Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Calvin S. And Merritt 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   TAYLOR BROTHERS. George R. Taylor, the father, was born in New Hampshire in
1796, and at manhood came to Orange County, Ind., where, for a time, he taught
school winters and boated summers, and where, in 1828, he married Miss Mary
Clark, who was born in Vermont in 1808. The following year, he located in
Scaffold Prairie, Greene County, where he lived about twenty-two years, moving
then to Worthington, where, except two years, he resided until his death. While
on Scaffold Prairie, he farmed, dealt in stock, kept a country store, was the
first Postmaster in Smith Township (his commission bearing President Jackson's
name), was an Old-Line Whig and a popular man and politician; served as Justice
of the Peace, owned a store in Fairplay while on the prairie, and one at Point
Commerce after the canal was finished; was a Methodist, his house being a resort
for early circuit-riders, and a place of worship; was a merchant at Worthington
from 1856 to the close of the war, when he retired. He was an excellent man,
broad, liberal, genuine, noted for sobriety, honesty and industry, and died in
1876, full of years and honors, followed by his wife in 1878. Eight of their six
sons and six daughters are now living. Calvin S. Taylor was born in Smith
Township in 1832, was reared on a farm, with limited education, and, in 1854,
went overland to California, starting March 5 and reaching San Jose September 1.
Here he remained until 1863, farming and dealing in stock; then returned to
Greene County; attended school at Greencastle; then began merchandising in
Worthington with his brother Merritt, and is yet thus engaged, besides
conducting a farm and dealing in stock. He is a Republican, and a member of the
Episcopal Church. He married Miss Annie E. Topping in 1865; they have two
children—Mary L. and Frank D. The brothers' store building was built in 1876.
They have a large stock and a profitable business. Merritt C. Taylor, born in
Smith Township in 1836; was also reared on a farm, remaining at work there and
in the store until 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-ninth Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, as Second Lieutenant. He was at the surrender of Island No.
10, at the siege and battle of Corinth, and in lesser engagements, and, in 1864,
resigned his commission in the Fifty-ninth, and with S. L. Bryan raised Company
A, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned
First Lieutenant, serving as such until March, 1865, and part of the time as
Captain de facto. After his return, he entered in business with his brother, and
is yet thus engaged. His marriage with Emily Topping occurred in 1865; they have
two children—George D. and William T. Mr. Taylor is a Republican. Dayton Topping
was a native of New England, born in 1802, and moved as a child to Ohio. In
1824, he married Miss Margaret Douglas, and in 1840 moved to Greene County,
Ind., entering the mercantile business at Point Commerce. Two years later, he
moved to Terre Haute, but, in 1850, returned and began keeping the famous old
"Franklin House," at Worthington. He conducted the house ten years; was a
prominent canal man and canal collector: was an Old-Line Whig, and an
uncompromising Union man during the war; was a member of the Episcopal Church;
was a Mason. He was a man of unusual capacity, and died in 1865, followed by his
wife in 1881. They had eight children: four of the daughters are yet living. His
son, Melville D., raised a company at Terre Haute, became its Captain, was
promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventy-first Regiment, and was killed near
Richmond, Ky., in 1862, his death being widely lamented.

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Jefferson Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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