Samuel Taylor

As printed in 1881

SAMUEL TAYLOR, stock-raiser and farmer; P. O. Canton; was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, Jan. 9, 1815. The early years of his life were passed on the farm. He attended the common schools of his neighborhood, and acquired a good education; he lived with his parents until he was 25 years old, he then married, in March, 1840, Miss Elizabeth J. McCullough, who was a native of Jefferson Co. Soon after his marriage, he removed to Carroll Co., Ohio, and settled on a farm of 240 acres, which he inherited from his father's estate. He lived on the farm ten years; he then moved to Stark Co., settling in Canton Tp. on a farm of 255 acres, where he now lives. He now owns upward of 500 acres of well improved land. In 1874, he was one of the few men who organized the Farmers' Bank, of Canton; he is a stockholder and director. Mrs. Taylor died in 1867, and in 1868, he married, for his second wife, Mary C., the widow of Christian ( )3-er, of Canton. From that marriage there has been one child. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Taylor of the Baptist. William and voplua Taylor, the parents of our subject, were natives of Washington Co., Penn., and came to Ohio in 1812. They settled in Jefferson Co., on a farm where they lived 37 years,

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As printed in History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.