William Taylor
In 1803, William Taylor, a native of Virginia, on the Potomac River, emigrated to Ohio, and located in Darby Township, where he married. He finally settled in Canaan Township, on land uow owned by Harvey Kilgore. He married Elizabeth Casto, and the place where he settled, and an adjoining farm which he subsequently purchased, he resided through life. He was the father of fourteen children—Sarah married Philip Harris, and are residents of Washington Territory; Hannah married Henry Fuller and settled in Missouri, where they died; Samuel, deceased; Polly, deceased; Jacob married Rebecca Kilgore; Rhoda married Richard Edgar and settled in Illinois, both now deceased; Margaret married Isaac Arthur, and are residents of Missouri; William married Martha Arthur, is now deceased; Nancy married Thompson Pinch, is deceased; Mary married James Talpniny, both deceased; Moses, deceased, and three died in infancy. Mr. Taylor was a man of reserved habits, and a great lover of home and his family; a man of firm principles and noble character, a good farmer, kind neighbor, amd a much esteemed and respected citizen.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
William Taylor, a native of northern Virginia, emigrated to Ohio in 1803 and settled in Darby township, where he married. He later moved to Canaan township. He was the father of fourteen children: Sarah married Philip Harris; Hannah married Henry Fuller; Samuel; Polly; Jacob married Rebecca Kilgore; Rhoda married Richard Edgar; Margaret married Isaac Arthur; William married Martha Arthur; Nancy married Thompson Finch; Mary married James Talpniny; Moses, and three who died in infancy. Mr. Taylor was a man of reserved habits and a great lover of home and family; a man of firm principles and noble character, a good farmer, a kind neighbor, and a much esteemed and respected citizen.
From History of Madison County, Ohio, Chester E. Bryan, Supervising Editor, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis (1915)