Charles M. Taylor
Charles M. Taylor, farmer, proprietor of saw-mill, and cheese-box manufacturer, Mantua, was born September 11, 1818, at Suffolk, Hartford Co., Conn.; son of Hezron and Mary Ann (Mix) Taylor, who, in 1831, came to this county and settled in Mantua Township, on the farm where our subject now resides. They here raised a family of five children: Charles M.; Mary H., deceased in infancy; Joseph M., married to Harriet Cobb (he died in 1879).; Antoinette, wife of H. Cobb; Andrew H, married first to Mary McFarland, subsequently to Almeda A. Curtis. Hezron Taylor served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a farmer by occupation. He brought his family here by way of Albany in wagons, and came across the lake during the prevalence of the equinoxial gales. He purchased the "Blackburn tract" of Mr. Trimble, and here died in 1866, his wife having preceded him in April, 1863. Our subject was married in September, 1840, to Sabrina A., daughter of Alfred Day, by whom he had six children, five now living: Henry C, Laura M., Lusira V., Lillian E., Herman H. and Herbert T. (deceased 1878), all of whom save the last mentioned have been heads of families. His wife dying in 1852, Mr. Taylor was married. October, 1855, to Clara Parker, by whom he has eight children: William, Edward, Charles, Ezra, Frank, Minnie, Mattie and John. He carried on a farm at the old homestead, and for the past twelve years has been proprietor of a cheese-box factory and saw-mill located in the northern part of the township. He is an enterprising citizen, a member of the Methodist Church; a Republican in politics.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885