Joseph W. Taylor and Minerva Jane Sprott

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Husband Joseph W. Taylor ¹

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           Born: 16 Jan 1804 1
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           Died: 1877 - near Keokuk, Lee Co, IA 1
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         Father: William Taylor (1776-1856) 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Ann Wilson (1780-1863) 2 3 4

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       Marriage: 1837 1

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Wife Minerva Jane Sprott ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 2 Aug 1906 - Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA 1
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Children

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1 M James Sprott Taylor ⁶

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           Born: 1838 - Pennsylvania 6
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Hester Ann Billaps (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1863 7

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2 F Anna Eleanor Taylor ⁸

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           Born: 5 Oct 1840 - Newburg, PA 9
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           Died: 7 Jan 1922 - Genesee, Latah Co, ID 9
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         Spouse: George W. Willoughby (      -1907) 10
           Marr: 8 Apr 1858 - Summitville, Lee Co, IA 9

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3 M William S. Taylor ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1894 - Orting, Pierce Co, WA 11
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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4 M Renwick Wilson Taylor ⁶

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           Born: 15 May 1847 - Summitville, Lee Co, IA 6
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           Died: 7 Mar 1918 - Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA 11
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         Spouse: Jessie Annette Greer (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 25 Nov 1883 - Pleasant Flat (later Johnson), Washington Territory 11

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5 F Jennie M. Taylor ⁶

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           Born: 29 Jul 1852 - Summitville, Lee Co, IA 12
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           Died: 28 Jan 1916 12
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         Spouse: George W. Kite (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 2 Apr 1873 12

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6 M Thomas W. Taylor ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: 28 Jun 1864 - Macon, GA 11
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7 M Walter D. Taylor ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: 20 Jul 1864 13
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph W. Taylor

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In early life he taught school and then embarked in mercantile business with his brother John in Pennsylvania, but was not successful and fell back to farming. He settled on a farm near Keokuk, Iowa, in 1845, where he lived until his death. He enlisted in the Civil war in the 34th Iowa regiment, known as the Greybeard Regiment, and although nearly 60 years of age he was in the service two years. After his death his widow and children all moved to Washington Territory, where the oldest son, James, had been living for several years and had been sheriff of Whitman County.

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General Notes: Wife - Minerva Jane Sprott

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from Darlington, Beaver Co, PA

1 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 5.

2 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 816.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 357, 459.

4 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925).

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 351.

6 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 6.

7 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 11.

8 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 6, 29.

9 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 29.

10 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 12, 29.

11 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 12.

12 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 30.

13 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 13.