George Russell Taylor and Martha Eckert

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Husband George Russell Taylor ¹

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           Born: 15 Oct 1823 - Frostburg, Allegany Co, MD 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jan 1908 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 1
         Buried:  - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV

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         Father: John William Taylor (      -      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Ward (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 4 Feb 1847 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1

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Wife Martha Eckert ¹

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           Born: 16 Feb 1826 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1
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           Died: 13 Nov 1895 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: David Eckert (1778-1850) 1
         Mother: Susanna Slagle (      -1876) 1

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - George Russell Taylor

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His father dying while he was quite young, his mother, with her four children, went to live with her mother. At the age of sixteen George Taylor entered the employ of Loundes & Clary as a clerk in their dry-goods store in Frostburg. At the age of 21 he left Frostburg, armed with $300, (proceeds of the sale of a horse), and a valuable letter of introduction signed by the leading citizens of the town, intending to go to New Orleans by way of the Ohio River. On reaching Wheeling, he found the river at flood stage and that he could not get a boat. This delay caused him to present his letter to Mr. James Marsh, one of the leading dry-goods merchants of Wheeling. His appearance and the letter seemed to please Mr. Marsh, for he offered the young man a position, which he accepted, and thus entered the employ of Robert & James Marsh. After a few years Mr. Taylor was taken into the firm as a partner, the name of the firm being changed to Taylor & Marsh. This partnership continued until 1861, when Mr. Taylor bought out the interest of his partner and the business name became George R. Taylor and it so continued until 1896, when Mr. Taylor retired, after fifty years of active and continuous business; but the name continued, the business being carried on under the name of The George R. Taylor Co.
George R. Taylor was a Southerner in all of his tastes and tendencies, loved hunting and fishing; admired a fast horse and always kept fine horses.

1 Ella Campbell Slagle Nichols, Family Record (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately published, 1914).