Richard Henry Taylor (1853 - 1939)

Born 24 May 1853 in Coosa County, Alabama, United States of America

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Died 16 Aug 1939 at age 86 in Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas, United States of America

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Biography

Richard Henry 'Dick' Taylor (1853-1939) bought land adjoining his father's place. Dick broke the land suitable for farming with a walking plow pulled by oxen. As acreage increased, he used mules and horses with larger plows. He met the beautiful. blond Aura Jane Davenport and they were married in 1882. Dick built a log house on his father's place in which they lived until he could build a home on his own land. The lumber was hauled from Brownwood. The rough lumber cost $13.00 per thousand, the flooring and ceiling cost $15.00. The home consisted of two 16 X 16 rooms, each with a fireplace, a a wide hall between the two rooms, a long porch with a kitchen on one end. They enlarged it as the family increased to eleven children.

Sources

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKM-23TW : 11 January 2023), Dick, ; Burial, Richland Springs, San Saba, Texas, United States of America, Richland Springs Cemetery; citing record ID 25999356, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.