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.Ux the past, I have aloayo collectoil snd 'protarocl nr;" onn data vhlch I then'
u6od ln ny torn paporgr }Ionever, J.:l thls Fs-tlccrl.ar te:rn*papor, I naa unable to
peiform thla functlmr vithout outelde asslotanc€. It noukl appoqr to mn that e
bibltogrqphy, alono, vould uot be a eatlsfectory compllnmt to thoso lnople who
ha,rye glven of ti:elr tJ.:ne ard, oner&r, a€ rrell as tholr menories, Ln orJer thot I
?,fr. Stevens. ffual}y, rqy .fetb€r wbc spolo of hLs porcnts, and hto 6srly chLldhooC.
To ti:ose people on ny motherta oirlo, 1 ovo nany thanlco. l[ro,"ilghn li.}g who
has boon ooll-octln6 dats for qulte so:ne t!ns, ouppllel rno slth a nell dosrrinsnted
outLlno of the fanllyrs btstcny. Sho hao provod to.bo 66re of ny rnaln eonroeE"f:ln-
Just hcrw thoy ls not lonorrr6 Conlng by vay of tnh funber"lantl 6ap, they
ca-,re
rnarst lLkoly, vcre .art of, a, wagon traln" rf, hovover, they usecl the 0h1o rlvor,
1. l'{oLvlns Teylor,
Rorn on lbr:ch 10, ISOT, in Bal,son Co., I(entuclqy.
,far:rled on Nole;lb"* 2r t8}lr t': $a:ruol',ott;onger
et Cnawfo:r1avlllo, ln 'dcntgoflerjr ii6., Irclignn.
, Dled on l,lay 14] ).8{r) 1n :ilontgcrnery
-Co,, Iniiiena.
2. JuLla ann Tayro:1, -'or?1 on July l, leog, ln 6ba;son cc., Kentuclry.
iilarrl.ecl on So'pto:rber l!1 ]'gg2t in ftiw.fOrdovii_1.e,
! lOnteo.$ery.C?:, p{l*", to Jotrn.,'jesley 1llathere.
pO, 1895, in Tarn Co., forr&. .,
r Dletl on rlrtguet
,. CreenvLlla Tb,ylor, torn on F9b1u,.ry ?, Lgl2rln gglol C9.,
$bn-
rieptenber 6' 1818'1n crivBon
, r *,T1""*:il.:"
4. Echrnrl Tqylor, ilorrr on i'Ia,y ,, 1814, 1.rr Grayoon Co. , &ntuctsr. Irlocl
on 9e;tonber 7, l8te; ln faycon Co.r&.lentrrcfty.
'\rrlng those oaf,ly y€ars of tbe IBOOts, Kentucky, nss not the only pl.aee
betng settled. The dece-de bofore tho Pa;rlo ol" 1B)7, proiucerl o pertod, of intenee
dpeolrletlve lntoreot tn ths Lako italns nr€a. To thle lan,l of aew opportunlty,
og;m !s61,s after of lan:i,$hun12ry'settl.ere. $;hllg tho Foltheaste':t an,i Sou-
riB'.,e
s ilti'
tbern.fitatee y?e:re enga€lng cne onctbor for eoonomlc con'trol. of tho rt,st, Inllana,
g,
aE veIl ag lts nolghbour{ng state:, openerl itr; doors of natural resourcee, and
male rea,li to enguif tho naso nlgratlon. It vres to thls stete that FathsnleL
tayJ.or Jr., ancl hls fonllyp iovecl eonetlrm betwe,en i.8/l t a,n:l L850. Lar:J fover
probebLy rnotivateC hlrn to na}te the Jounrey fron Konhrcky, to Indlena, by weigon
anC horeeback. After aett1.1n6 dovn ln rdontgp:m:r; Co'.^nty, lilr. Taylor probably
epent the ::ernalnd.er of hts Llfe ao & forrrer, whi.:.o hts vlfe mqy bave been a
sehool teache:r as well os a mother. Ftncrtly on l'brch 26) 1847, hs dled tn itont-
gomory Co. , Ind,lana.?
