William Wallis Taylor (1835 - 1909)

Born 22 Nov 1835 in Cayuga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Sayles) Taylor — married 13 Aug 1854 in Burr Oak Township, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1909 at age 73 in Aurora, Clackamas, Oregon

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Biography

According to William Wallis Taylor's bible record, he was born November 22, 1835 in "Cauga"(Cayuga) Country, New York. ^[1][2]He was the child of Robert H. Taylor(1798-1837) and Dorothy S Ackerly.

Marriage and Family

He married on the 13th day of August in 1834 in the town of Burr Oak, St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S. His bride, Mary Ann Sayles, having been born in May of 1829, was about 5 years older than him. ^[1][3]

William and Mary Ann had five children; only three lived to adulthood. Their children were;

• Rosetta Ellin Taylor, born December 15,1855, Lagrange Co., Indiana
• Mary Lucina Taylor, born August 7, 1857, LaPorte Co., Indiana
• William Edgar Taylor, born September 23, 1859, LaPorte Co., Indiana
• Orril Adell Taylor, born September 18, 1862, Will Co., Illinois
• Otha Beardslee Taylor, born September 6, 1864, Will Co., Illinois^[1]

Rosetta lived less than a year and died on August 31, 1856.^[1]

William Edger died less than a month after he turned one. He died on October 1, 1860,^[1]

Happily, Mary Ann's and William's other three children lived into old age. Here is a photo of them taken in about1865.

Taylor Children in 1865

The US Census of August 10, 1870 shows the William Taylor family living in Greenfield, Lagrange, Indiana. Living with him are Mary Ann, Mary Lucina, Orril Adell and Otha Bearslee. He is listed as a farmer. owns no value in real estate and has personal estate valued at $250. He lives near both his brother and Mary Ann's brother. His brother Robert Henry lives with wife Louisa and their 5 children live next to William. Mary Ann's brother James Sayles with his wife Elizabeth and their 6 children are also listed on this census page.^[4][5][6]

Move to Oregon

On March 16, 1884 Orril Adell married William Allen Weaver in Noble, Branch, Michigan.^[7] Later that spring, the Taylor family moved to Oregon except for Orril Adell Taylor who settled with her husband in Ohio. Within a year, William had purchased land in Dodge, Clackamas County, Oregon, U.S. where he moved with Mary Ann, Mary L. and Otha B. On April 8, 1885, William paid $134. 28 for about 45 acres of land in Dodge, Oregon.^[8][9]

Death

He died August 11, 1909 in Oregon. His obituary says William Wallis Taylor was a member of the M.E. Church, a local preacher and was loved and respected by all who knew him.^[2]

He is buried next to his wife at Springwater Cemetery, Clackamas, Oregon.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Jill Foster.Taylor Family Bible.1873. Currently in the possession of Dana Benjamin. Includes marriages, births, and deaths of William Taylor and family
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Springwater Resident Dead", Oregon City Enterprise (Oregon City, Oregon), 20 Aug 1909, p 1,(Col 4), (https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn00063700/1909-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/)
3. ↑ Marriage Record for "Wm Taylor" to Mary Ann Sayles",13 August 1854, St. Joseph, Michigan, # c-62,Certified copy dated 22 Oct 2012 in the possession of Lonski-12
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFW-7PX : 28 May 2021), William Taylor, Greenfield Township, Lagrange County, Indiana,1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFW-75W : 28 May 2021), Robert Taylor, Greenfield Township, Lagrange County, Indiana, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFW-7PK : 28 May 2021), James Sayles, Greenfield Township, Lagrange County, Indiana, 1870.
7. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCKP-789 : 17 January 2020), Della Taylor in entry for Allen Weaver, 1884.
8. ↑ "Obituary", Estacada Progress (Estacada, OR), 26 Aug 1909, p4, (col 4) (https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088132/1909-08-26/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Taylor+William)
9. ↑ Clackamas,Oregon, Oregon and California Railroad Co., Deed Book 52:381, (for the sale of William Taylor's land to O.B. Taylor on 1 May 1891 which the "Oregon and California Railroad Company" sold to William W Taylor, 8 April 1885, contract #2503, $134.28, 44 and 76/100 acres)
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142124657/william-wallis-taylor : accessed 14 March 2022), memorial page for William Wallis Taylor (22 Nov 1835–11 Aug 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #142124657, citing Springwater Cemetery, Springwater, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Andrew (contributor 48631169) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8L-J8V : 22 December 2020), William Taylor in household of Dorothy Dewaters, Fawn River, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N5-FP7 : 18 February 2021), Wm W Taylor, Clinton, La Porte, Indiana, U.S., 1860.

Also See

• Jill Foster.Taylor Family Bible.1873. Currently in the possession of Dana Benjamin. Includes marriages, births, and deaths of William Taylor and family