Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Taylor, John Z. 1854 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

JOHN Z. TAYLOR

    An identification with Yolo county dating back to a period in childhood so
early that Mr. Taylor has only vague and indistinct recollections of the former
home of the family, has continued uninterruptedly up to the present time and has
been fruitful in the acquisition of valuable farming lands and in the building
up of a circle of warm personal friends. Fifty years have brought their almost
magical changes into this county since first he came here with his parents.
Time, transforming him from childhood to the rugged strength of maturity and
opening before him the serenity of advancing years, has likewise left its
impress upon the region familiar to his boyhood recollections and has replaced a
vast roadless plain with improved farms, thriving villages and a flourishing
country with a network of railroads and every evidence of a high civilization.
In his own life the flight of the seasons has witnessed his increasing
prosperity and his ultimate ownership of two well-improved farms, the larger of
which forms his attractive home place.

    Born at Springville, Utah, December 19, 1854, John Z. Taylor was one of six
children born to the second marriage of John E. Taylor, a native of England, but
a resident of the United States from young manhood. For some years he made his
home on a farm in Utah, but the superior advantages of California led him to
remove hither in 1861. Three of his children by his second wife (in maidenhood
Elizabeth Pincock, a native of England) were born in Utah, the others are
natives of California. Of the sons James is represented on another page of this
volume and W. S. cultivates the old home farm. The three daughters are as
follows: Cecelia, wife of J. W. Browning, of Grand Island, Cal.; Rosina, of
Woodland; and Stella, wife of Dr. W. J. Blevins, also of Woodland. The eldest
son, John Z., had few advantages in early life, for he was obliged to work early
and late assisting his father in the support of the younger children, and while
other boys were in school he was helping to till the soil of the home farm.
However, he has become a well-informed man, but his knowledge comes from reading
and observation rather than from regular attendance at schools.

    The marriage of John Z. Taylor and Miss Anna McClintic, daughter of John
McClintic, took place in Yolo county in March of 1890. Her father came across
the plains from Missouri in the early '50s. He afterward returned east and was
married, in Missouri, to Sarah E. Tincher, bringing his bride to his home in
California. He improved a farm three miles west of Knights Landing, and here the
parents both passed away. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
began keeping house on the farm which had been bought prior to the marriage.
Mrs. Taylor, who is a native of this county, inherited a small tract of land and
Mr. Taylor added to the same, so that he now owns one hundred acres two miles
distant from the home farm, both of which places he superintends, having the
tillable land in wheat, barley and alfalfa. Good stock is to be seen on the farm
and proves a source of considerable income to the owner. An industrious farmer
and conservative business man, he is making a success of his enterprises and
owns, besides his land and personal property, stock in the Rochdale store at
Yolo. In his family there are six children, Frank T., Maude, Jessie, Ethel,
Clarence and Floyd. In politics he votes with the Republican party, but takes no
part in public affairs aside from casting his ballot and has never been induced
to become a candidate for office. Fraternally he is a Master Mason and a
prominent member of Yolo Lodge No. 81, F. & A. M.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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