Matthew Taylor (1807 - 1873)

Born 4 Mar 1807 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Rhea) Taylor — married 25 Aug 1831 in Preble Co., Ohio

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1873 at age 65 in Grant County, Indiana, United States

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Matthew Taylor served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 11 Aug 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company I, 101st Indiana Infantry, enrolled 11 Aug 1862, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 21, 1864

Biography

Civil War Veteran Matthew Taylor Co. I, 101st Indiana Infantry, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 21, 1864

Matthew and Margaret were married 25 Aug 1831 in Preble County, Ohio. They moved to Indiana soon after, possibly Randolph County where he had inherited land from his father then to Center Twp, Grant County where Matthew had several family members. In addition to Robert they were apparently the parents of a daughter Eliza b 1844 in Indiana of which we know nothing further other than she was living with them in Franklin, Grant, Indiana is 1860.

The Taylors knew the Rheas in Preble County, Ohio and possibly back to PA or VA.

Matthew Taylor who lived near the Hullingers in Centre, Grant, Indiana in 1850. He served during the Civil War in Co. I, 101st Indiana Infantry, enrolled 11 Aug 1862, transferred to V.R.C. May 21, 1864. He must have been severely sick or wound in battle to be transferred to the V.R.C.

The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing able-bodied soldiers to serve on the front lines. The Invalid Corps

The corps was organized under authority of General Order No. 105, U.S. War Department, dated April 28, 1863. A similar corps had existed in Revolutionary times between 1777 and 1783. The Invalid Corps of the Civil War period was created to make suitable use in a military or semi-military capacity of soldiers who had been rendered unfit for active field service on account of wounds or disease contracted in line of duty, but who were still fit for garrison or other light duty, and were, in the opinion of their commanding officers, meritorious and deserving.

Qualifications:

Those serving in the Invalid Corps were divided into two classes:

Class 1, partially disabled soldiers whose periods of service had not yet expired, and who were transferred directly to the Corps, there to complete their terms of enlistment;

Class 2, soldiers who had been discharged from the service on account of wounds, disease, or other disabilities, but who were yet able to perform light military duty and desired to do so.

As the war went on, it proved that the additions to the Corps hardly equaled the losses by discharge or otherwise, so it was finally ordered that the men who had had two years of honorable service in the Union Army or Marine Corps might enlist in the Invalid Corps without regard to disability.

On FamilySearch.org information for:

Name • • Matthew Taylor Last Changed: May 15, 2015

Sex • • Male Last Changed: May 15, 2015

Birth • • 4 March 1807 Ohio, United States Last Changed: May 15, 2015

Christening Death • • 27 February 1873 Grant, Indiana, United States Last Changed: May 15, 2015

Burial • • Marion, Grant, Indiana, United States of America Last Changed: February 2, 2020

Other Information:

Alternate Name • Birth Name Matthew Taylor Last Changed: June 6, 2015

Alternate Name • Birth Name Matthew Taylor Last Changed: June 13, 2015

On findagrave.com:

Matthew Taylor BIRTH 4 Mar 1807 Ohio, USA DEATH 27 Feb 1873 (aged 65) Grant County, Indiana, USA BURIAL Estates of Serenity Marion, Grant County, Indiana, USA PLOT B2 L3 G12 MEMORIAL ID 75036494 · View Source

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75036494/matthew-taylor
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LV12-CMS

• Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, database with images, FamilySearch, Mathew Taylor and Margaret Rhea, 25 Aug 1831; citing Preble, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 564,963.
• United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch, Matthew Taylor, Centre, Grant, Indiana, United States; citing family 901, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch, Matthew Taylor, Franklin Twp, Grant Co, Indiana, 1860, p. 89, household 576.
• Mathew Taylor (1807-1873), Estates of Serenity, Marion, Grant Co, Indiana. FindaGrave.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Taylor-12557 through the import of LucindaElizaBatesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.