Henry Patterson Taylor and Elizabeth Forsythe

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Husband Henry Patterson Taylor ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Feb 1809 - Union Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Samuel W. Taylor (1778-      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Davis (1780-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 22 Dec 1836 3

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Wife Elizabeth Forsythe ^{2 3}

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         Father: Robert Forsythe (      -1824) 2 4 5
         Mother: Mary Lyon (1774-1861) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Mary L. Taylor ^{3 7}

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         Spouse: Alexander Reed (      -      ) 7 8

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2 F Elizabeth D. "Lizzie" Taylor ^{3 9 10}

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         Spouse: John Reed (      -      ) 3 9 10

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Patterson Taylor

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His opportunities for education were limited to the neighboring district school, with the Bible, the Shorter Catechism and the spelling-book as the textbooks. After the latter had been partially mastered and many precepts conned from the former, he began the labor of his life as assistant in his father's farming enterprises. He inherited, on the death of the latter, a share of the homestead and purchased the remainder, receiving from his father one hundred and eighty acres of land, as did each of his sons.
From that time on he was largely interested in matters connected with the farm.
Mr. Taylor was a Democrat, and was more or less active in local and county politics. He was, in 1852-53, elected to the State Legislature, and served on various important committees. He has also filled many offices connected with his township. He was identified with the business enterprises of the county as president of the Kishacoquillas Fire Insurance Company, and secretary and treasurer of the West Kishacoquillas Turnpike Company. He was, though not connected by membership with any church, a supporter of the various religious denominations of the neighborhood.

1 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 620.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 738.

3 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 621.

4 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 621, 647, 760.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 386.

6 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 760.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 667, 782.

8 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 438, 621.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 438.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 668.