John Taylor (1820 - 1916)

Born 1820 in Kentucky, United States

Husband of Lettitia Cleaver — married 28 Feb 1856 in Taylor, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1916 at about age 96 in Casey, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

According to the 1880 Census, the parents of John were born in Virginia.^[1] According to an Ancestry tree, John was the son of Matthew Taylor and Elizabeth Bright.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCH-PYS : 29 August 2017), John Taylor, District 6, Casey, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 19, sheet 671D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,408.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/john-taylor-24-6s349b

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB4-4BM : 19 March 2020), John Taylor, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4Q-MS5 : 19 March 2020), John Taylor, 1870.

The record below has a matching death date with the Ancestry tree but cites the birth date as c. 1833, contradicting the census records:

• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHB-2ZBH : 11 February 2018), John Taylor, 16 Feb 1916; citing Death, Casey, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.