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MARGARET Y., born June 6, 1853, married Dec. 29, 1870, to Dayton LaDuc, have two children, and reside near Arthur, Moultrie county, Ill.
ROBERT L., Fun., MARIA M.
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PETER G., DOLLIE T. and CHARLES E. reside with their mother.
Robert L. Stubbs died Sept. 7, 1871, and his widow resides four miles east of Berlin, Sangamon county, Ill.
SWEET, JOSEPH, was born March 15, 1789, in Otsego county, New York. He was there married to Abigail Neal, who was born Oct. 30, 1793, in Hartford Connecticut. They had eight children in Otsego county, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830 at Lebanon, now Loami, where two children were born. Of their children-
ASENATH, born Nov. 11, 1813, mar- ried in Sangamon county to John Kinney, had three living children, and reside at Linden, Osage county, Kansas.
MANASSEH, born August 10, 1815, married three times, had one child by the first, and three by the second wife. He died in 1872, in Canton, Missouri.
EUNICE, born Sept. 9, 1817, mar- ried Jacob Markle, has several children, and lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
FRANCIS, born March 13, 1819, married Phebe Morton, who died, leaving one child, and he married again, and lives in Lewis county, Missouri.
CORDELIA, born June 14, 1822, married Jacob Weidner, has ten children, and lives in Lewis county, Missouri.
JOSEPH, born March 25, 1824, in Otsego county, New York, married in Sangamon county to Lola Hinman. They live in Chatham, Illinois.
IRA, born May 2, 1S26.
VERMELIA A., born Feb. 5, 1828, the last birth of the family in New York, married in Sangamon county to Wash- ington Clawson, had two children, and Mr. C. died and the widow married Theodore Watson, had one child, and lives in Waverly, Illinois.
ARABELLA L., born March 18, 1831, the first birth of the family in San- gamon county, married August 22, IS48, in Springfield to Ebenezer B. Watson, who was born Nov. 21, 1819, at East Windsor, Connecticut. They had ten children, six of whom are dead, namely, ALICE died March 10, 1864, in' her fifteenth year, PHILIP, GRACE A., HENRY, ARABELLA and MARY R. died under three years. The other four, ANNA, SERENA, EBINEZER
B., Jun., and ARABELLA L. live with their parents in Talkington town- ship, three miles east of Waverly, Illinois.
SARAH T., born Sept. 25, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Samuel Brown and moved to Texas.
Joseph Sweet moved to Scyene, Dallas county, Texas, in 1852, and soon after be- came postmaster, and died in office in 1864. His wife died the same year.
SWEET, ROBERT, was born in 1791, in Otsego county, N. Y. He was married to Sarah Parker, and they had five children in that county. They em- barked at Olean Point, in a family boat, and floated down to Shaweetown in May, IS20, and engaged in farming until the spring of 1824, when he moved to Dia- mond Grove, near Jacksonville, and from there to what is called Sweet's Prairie, in consequence of their being the first set- tlers there. It is about five miles west of Manchester, Scott county, Ill. In 1830, he moved back to Diamond Grove, and in 1837 moved to Loami, Sangamon county. They had four children in Illinois. Óf their nine children-
DANIEL, born June 19, 1809, in New York, married Elcey Sweet. They had four children, and Mrs. Sweet died in 1849. He resides at Chenoa, Ill.
ALVY A., born July I, ISI, in New York, married, had fourteen children, and resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
MORRIS, born April S, 1813, in Ot- sego county, New York, married in San- gamon county May 2, 1839, to Olivia Bar- ger. They had nine children, SOPH- RONIA I., married William McKee. See his name. SYLVESTER H., born August 12, 1841, enlisted August 12, 1861, in Co. C, 11th Missouri Inf. for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran January, 1864, and died of disease April 17, 1865, at Mem- phis, Tenn. MONTGOMERY Z., enlisted August, 1862, in the same company and regiment, was wounded at the battle of Iuka, Mississippi, Sept. 17, 1862, and dis- charged on account of physical disability. Resides at Loami. LETHE M. married Haskell Jones, had two children and mother and children died. MARCELLA and LORENTINE C. reside with their parents. LUCINDA married John Brash and reside in Loami. MARGARET J. and LUELLA reside with their parents in Loami, Sangamon county, Ill.
