Lovisa (Haskins) Taylor (1799 - 1881)

Born 1799 in Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Asa Taylor — married 22 Oct 1820 in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Died 7 Feb 1881 at about age 82 in Harlem Township, Winnebago County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Harlem Township, Illinois One Place Study.

Loviska was born in 1799.

She married Asa Taylor in 1820. ^[1]

They were among the first settlers in Harlem Township in 1836.

She died in 1881 when she was burned from an out of control fire in her bedroom.

Mrs. Taylor was among the first settlers in Harlem. Her husband died some twenty years or more ago from which time she had been living with her son Lyman. She was the mother of Henry P. Taylor, killed some years ago by the cars, while station agent of the C & N, W. R. Co. ^[2]

1850 US Census

Harlem Township, Illinois ^[3]

• Lovisa Taylor Female 50 Massachusetts
• Henry Taylor Male 20 Massachusetts
• Mary Taylor Female 17 Massachusetts
• Josephine Taylor Female 13 Massachusetts

1880 US Census

Harlem Township, Illinois ^[4]

• Lyman Taylor Self Male 58 Massachusetts, United States
• Elizabeth Taylor Wife Female 56 Scotland
• James Taylor Son Male 24 Illinois, United States
• Lovissa Taylor Mother Female 80 Massachusetts, United States
• Daniel Ryan Other Male 26 New York, United States

Gravestone Transcription

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCT-L4D : 9 February 2018), Asa Taylor and Lovicy Hoskins, 22 Oct 1820; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0823686 IT 4.
2. ↑ GenealogyBank : accessed 28 April 2019
3. ↑ United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85H-NC7 : 12 April 2016), Lovisa Taylor, Harlem, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing family 105, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2S-VTR : 14 August 2017), Lovissa Taylor in entry for Lyman Taylor, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 220, sheet 57D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0261; FHL microfilm 1,254,261.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #31863227 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 April 2019), memorial page for Lovisa Haskins Taylor (1799–1881), Find A Grave Memorial no. 31863227, citing Harlem Cemetery, Loves Park, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by KarenD (contributor 47072609)