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Born 1834
From Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1887)
LJBERT TAYLOR, farmer and stock-raiser, section 21, Highland Township, is a native
I * of Wenango County, Pa., born in 1834. He is a son of David and Sarah (Foster) I"!iylor, both natives of Pennsylvania, the mother of Irish, and the father of English descent and of a Quaker family. The father died in August, 1877, aged sixty-five years, and the mother in P'february, 18()1), aged fifty-six. They were members of the Free-\'ill Baptist Church.
Albert Taylor, the subject of this sketch, was relied on a farm and educated in the district and High Schools of his native State. In October, 18,55, he emigrated to Rock Island County, Ill., remaining there until April, 1857, when he started farther west and settled in Otoe County, Neb., near Nebraska City, where he took a claim, and remained there improving his farm until March, 18()1. He then came to Fremont County, Iowa, and the same year moved to Washington County, and settled on his present farm in Highland Township. His first purchase consisted of seventy acres, but he has since added to it, until he now has a well-improved farm of 340 acres.
In October, 1855, Mr. Taylor was united in
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marriage to Mrs. Julena McC'une, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was McCurdy. She is the daughter of John McCurdy, who emigrated from Ireland to this country. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have become the parents of six children: C. M. and M. D., farmers, now residing in Audubon County, Iowa; Ella, the wife of N. Wilkins, a farmer in Wichita County, Kan.; William, a farmer, also residing in Audubon County, Iowa; Clinton and Harry, at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the United Brethren in Christ. Politically, he is a Republican. Mr. Taylor is a self-made man. Having started in life a poor boy, by hard work and good management, he has acquired all he now owns, and is entitled to the respect and esteem of all who know him.
As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and (1887). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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