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JONATHAN, born March 1, 1815, in New York, married Phebe Weaver. She had one child, and mother and child died. He resides at Chenoa, Ill.
LODASCA M., borr April 5, 1817, married in Sangamon county to Adna P. Colburne. See his name.
LORENTINE, born Jan. 21, 1821, near Shawneetown, married Sarah A. Sweet. He died in 1851, leaving a widow and one child. They have since died at Waverly, Ill.
MARY Y., born Dec. 2, 1824, married Benjamin Fry, has three children, and lives at Hinsdale, Dupage county, Ill.
HIRAMI K., born Feb. 25, 1828, mar- ried Julia A. Avers, has four children and lives at Forest, Livingston county, Ill.
CAROLINE A., born August 5, 1831, married Joseph S. Snell, have five chil- dren, and live in Winchester, IlInois.
Mrs. Sarah Sweet died Nov. 22, 1846, and Robert Sweet died July, 1861, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
SWEET, THEOPILUS, a cousin to Joseph and Robert, was born and married in Otsego county, New York. Had children born there, and moved to Morgan county, Illinois, and from there to the vicinity of Loami, San- gamon county, in 1826. They brought six children and three were born in San- gamon county. I have not a full history of his children. His eldest son-
LEVI, born in New York, married in Sangamon county in 1832 to Lucy Colburn, a daughter of Isaac Colburn, who died at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1820. They had five children, moved in 1853 to Scyene, Texas, and Mr. S. died there in 1863, leaving his family there. Levi Sweet was a preacher in the Christian Church before he went to Texas, and continued to preach as long as he lived.
ADONIRAMI married Abigail Green- ing. He died and she married again and lives in Waverly, Illinois.
ANSEL married Elizabeth Anderson in Morgan county, Illinois.
The wife of Theopilus Sweet died at Loami and he married Lucinda B. Harri- son. He moved with part of his children to Scott county, and died about 1860 at Winchester, Illinois. His widow died August 20, 1873, on Richland creek, at the residence of her nephew, John H. Har-
rison. Theopilus Sweet was a preacher of the Old School Baptist Church when he came to Sangamon county, and soon after changed to the Christian, or what is called Campbellite. He preached in Sangamon about eighteen years, and was then the principal mover in organizing a phalanx of Fourierites at Loami in 1844. That was disbanded in two or three years. Mr. Sweet joined the Missionary Baptists two or three years before his death.
EXPLANATION.
For the convenience of those consult- ing this volume, the explanation is again inserted, by which it may be known what generation of a family any person belongs to, by the kind of type used in printing his or her name. Original early settlers or heads of families are in LARGE LETTERS; second generation, ITALIC CAPITALS; third, in CAPITALS; fourth, in SMALL CAPI- TALS; fifth, in Italics.
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TAFT, MRS. PHŒBE, whose maiden name was Davis, was born June 5, 17So, in Vermont. She was married there to Josiah Taft. They had eleven children, and Mr. Taft died Sept. 17, 1838, in Ver- mont. Mrs. Taft and some of her children came to Sangamon county, Illinois, part before and part after her arrival. She and two of her daughters arrived at Rochester in the fall of 1839. Of the five who came to Sagamon county-
WILLIAM W., born Sept. 7, 1803, at Vergennes, Vermont, came to Rochester, Sangamon county, in 1833 or '34, and was married Feb. 1, 1838, to Eliza Delay. They had seven children, near Rochester, name- ly, JOSIAH, born Nov. 12, 1838, died Oct. 21, 1866. JOHN, born March 14, 1840, died June 10, 1860. CAROLINE born Nov. 9, 1841, and HATTIE, born Angust 25, 1843, live with their mother. WIL- LIAM and ELIZA, twins, born Nov. 23, IS46. William lives with his mother. ELIZA married Dec. 18, 1873, to Dr. R. J. McNeill. See his name. HENRY, born July 20, 1850, lives with his mother.
