AUSTIN B. TAYLOR was born at New Fayne, Vermont, Nov. 14, 1813.  His father was Simon Taylor, M. D.  His mother's maiden name was Cynthia Birchard, a sister of Sardis Birchard.  Left an orphan he was bound out as a saddler's apprentice; learned the trade, but did not work at it after attaining his majority.  On that day he started for Lower Sandusky to enter the store of his  uncle, Sardis Birchard, arriving in Fremont in the fall of 1834.  His whole capital at that time consisted of six dollars and an old jack-knife.  But he had pluck and business energy, and in course of time became the successor of the firm of Birchard, Dickinson & Grant in the dry goods business, which he carried on until 1850, when he sold out to Eisenhour & Coles.  In 1851 he was elected justice of the peace and served one term.  Apr. 4, 1853 he was elected mayor, defeating Brice J. Bartlett by four votes.  The vote stood:  A. B. Taylor, 137; B. J. Bartlett, 134; total vote, 271.  He was married to Delia Pettibone, daughter of Hon. Hiram Pettibone, a former lawyer of this city, Apr. 27, 1840.  He died Oct. 28, 1859, and was buried by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a prominent member holding the office of treasurer for many years.  He left a family of seven children - Mary, died the following spring; Sardis B., the doctor; Charles, George, Oscar, Austin B., and Delia.  He left a large estate, and his whole life was a marvel of business energy.
  Source: 1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies - Publ. Cleveland, Ohio:  H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page 539

  Source: 1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies - Publ. Cleveland, Ohio:  H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page 460

  Source: 1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies - Publ. Cleveland, Ohio:  H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page 724

JOHN S. TYLER, the subject of this sketch, was a native of the State of New York, born in Cayuga county, on the 25th day of December, 1806.  In 1816 he came to.  Lower Sandusky with his father's family, from Detroit, Michigan.  His advantages for education were limited by the meager facilities of the day.  He was, therefore, a self made man.  For a number of years he was clerk in the store of George G. Olmsted, from whom he gathered much valuable information in business matters, and whom he made his model for deportment and social habits, which were those of the true gentleman.  He became a man of remarkably quick discernment, and was acknowledged one of the best business managers in the community.  He was probably one of the best judges of investments that the city of Fremont ever had.
     From his arrival here till his retirement from active life he was intimately connected with the business interests of this place.  He contributed to the growth, of the city in the erection of a substantial brick block on the corner of Front and Croghan streets, and subsequently a two-story brick on Croghan street.  The mercantile business was his chief employment.  His first trade was largely with the Indians, with whom he was a special favorite:
     About the year 1832 he married Miss Phebe Ann VanDoren, of Lower Sandusky. By this marriage he had three sons and three daughters.  Charleston, his eldest son, served in the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was wounded at Chickamauga, and died September 28, 1863.  Mrs. Tyler having deceased, Mr. Tyler married Eliza Kridler in 1850.  Death again removed his companion in 1861.  He married for his third wife Helen S. Norton, of Wood county.  Mr. Tyler died after a brief illness, Jan. 12, 1873, at the age of sixty-seven years.
  Source: 1812 History of Sandusky, Ohio with Portraits and Biographies - Publ. Cleveland, Ohio:  H. Z. William & Bro. - 1882 - Page 535

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