l{atha,nlel T}ankrfn S*forr rot great grandfather, vb.e bo:ra on \tarcb i5rt1z4,
ln Eardln co., Kentuclgr. Bi;*- r.o ,uniiooa ln rndlana. llhere, he nanl.ed a
sooan na,md, Frellne EaskolL oa tr€bnr*y eg, 1850. Evellne lras:boni on .tbrguot 1,
18?], ln tevayr. a tonn locetel i,n Svritzerland, Co., Iadl.ana. Seforu ber death she
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concolved. .trff chttdren
tlbl.l..,
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l[rs. John Re].rn" ]loler l{o reascns v€re gl.von for the dea'lhe of
three of their cbl}drenl GreenvllLe Teylor rlho iiied at the a6e of 61 Jarnee Ceorge
Taylor vho clie,l at the aCp of 2; ani Ech:nrl Taylor nho dlsl at the a€e of 4. It
epp€erB t*St tno of the ch.ildren rnqlr poeolbly have dleri Ilona a dlsease for 0t'ecn-
viffe Ta;l&,"l1st on Septenber5, 1.818, the dey before hls brother, Eolrrnrl, dledl
?fbu., :,tns. John Eelo.
1. Lucy Ellen t'a,ylor, tsorrr on 4r- tg5t, Svltzerland Co.r fn_
cllana. lgbAgy
:{.ecl Septenber l, fO5e, f"."-Co., Iona.
a. rohn illro bve ra;'Ior'
-ru:q $"ih:r'ltii"$ti'i:il$'f*
1929t Hcnnepln Co., llirrnesota.
i' caroLlne Julla Taylor, :,orn..l!]r a6, L855, Tana fo., rcmr,.. r,h*r.ed,
to -lLltcle Tlhltr-ac::o BalLarl on l"tcrotr 19,
IB79t To1ecto, Tarna Co., Iowa. Dloi on
-at]-911t
June 6, ?apld clt;r, south tal<cta.
4' uzlllzh Tsylor, rr nx Oci.cber 1, rB5T, T&na co. r rovrao ''a':,ts4
Jane
, to .I;hn Acton Sh;ren on tfiaroh ig, ]f,b, Toledo,
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Tama ltc. , Iov.a. i)led on l{ole:nbor ZAr- ig$,
IIReno, Oanarllan Co. r Okl.aho;na. '
5' Georgo Elner ravlor,
F:n*.JTtiSrri,tl* IIT il;erone- Dtol
6. OrorLes F!€nkltn faylor, nonl. on Jrln IBS1, ,,&.na Co., fova.
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llot knovn tf ho ever irnrrLed, lrte,f fn
L9r7, Loa .{ngeloo, Califor:ria,
7. Rorrr on lloveni:or ,
29 1653 ) Tana Co. , Iova.
o. r Tlr.rnag Ta;,).o:., Borzr on l.Iove'rbar
$lvu ?2t LgiS, Tolo, Co., Iorr&.
i,farrted on.',{arch f7i fOe9, to .4yrtt6 loora
Borren wlro rl;a,s born 6n-FeLna4,' bg,
Co., ]lc.w york. She ciiel on ;rune it,tgilr-d"oo,o"
tgig, t"
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Lo l1 $m Joaouln Co., CelJ.fornia. hrrlott
fur
TfllLow_tovrnohip fi.ootb,"rry
_ooreiar;r, Co. , Iorya.
ffIi:"Tffi,:Y*H. gtn' on ;erruoftr iB; ii;;;
In the year lg51r ltathanjel Flonklla Tqylor and hlg fa^urily, for reaoons
un_
knorva, left thelr ho:re :in fnd&ne anil inov€d. to the pralrte
lanrl of Iors. Scmet{.ne
after thelr amlval, Bvellne poseed ovqy.
8rbld., l[ro. John Eeho. foter litie. arol )tns. &tlrln Thomac Teylor rrere the
parents of i,be. John lloln
IO
,* rrrr#r^, tr e., lcft 'Ure, fn::n al: ',lorr.il'l , Iovra, anl rcved tc gloux
Clty, vrlio:r.e ti:e.7 clnnt the ncxt trvo yearr o'{JrcJ;fir6 a llvery s1;o,blo. fn lllL,
they'left Sloux cityr lova, by train, to hone teo.i ln i{ebras}ro. llre;* o}rooo a sit€
aLx rnl'Ies sout,hof .r'dnsvorth, Ilebraslca, for tl:elr runclr. Tlosci'er, tl:o ranch fallocl
to pr.odur€ Bn;r pr.oflt, anl ln o J/oar:r t.l::ie, they r;cre back ln Siou;r Clty, rvhore
r0i'€Pi&lfather clottt the ncxt tvic,c&ts oircretln;: a ghoe r"e5oir olr p. fnon grey
lrovei.l to o, far;r ssutheast of Sioux Oih'. /rt the enC of tlrreo Jeere, tltey movocl
baat to tUurniorth, agaln b7 train, o.nl livel on farrre or smalJ rancho.s. fn later
yea::st thery no','ed into /dnsrvorth. Thero, I)igu:. woricei for the rallrorulr'.rntil ho
beca;p 1L1.18 r''ftor..",:ro. Taylo" p"ooo,f a;ny ln .ii;rriL o'Ig44, he s1e:nt ther rcet
of irl's llfo ;:r::forml.n6 old Jobs, nncl, tootr u,, clocli repalr as a hobb.1,, IIe rllerl at
tbo homo of hts ,t*tO??Js 2,
at tire a3u oi g8,tg
?u\y Jcrc)toon, on lrecenber 1g46,
01,c1 ',brle Taylor vEJorn.on No.,'omber 11., 1.!04. Irpon iinlshlqi her j:i;|r
I
1BIbl,i. r ',lro. O:r'.1 l,la::lo {idth.