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William W. Taft died Feb. 16, 1855, and his widow resides on the farm where they settled in 183S. It is one mile west of Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill.
SARAH, born August 13, 1805, in Ver- mont, married in Sangamon county to Caleb Sherman, and both died; she in San- gamon county and he in Iowa.
ANN, born April 10, 1812, in Vermont, married Mr. Tracy. He died and she mar- ried Munson Carter, and resides in Roches- ter, Ill.
NANCY, born Sept. 5, 1819, in Ver- mont, married in Sangamon county to Henry Pier. They reside at Belvidere, Ill.
HARRIET, born April 18, 1822, in Vermont, married Josiah Adams. They reside near Harrel, Christian county, Ill.
Mrs. Phobe Taft died April 2, 1861, in Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill.
TALBOTT, DAVID, was born Jan. 6, 1786, in Baltimore county, Mary- land. " There is a tradition that has been handed down to the Talbotts in this coun- try, that prior to, or about the year 1700, three brothers came over from England, two of whom settled in Virginia and one in Maryland. They seem to have visited and continued their acquaintance, and in the course of time united in looking up up their old-fashioned silver plate, of which they appear to have had a considerable quantity. After a general consultation, they decided to return this silver plate to England for remodeling. It was conse- quently shipped for that purpose, but the vessel in which it was sent was never heard from." The above was taken from a letter written by Thomas E. Talbott, of Dalhoff, St. Charles county, Mo., to his cousin, Thomas Talbott, of Sangamon county. He facetiously adds: "Perhaps some of the Spirit Rappers might call up the spirit of the captain of that old ship and ask him the name of the shippers of this precious plate." He thus disposes of the effort to trace the geneology of the three brothers, but at the same time makes it quite plain that the one who settled in Maryland was named John. He had a son Edward who married an English lady by the name of Margaret Slade. Edward Talbott died soon after marriage. A son, Edward, was born April 6, 1764, after the death of his father, on what was called " My Lady's Manor," in Baltimore county,
Maryland. This Edward Talbott was married in 1783, in Harford county, Mary- land, to Elizabeth Standiford. They had twelve sons and one daughter. It was their second son, David, whose name heads this sketch. When David Talbott was about ten years old his father moved to Shelby county, Kentucky. He was there married Dec. 4, 1So6, to Harriet Harding, who was born Dec. 25, 1787, in Berkley county, Virginia. Her father, Nathan Harding, moved to Shelby county about ISO2. David Talbott and wife had twelve living children in Shelby county, Ken- tucky. The whole family, with the excep- tion of the eldest son, moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving April 16, 1835, in what is now Curran township, south of Spring creek. In the fall of that year they moved north of Spring creek, in what is now Garden township. Of their chil- dren-
LUCINDA, born Dec. 14, 1808, in Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides with her brother Thomas, at the family home- stead.
FLETCHER, born March 24, 1810, in Shelby county, Kentucky, commenced the study of medicine in 1832, with Dr. Hanson Harding, in Shelbyville, Ken- tucky, attended lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in the winters of 1834 and '5, and in the spring of the latter year commenced practice in Spencer county, Kentucky. He came to Springfield, Illinois, in the autumn of 1836, where he practiced medicine one year and returned to Lexington, Kentucky, attended a second course of lectures and graduated in March, 1838. He returned to Spring- field in May and continued there until Sep- tember, when he moved to the country a few miles west of Springfield, where he has continued practicing his profession until the present time. Dr. Fletcher Talbott was married in Morgan county, Illinois, June 18, 1839, to Ruth R. Gatton. They had seven children. WILLIAM T., born July 6, 1841, in that part of Mor- gan which is now Cass county, Illinois, was married November 2, 1864, in St. Louis county, Missouri, to Sarah F. Gardner, a daughter of Thomas Gardner. She was born April 6, 1842. They have five children, THOMAS G., JOHN F., NET- TIE E., MABEL and CHARLES D., the lat- ter born May 13, 1876, is the " centennial "
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of the family. William T. Talbott is one of the neatest farmers I have found in San- gamon county, or any other place. That he is thoroughly posted on all the latest improvements in agriculture, a visit to his farm, "Elder Grove," will convince the most casual observer. He has an extensive library, a large collection of minerals, fos- sils, copper coins, etc., etc. Mr. Talbott and family reside at "Elder Grove," two miles northwest of Farmingdale, Sanga- mon county, Ill. David C., born August I, IS43, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 28, 1868, to Elizabeth A. Pirkins. They have three children, namely, WAL- TER, CARLTON and HENRY FLETCHER, and reside in Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. JAMES L., born April 25, IS46, in Sangamon county, was married June 19, 1873, to Jennie Gill. They have two children, ROSE and JOHN GILL, and live two miles west of Springfield. FLETCHER H., born October 28, IS48. MARY R., EDWARD R. and CHARLES R. live with their parents. Dr. Fletcher Talbott and wife reside six miles west of Springfield, Illinois.
