Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Samuel, M D 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Samuel Taylor, M. D., physician and surgeon, member of the medical firm of 
Taylor & Seger, at Morrison, was born March 13, 1829, in Sharon Township, 
Richland Co., Ohio, and is the son of Henry and Evelina (Ayres) Taylor. His 
father and mother were born in Connecticut, and removed from that State to 
Ohio, where they completed the period of their lives in Richland County. The 
father died in April, 1874. The demise of the mother occurred Sept. 4, 1866. 
Three of their children are living, and the record of seven, of whom they 
became the parents, is as follows: Walter, the eldest, is deceased; Esther 
married Dr. William Bricker, of Shelby, Ohio; Burton A. is not living; he 
married Catherine Sipe, of Shelby; Dr. Taylor is the fourth in order of birth; 
Alva B. and Mary A., who were his successors, are both dead; the former 
married Margaret Anderson, and the latter was the wife of A. D. Anderson, and 
died at Kansas City, in December, 1881; they removed to Whiteside County, 
where she died about seven years later; Angelina is the wife of David Cummins, 
of Shelby, Ohio; Walter died a single man in California, to which place he had 
gone during the gold-mining enthusiasm. Dr. Taylor was reared on his father's 
farm, and received the anvantages of the common school. Later he attended 
Oberlin College several years, where he formed his purpose to devote himself 
to a professional career; and later he read medicine under the direction of 
his brother-in-law, Dr. Bricker. After having read under his direction at 
intervals about four years, he went to Ann Arbor and attended the Medical 
Department of the University of Michigan six months. The next year he went to 
the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was graduated 
in the spring of 1854. He began his independent initiatory practice at Salem, 
Ohio, where he continued nearly two years. He came thence to Erie, Whiteside 
Co., Ill., in the fall of 1855, where he established and maintained his 
practice seven years. In 1862 he removed to Morrison, and has continued his 
business at that place for more than 20 years. In 1879 he associated S. S. 
Hall, M. D., with himself in his business, and their connection existed until 
May, 1882, when Dr. Hall gave place to Dana B. Seger, M. D. Dr. Taylor has 
earned a substantial repute as a medical practitioner, and has built up a 
profitable and extensive practice. He has officiated eight years as County 
Coroner. He belongs by membership to the American Medical Association, and is 
also a member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He was united in marriage to Stella 
Hannum, Dec. 26, 1854, at Brecksville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. She was born in 
that county Sept. 9, 1835, and is the daughter of Julius and Martha Hannum. 
Her father was born Oct. 16, 1780, in Masschusetts, and died Dec. 9, 1853. Her 
mother was born in the same place Aug. 13, 1789, and died March 28, 1864. Five 
children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Taylor: Eva M. was born Dec. 1, 1858, 
in Erie, Whiteside County, and was married Oct. 30, 1879 to Frank Fitzgerald; 
Walter, born Sept. 11, 1861 died May 13, 1882; Burton was born July 19, 1864, 
and died Dec. 11, 1876; Mary A. was born Oct. 27, 1867; William B. was born 
Dec. 23, 1872.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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