19rt9l11*o;,' Ccl.:'.lx1r" !gpjXg!,, (Llnrirolth itar. 'ojrrroal), lece;r\et 4, L946,
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l,llllan Tqyjor, ,3orn tiel:tedrer ,r, ,rlr. ,r.o ou1ffi aB, L909.
9, l,oonarri $argoant Taylor, lorrr February 2J, l9lo.l5
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ri*:Yff
vho Yrore oof,€cle,l ly
trlPv "ilrrl''ilt'i*""::$;ff
fo:r *;l"air. Ul ;';J:],"s,,1i,, H:r:J;"i::u "
rt iiff iffi 3i;"'.r:$t
fo heL.r eoLvo r
rncthor ocorpj.ed horself vlth a varlety of oocupail,ons. Sho vas a v€ry goorl
sea.r-
str€ss. t{ot orJ.y rlirt sho eew for her orn fa:nllyr
but shs ec,yed for her frlenJs
as vel1' Deskles belng a good ooerastress,
aho eorvod, es a praotical n'rs6 for
cononunlty' ?robe'bIy the most unuoua'l
of her many oocrrpatlons lrao that of belng 're
tloe tovnre undertnker. At thst tlrre,
the Iaw dld n:it rec,ulre the corpeo to be
enbalmocl' ccnssouently, Dollle wae pernltted
to pnaotlce thle profseolon.lT
lThon he was twonty tvo yetrrs olcl, he wae unlted tn rna,rrlagp io hls chlrdhood
l'laynato, DoLlte- t\t'J'rne
L.rellne Carter
uarrer on Novsnber 29r 1888, at smlthlanil,
. 1 , rona.ll
Dollle raa bonn et &lalccnb, rIllnols.
Ber fatber, T7lrltan csrte!, an en6i-
n€er on the rallroad. lle paeaed €rwa;' vrhcn ',ari
the fot* childron rrere r€r,y s,_,rtr]l.
Sornetfine aftonrard, her raothor ro;irarrlocl
a ctan narpcl ilr. yorlc, unil t.l.oy lrol one
8on. I{e.r ;nr:thor sl ent nrost o{' her Ltfe &a a.
so&astreog. an:l hetialc€r. Tihon ibll
le
bscarm echool agn, aho we:rt to llvs
!1115 her kandfafiror
\{q^u{sutv{_ gar-Jrlo,
I-lElI.IlB, who Fas a rbos-
t
byterlan l,llnloter, anrl a lorntry sehool
teaelnr. iurj.rrg the sunmCI!. ;ir:nf,fig, 16.
operatod a aroall tnrctcf""t"Q1ho:r latcr echoor y€a::61 eho mov6*, to tJro hoirp of
hon fatlrerre parente at l,talc.onrbi
fi,linols. ft was therc that she. rnot
Idger ]t'1111arn
Itqylor:, a forrmr chlldboocl plqlznate.
Bcforq longr they were wrlte4 ln trnamlags.14
Dnon thle unlon wore borrr nlne.ctrlldrorS
l. T,ltlLisn Rranklln
Tqylor, sorn geptonber ,, ,ftU.
2, '&Yallne Carollne Tcylor, Born ldey A, ]Bg2.
5. [arrls TayLor, Born Ibbruery ].I, 1Sg4.S )led Fbbnrary
17, 1894.
4. fuby UzlLleh l4rlor, gonr 4poc1f 6, fg9t5.
5. Leste:r }la.rlon tb$llor, ,3ora Deceabor 6, 1901.
;"J::T:: _:t:
6ettable oxporLence, he caroe to
y.r.1 u lln
lloojl:rr?1r rarrs4..
countv' ln
n{,rm -L-, r --^, tt4^'rt^";h;ix 1879, an:l nsE*rled, anothe:r
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