ELIZABETH, born Oct. 14, ISHI, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, to Noah Mason. Sec his name.
DAVID, fun., born July 22, 1813, in Shelby county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 3, 1850, to Susan Rickard. They had one child, ELLA BELLE, who was born July 5, 1855, and died August 20, 1875. David Talbott and wife reside six and one-half miles west of Springfield, Illinois.
ARSENETH, born Nov. 12, IS14, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to James M. Bradford. See his namc.
THOMAS, born Feb. 21, 1816, in Ken- tucky, is unmarried and lives at the home- stead, where his parents settled in IS35, six and a half miles west of Springfield, Illinois.
HARRIET, born Jan. 31, ISIS, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county March, IS3S, to Noah M. Rickard. See his name.
LUTHER, born Feb. 11, IS20, in Shelby county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, June, 1851, to Mary M. Rickard. They have eight chil- dren, namely, CHARLES W., CATH- ARINE L., ELIZA F., THOMAS F.,
ARSENETH H., CAROLINE L., DAVID K. and EMILY BELLE.
Luther Talbott and family reside near Harristown, Macon county, Illinois.
MARY R., born Jan. 2, 1822, in Ken- tucky, was married Dec. 9, 1858, in Sanga- mon county, Illinois, to Rev. Moses Sum- mers, of the M. E. Church. They have two children, EMILY F. and MOSES W., and live two miles north of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. Rev. Moses Summers was born Sept. II, 18IS, in Onondaga county, New York. He came to that part of Morgan county which has since heen added to Cass coun- ty, Illinois, arriving Nov. 3, 183S. He was there married to Eleanor Yaples. They had three daughters. AZUBA R. lives with her father, MARY E. married Pres- ton H. Gibson, and lives at Brownsville, Nebraska. SARAH C. married Irwin B. Towl, and lives in Lincoln, Illinois. Mrs. Eleanor Summers died Oct. 5, 1857.
EMILY, born Oct. 21, 1823, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county to George Brunk. See his name. He died and she married Lindsey H. English, and resides two miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.
CAROLINE, born August 24, 1825, in Kentucky, died April 22, 1875, at the family homestead, unmarried. Her death was the first ot the twelve children David Talbott brought to Sangamon county, forty years before.
SARAH, born May 1, 1827, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 12, 1847, to H. K. Cooper, who was born Jan. 5, 1820, in Mercer county, Penn- sylvania. They had two children, ROSE H. married William E. Pirkins. See his name. WILLIAM K. married Kate S. Van Patten. They live one and a halt miles northwest of Bradfordton, Sanga- mon county, Ill. Hugh K. Cooper died Sept. 7, 1850. Mrs. Cooper was married Sept. 5, 1858, to William J. Shaver, who was born May 10, 1834, in Rensselaer county, New York. They had three chil- dren, JAMES A., and THOMAS T., the eldest and youngest died under four years. GEORGE D. lives with his mother. Wm. J. Shaver died Jan. 25, 1864, and Mrs. Sarah Shaver lives in Gardner township, one and a half miles northwest of Brad- fordton, Sangamon county, Ill.
