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Born 1821
From The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
E. TAYLOR, farmer, section 31, post office Hopkins, is a native of Baltimore Count)', Maryland, and was born April 19, 1821. He was reared on a farm in this and Frederick Counties, until eighteen years of age, and, in 1838, he removed to Ohio, settling in Clark County. He Avas married in 1849, to Miss Margaret O'Brien, a native of New Jersey. In 1855, he immigrated to Grant County, Wisconsin, and remained there until 1876, when he came to Nodaway County, Missouri. His farm contains 136 acres of land. Mr. Taylor has made farming and teaching his life work. His family consists of five children: John W., Benjamin F., Lewis E., Joseph G. and S. Douglas. Two are deceased, Mary and Emma F.
As printed in The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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