BIOGRAPHIES - TAYLOR, J. L., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: J. L. TAYLOR _________________________________________ Birth: April 27, 1829, Cynthiana, Kentucky Father: John M. TAYLOR (1778-1856) Mother: Elizabeth WEBB (1785-1860) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Miss BATTERTON Birth: 1836, Millersburg, Kentucky Death: October 1868 Age: 32 Father: James BATTERTON Mother: Laura VARNON Marriage: June 29, 1853 Children: Oscar R.; Mollie _________________________________________ 2: Mrs. Margaret SHAWHAN Marriage: March 1870, Harrison County, Kentucky J. L. TAYLOR,1 merchant; P. O. Paris; was born April 27, 1829, in Cynthiana, Harrison Co.; son of John M. Taylor, a native of Prince William County, Va.; born Jan. 17, 1778, son of William Taylor, a native of Maryland, who afterwards removed to Virginia. John M. received a collegiate education in Richmond, Va., and in 1808, he came to Fayette County, Ky., and contracted for 1,000 acres of land, and returned to Virginia to receive his inheritance, but his guardian had squandered it, and he was left penniless. He returned to Kentucky, and engaged in teaching in Fayette County; afterwards came to Bourbon County, where he taught several yours very successfully. In 1840, he was appointed to take the census of the county; he located at Centerville, where he engaged in selling goods, and was Postmaster at that place. In 1844 he removed to Millersburg, and while there was elected County Assessor, being twice re-elected. In 1855 he removed to Woodford County, to live with his son, E. W. Taylor, where he died the year following. He was a man highly respected in the community, wherever known, and will be long remembered for his many virtues and sterling qualities. In 1808 he was married in Virginia to Elizabeth Webb, who was born 1785, daughter of Foster Webb, Prince William County, Va.; she survived her husband four years; to them were born five sons and one daughter, viz: Richard, Edward W., F. B., John M., J. L., and Emily. Richard, F. B., E. W., and J. L. became merchants; John M., a farmer, Joseph L. at the age of fourteen, engaged as a clerk for his brothers at Millersburg, and afterwards associated with them in business for a time. June 29, 1853, he married Miss Batterton, who was born in Millersburg, in 1836 ; daughter of James Batterton and Laura Varnon; she died October, 1868; she bore him two children, Oscar R. and Mollie, wife of J. G. Weatherby, of Paris; Oscar R., now of Cincinnati, in commercial life. After merchandising four years in Millersburg, Mr. Taylor removed to Versailles, where he engaged in business, remaining there until 1868, when he afterwards removed to Harrison County, and engaged in farming for a time; afterwards he removed to Covington, Ky., in 1871, and was engaged in business at Cincinnati, where he remained until April, 1880, when he came to Paris, and has since remained engaged in merchandising, under firm name of J. L. Taylor & Co., and carries the largest stock of ready-made clothing in Paris. In March, 1870, he married Mrs. Margaret Shawhan, of Harrison County. Mr. Taylor has been a member of the Christian Church since 1849, his father being a convert under the preaching of Rev. Barton Stone. Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 493-494 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.