David Talbott died Oct. 31, 1867, and
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Mrs. Harriet Talbott died Dec. 22, 1867, both in Gardner township, Sangamon county, Ill.
TALBOTT, BENJAMIN, was born June 19, 1798, in Fairfax county, Virginia. He went to Kentucky, where he was married Jan. 21, 1808, to Mrs. Frances Lumsford, whose maiden name was Johnson. Her former husband, M :. Lumsford, was an overseer and was poisoned by negroes in Kentucky. They had three children in Kentucky, and Mrs. Frances Talbott died Nov. 17, 1817. Benjamin Talbott was married April 8, ISIS, to Elizabeth Johnson, sister of his first wife, and a native of North Carolina. They had two children. Benjamin Tal- bott moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 1826. Of their children-
HANNAH, born Dec. 14, 1808, in Kentucky, was married there to Alex- ander Harrower. She died April 28, 1859. Mr. H. resides in Athens, Illinois. HARVEY, born March 14, 1810, in Kentucky, died in Springfield Oct. S, 1832.
WILLIAM H., born August 10, 1817, in Kentucky, was married Dec. 3, 1838, in Sangamon county to Matilda Enyart. They had six children, four died young. Of the two living children, CHARLES H., born May 13, 1845, in Springfield, is a merchant in Burton View, Logan county, Illinois. BENJAMIN F., born Feb. 10, 1848, in Springfield, is a printer and stock- holder in the Springfield Printing Com- pany. He is also Superintendent in the job department, and resides in Springfield. Mrs. Matilda Talbott died March 16, 1855, and William H. Talbott was married Oct. 2, 1856, to Mary Winters, who was born August 2, 1824, in Franklin county, Penn. They had two children, MARY E. and WILLIAM H., Jun. The latter died March 14, 1871, aged 11 years. William H. Talbott, Sen., died Jan. 21, 1874, and his widow resides in Springfield, Illinois. He was at the time of his death engaged in the business of carriage and wagon making, and had been for many years.
MARTHA, born March 8, 1824, in Kentucky, was married in Springfield Oct. 27, 1842, to Daniel W. Witmer. They have one child, MARY E., born July 21, 1843, was married May 11, 1863, to Reuben M. Huckey. They have two children, MATTIE R. and DANIEL W., and
reside in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Wit- mer reside in Springfield, Illinois.
ROBERT A., born Nov. 5, 1826, in Springfield. He was married December, 1851, in Menard county, to Eveline Robinson. They had five living children, J. HARVEY, BENJAMIN S., CLARA W., BETTIE N. and ROBERT W., reside with their parents in Logan county, six miles west of Lincoln, Illinois. In the fall of 1874 R. A. Talbott was elected to represent Logan county for two years in the Legislature of Illinois.
Benjamin Talbott died April 29, 1858, and Mrs. Elizabeth Talbott died March 29, 1870, both in Springfield, Illinois.
Soon after Benjamin Talbott came to Springfield, in 1826, he acted as deputy sheriff and assessor, and filled other minor offices until 1836, when he was elected county recorder, which office he held until 1848, when, under the constitution adopted that year, the office of recorder was merged into that of circuit clerk. He was elected to the latter office four years, and after that had charge of the recorder's branch until his death.
TAYLOR, FRANCIS, was born August 23, 1797, in Shelby county, Ken- tucky. Nancy Jackson was born march 18, 1795, in the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia, and was taken by her parents to Shelby county, Kentucky, when she was a child. They were married October, 1821, in Spencer county, where they had two children, moved to Oldham county, where three children were born, and then returned to Spencer county, where they had twins, one of whom died in infancy. The family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 13, 1834, at what is now Sangamon Station. Of their six children-
YULIA F., born and died in Ken- tucky at ten years of age.
