Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Mrs Harriet ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 February 6, 2008, 11:37 pm Author: Past and Present Will County IL; 1907 Mrs. Harriet Taylor, of Joliet, is the widow of Henry Taylor, who died February 20, 1905, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. He had been a resident of the city for about sixty years and was a native of England. When a young man, however, he went to Scotland and was married there, after which he brought his wife to the new world and established his home in Joliet. The city was at that time a small town with little commercial or industrial importance. He cast in his lot with its early settlers and his first work was in the mending of boats. Later he engaged in carpentering and subsequently was employed at building fences and in other building operations. He was a fine mechanic and erected the residence at No. 200 South Eastern avenue, which is still occupied by his widow. He purchased a strip of land there on what was then the raw prairie and lived to see it all built up with fine homes, becoming one of the populous and attractive residence districts of the city. It was he who named First avenue and Lincoln street, which thoroughfares bounded his property on the north and south. In many other ways he was closely associated with the development and growth of Joliet and he ever stood for progress and improvement along lines of substantial upbuilding. After the loss of his first wife Mr. Taylor was again married, his second union being with Mrs. William Adderly, nee Harriet Thompson. She was born in Warwickshire, England, seventy-eight years ago and was married there to William Adderly. They came to Joliet over a half century ago, bringing with them their two children, and another child was born to them in Joliet. Of the three, Ellen and Emma died in early womanhood. The other daughter is now Mrs. Inez J. Welch of Joliet. Mr. Adderly was one of the early jewelers of Joliet and had his store on Bluff street, which was for years the principal thoroughfare of the city. He continued a resident here up to the time of his death. Later his widow became the wife of Henry Taylor, with whom she traveled life's journey until they were separated by his demise on the 20th of February, 1905. Mrs. Taylor has nine great-grandchildren. She resides at a comfortable home at No. 200 Eastern avenue and she also owns the cottage in the rear, fronting on First avenue. She has long resided in this city and has therefore seen its changes and its growth, watching its development from a small and unimportant town into a city of metropolitan proportions, with extensive business interests and with of all the evidences of a modern civilization. Additional Comments: PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/taylor2590nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb