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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 10 October 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Wayne Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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HIRAM C. TAYLOR, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Frederick Co.. Va., Feb. 19, 1832; is a son of Hiram W. and Rachel (Morgan) Taylor, natives of Virginia. The grandfather, Abraham Taylor, was also a native of Virginia, and lived and died in his native State. Hiram W. was raised and grew to manhood in his native State, and married and became the father of eleven children ; seven now survive—Morgan, James, John, Hiram C., Martha, Edna and Elizabeth. Mr. Taylor resided in Virginia till 1856, when he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Wayne Township, Warren Co., and engaged in teaching school, which, with the mercantile trade, he followed for the balance of his life. He lost his wife in Virginia, who died June 9, 1856. He married for his second wife Mary Ann Chenoweth, by whom he had one child (deceased). Mr. Taylor died Aug. 11, 1868. The subject of this sketch was raised in Virginia, and married Margaret Lloyd, Jan. 28, 1858, a daughter of James and Sarah Lloyd, natives of Virginia, who, with Mr. Taylor, emigrated to Ohio in November, 1860, and located in Wayne Township. Mr. Taylor and wife have had six children; five now survive—Rochell, William, Charles, Lizzie and John. Mr. Taylor followed milling about four years in this county; the balance of his life has been devoted to farming; he bought and located upon the place where he now lives in March, 1880, where he has since resided and has a very pleasant home and good farm. |
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