAYLOR, farmer; P. O. Mansfield;
he was born in Franklin Township Jan. 6, 1850; he is engaged in
farming the old homestead and is an active energetic man.
His sister, Ellen B. Taylor, was born in Cass Township;
T. W. Taylor resides in Madison Township, north of the
Water Cure.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 788 |
Worthington Twp. -
TAYLOR, DAVID, farmer; P. O Butler. Hon.
David Taylor, one of the most extensive land
holders in Worthington Township, was born in Bedford Co., Penn.,
in 1813; he is of Irish on his fathers and English descent on
his mother's side; he came to Richland Co. (now Greene Township,
Ashland Co.), when 8 years of age; his father, William
Taylor, bought three quarter-sections of land, part of which
to-day is known as the Cary farm; most of this
land was military school land on which some of his neighbors
found it impossible to meet the yearly payment of $19 and odd
cents due to the Government; and it being forced upon the
market, Mr. Taylor bought it. Mr.
William Taylor was married to Jane Wilson,
in 1798, by whom he had ten sons and one daughter; four sons and
the daughter are living; James Taylor, a man of
wealth, has retired from business and lives in the State of
Oregon. William Taylor's wife died on the
old farm in 1832; he afterward married Jane Hull,
who had no children; in his old age, he removed to Loudonville,
where, in 1854, he died; his last wife lived several years after
his death. The subject of this sketch, David,
married Elizabeth Calhound he and wife have had
six sons and four daughters; he owns 356 acres of land; he has
been Land Appraiser twice; has been Commissioner six years.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham
& Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 933 |
City of Mansfield -
FRANK R. TAYLOR, teamster. He was born in Franklin
Township in 1854. He was married in 1876, to Mary J.
Browneller, who was born in Madison Township in 1859 ; they
had one child, Fenton E., born Jan. 17, 1877; he died
April 20, 1879.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 738 |
Sharon Twp. -
JOHN W. TAYLOR, machinist, Shelby; was born in Weller
Township, Richland Co., Dec. 18, 1820; remained there on a farm
until he was 22 years of age, when he went with Hoy &
Williams to Lexington, Mo., and engaged in the fanning-mill
business; stayed there two years and then went to Kentucky.
In 1846, enlisted in the Louisville Legion and served as a
private soldier under Zachary Taylor, in the
Mexican war, and was discharged at Vera Cruz; from there he
moved to California, where he remained until 1850, then returned
to Kentucky by way of Isthmus of Panama. In 1859, he went
to Missouri and went to raising cotton, which business he
followed until the war broke out. He volunteered as
Captain in the Confederate service under Gen. Forrest;
was in all the principal battles of the Army of the Cumberland,
and at the close of the war surrendered with Joseph E.
Johnston to Maj. Gen. Sherman at Jonesboro, N. C;
after the war closed, he came to Kentucky and engaged in the
fanning-mill business again. In 1875, came to
Shelby, where he now lives. Was married to Amanda
Killingsworth, of Georgia, in 1850. Had by this
wife two children, one of which is now living. His first
wife died in 1854; in 1856, was married to Sarah C. Thurman.
Had by this marriage four children—Alonzo, Cleopatra,
John T. and Lena. His second wife died May
1, 1870. Married as his third wife Mary A. Nunamaker,
Sept. 28, 1875. Mr. Taylor is a man of good
moral habits, neither drinks, chews nor smokes. Both of
his grandfathers were Revolutionary soldiers, and his father a
soldier of the war of 1812. His father, John
Taylor, a noted pioneer of Weller Township, Richland Co.,
was born in Greene Co., Penn., in 1788; moved to Weller Township
in 1818, where he entered his land from the Government. He
remained on this farm until July 26, 1875, when he died.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham
& Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 890 |
Franklin Twp. -
ROBERT TAYLOR, farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he
was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Jan. 8, 1807; came to Ohio at the
age of 17 years. Married in 1833 to Elizabeth Bristow;
they had five children - William, born July 14, 1834;
George, Oct. 18, 1835; Jane, May 12, 1837; Nancy
A., Sept. 8, 1838; John, (deceased), Oct. 8, 1840;
Thomas, Oct. 18, 1842. Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor
died July 26, 1843. Mr. Taylor married again, Apr.
30, 1844, to Mary A. Robinson, who was born in Wayne Co.,
Ohio, in 1820; they had five children - Elizabeth, born
Sept. 20, 1852; Franklin, May 17, 1854; Marion R.,
May 16, 1856; David A., May 22, 1859; Ida May,
Oct. 1, 1865. William Taylor enlisted in the late
war in the 3d O. V. I.; he died at Benton Barracks, Mo.
Nancy Ann died in January, 1865, at the age of 27 years.
Mr. Taylor owns a farm in Franklin and is one of the
leading citizens of that township.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 787 |
City of Mansfield -
TAYLOR, THOMAS W., carpenter. He was born in
Franklin Township Oct. 18, 1842. Married in 1866, to
Lydia Small, who was born in Franklin Co., Penn.,
Jan. 8, 1843; they have six children—Orlando, born Sept.
22, 1866; Ada R., born Sept. 8, 1868; Charlie,
born Dec. 23, 1870; Mary, born Mar. 12, 1873; Maud,
born Aug. 14, 1876; Thomas, born Feb. 21, 1879; Mr.
Taylor resides in Mansfield, and has been engaged in the
Mansfield machine works. He enlisted in the 64th Regiment,
O. V. I.; a member of Co. E, and was engaged in the service
three years.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 738 |
Franklin Twp. -
JACOB THRONE, farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he
was born in Franklin Township Aug. 2, 1835. Married, Oct.
20, 1857, to Martha D. Watson, who was born in Newton
Falls, Trumbull Co., Mar. 5, 1838; they have the following
family: William, born June 15, 1858; Mary A.,
Mar. 15, 1860; Charles E., Feb. 20, 1862; Nichlas,
Nov. 20, 1864; Ella B., Dec. 3, 1865; Dora A.,
June 28, 1868; Rollie W., Nov. 3, 1870; Oren W.,
June 23, 1872; Anna B., Nov. 3, 1874; Arthur L., June
12, 1878. Nichlas died Dec. 17, 1864; Martha, Mar.
16, 1861; Dora, Dec. 3, 1870. Jacob Throne's
father, Michael Throne, died Aug. 31, 1871, aged 76 years
11 months and 27 days; his mother, Mrs. Throne, died July
22, 1851, aged 61 years and 10 months.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 788 |
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