Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Samson 1825 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  SAMSON TAYLOR, County Treasurer, Robinson. The subject of this sketch, the
accommodating County Treasurer, is a native Buckeye, born in Ohio (Champaign
County), February 22, 1825. He removed to Crawford County, Ill., in 1848, and
settled on a farm in the present township of Honey Creek. He purchased attract
of eighty acres of land, and has since added sixty acres to it, making 140
acres, 120 of which are in cultivation. Politically, Mr. Taylor is a Democrat.
He has taken an active part in politics, and has frequently been elected to the
offices of Collector and Treasurer of the county, holding the latter office from
1861 to 1867. He was again elected Treasurer in November, 1882. He sold goods in
Crawfordsville from 1868 to 1874, when his store was burnt out and he returned
to farming. Subject is a leading Mason, having been a member of the fraternity
since 1846. Mr. T. was married, June 18, 1846, to Miss Barbara Taylor (no
relative, however), of Champaign County, Ohio. They have had the following
children: Joseph B., Sarah L., Julia A., Henry, Hiram, Mary A., Samson, James
C., Charles A., John H., George, William S., David Y. The last four are dead.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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