Matthew Taylor (1816 - 1886)

Born 12 Feb 1816 in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 1 May 1886 at age 70 in Whitley County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

MATTHEW TAYLOR was born in Erie County, Penn., in 1815, the son of Edward and Anne Taylor. During the same year, the parents moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where our subject resided (with the exception of one year, 1834, passed in Kosciusko County) until 1845. In December, 1836, he married Sarah Harpster, who bore him five children, all of whom are well settled in life. Mr. Taylor worked at job work until he came to this township, in 1845. He here, for the first four years, lived on his brother-in-law's place, and during this time erected a hewn-log house, with puncheon floor and ceiling, having passed the first winter in a cabin without a window. Mr. T. was often compelled, in those days, to walk to Columbia City, a distance of nine miles, and do a day's work in order to obtain groceries for his family's use. On his arrival here, he had but $18.75 in cash, and had a family of five to care for, and was compelled to procure food from the forest, in the shape of deer, wild turkeys, and other game. By perseverance and economy he has redeemed from the forest a fine farm of 160 acres, and has secured a competency through milling, lumbering, etc., and is now living retired upon the fruits of his early industry. ^[1]

Notes

From previous Ancestry research by Vivian and Marv (last name not provided):

• Copy of Marriage License for Matthew and Sarah listed at the probate court of Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio. Recorded Vol 4A p 145.
• Land Records - Whitley Co., Indiana
• Obituary - Columbia City Post

Sources

1. ↑ 1882 History of Whitley County, Indiana (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1882), p 422.

Life

• Citing Index Record from Family Search, accessed 3 February 2016.
• Index Record -

United States Census, 1850

Name Mathew Taylor

Event Type Census

Event Year 1850

Event Place Whitley county, part of, Whitley, Indiana, United States

Gender Male

Age 34

Race White

Birth Year (Estimated) 1816

Birthplace Pennsylvania

House Number 332

• Citation for US Census, 1850 Index Record- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVX-ZCF : accessed 3 February 2016), Mathew Taylor, Whitley county, part of, Whitley, Indiana, United States; citing family 342, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Death

• Citing Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery - #33608770 in Troy Presbyterian Cemetery, Larwill, Whitley County, Indiana, USA, Plot: 14-35, accessed 3 February 2016.