PERMELIA A., born May 16, 1824, in Spencer county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county April 16, 1840, to Ben- jamin West. See his name. He died and she married Erastus Woodruff, of Orange county, New York. (His son, Augustus Woodruff, by a former wife re- sides near Sangamon Station.) Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff had one child, MARY E., born August 1, 1853, married Oct. 22, 1873, to Frederick D. Wilson, a native of St. Lawrence county, New York. They
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reside four miles northwest of Illiopolis. Erastus Woodruff died of cholera Oct. 30, 1854, on Round Prairie, five miles east of Springfield. Mrs. Permelia A. Wood- ruff married John North. See his name.
PHILIP W., born March 16, 1826, in Oldham county, Kentucky, married Ann M. Connelly. They had eight children, and live at Clinton, De Witt county, Ill.
FRANCIS f., born March 14, 1828, in Oldham county, Kentucky, married in Rochester, Illinois, to Mary T. St. Clair. They have five children, and reside at Decatur, Illinois.
FANNY, born August 7, 1830, in Oldham county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county June 22, 1848, to Rev. Robert F. Shinn, of the Protestant Methodist Church, and resides in Quincy, Illinois.
YOHN S., born Jan. 13, 1834, in Spencer county, Kentucky, married Julia Mills. They had two children, and Mr. Taylor was drowned near Henry, Illinois, Feb. 22, 1860.
Francis Taylor died March 21, 1841, and his widow died Nov. 21, 1852, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
TAYLOR, EDMOND, was born Oct. 22, 1785, in Christian county, Kentucky, married there to Mary Pugh, had five children, and she died. He mar- ried Constant Blakey, who was born June 22, 1791, in Georgia. They moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1819, on Sugar creek, and in IS22 or '23 moved to the south side of Spring creek, four and a half miles west of Springfield. They had eight children in Sangamon county, three died young. Of his ten children-
JOHN, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married in 1829, in Pike county, to Eveline McIntire. They have seven children, and live in Seneca, Nemaha county, Kansas.
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EDWARD, died in Sangamon county, aged thirteen years.
ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Samuel McClure, have nine children, and resides near Macomb, Illinois.
ELLEN, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Martin L. C. Kendall.
JAMES, born in Kentucky in 18IS, raised in Sangamon county, became sheriff
of Menard county, and died in office, un- married, about 1848.
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WILLIAM, born in Sangamon coun- ty, died in Iowa, aged twenty-one years.
NANCY, born in Sangamon county, married Benjamin R. Kendall, have seven children, and live in Jefferson county, Kansas.
SUSAN, born in Sangamon county, married John Archer. See his name. They reside near Macomb, Illinois.
DANIEL, born Nov. 28, 1829, in San-' gamon county, married Oct. 12, 1858, to Nancy A. Ralston. They have six chil- dren, WILLIAM E., JAMES H., FANNIE E., LAURA A., JOHN G. and JANE K., and reside on the farmi where his parents settled in 1822 or '23. It is four and a half miles west of Spring- geld, Illinois.
AMERICA A., born Nov. 18, 1831, in Sangamon county, and married John Vulgamott. . They have nine children, and reside near Oakley, Macon county, Illinois.
Edmond Taylor died August 20, 1866, and Mrs. Constant Taylor died Sept. 17, 1872, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
TAYLOR, JOHN, was born May I, 1772, in Maryland. Three brothers, Isaac, James and William Taylor, came from England to America long before our Revolution. Where James and William settled is unknown to the decedants of Isaac, who settled in Maryland, and who was the father of John, whose name heads this sketch. The parents of John Taylor emigrated when he was quite young to Chester district, South Carolina, where John was married to Susan Mobley. They had seven children there, and moved in 1805 to that part of Barren which after- wards became Hart county, Kentucky, where one child was born, and Mrs. Susan Taylor died there in iSOS or '9. John Taylor was married in that county in 1816, to Susan Trotter. They had one living child there, and the family moved in 1818 to White county, Illinois. In the spring of 1819 they moved to Wayne county, where five children were born, and from there to Sangamon county,arriving in May, 1829, on Wolf creek, in Williams town- ship, where three children were born, making a total of seventeen children. John Taylor spent six years in Sangamon coun-
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