Henry Taylor of Warrington, VA & Litchfield, Kennebec Co, Maine TAYLOR Henry W - Born 7 Mar 1850 in Warrington, Virginia, d 8 June 1935 ae 85y 3m 1d at Litchfield ME, s/o Thomas & Elizabeth (Hamilton) Taylor. His father was a Physician. Henry W Taylor in 1870 was working on a farm at George & Betsey Whitman's. Elias Plimpton met him at the train station, according to the older citizens in Litchfield in 1992, they also remembered, he worked for the Sanborn Book Co, a school supplies company. A few people still living in 1992, said he was a very highly respected man in the town. He had beauitful or handsome snow white wavey hair. And not all, but a few, would say after cross questioned, "Oh yes, I had forgot, he did have a negro ancestry, as his mother had been a slave." This man was not remember became he was the first black man in town. He was remembered because of his serves and his children's serves to the town. He served on the local school board nearly 60 years, and was for a term Superintendent of the school committee, taught town schools 136 terms. During Litchfield, Maine' 100th anniversary he served as the Secretary of the committee. He also served on both the trustee and executive boards of Litchfield Academy. He was a member of the Congregational Church and OES and was a past master 1915-1916 and Chaplain 1917-1918 of the Morning Star lodge of F & AM. He settled in Litchfield at age 14 years which was near the end of the Civil War. Henry Taylor m 10 Mar 1874,** Marietta Goodwin b 27 Apr 1850, d 26 Feb 1918 ae 67y 9m 29d, d/o Samuel & Marietta (Thompson) Goodwin. Her mother was born in Halifax MA & her father was born in Boston MA. Children: 1) Harry Warren b 1 Feb 1875, he was a clerk in a grocery store at Winthrop ME in 1905. of Malden MA in 1918 and later in 1935 of Litchfield; 2) Walter Goodwin b 20 Dec 1876, d 6 Mar 1880; 3) Carleton L b 13 Sept 1885, of Fitchbury in 1918 and later in 1835 at Malden MA; 4) Amy I/Annie I b 29 Aug 1887, she was in Litchfields Academy class of 1904 and she was teaching school in Bowdoin ME in 1905, m 26 Dec 1908, at Litchfield ME, Thomas Edwin Moore was ae 23y in 1908, lived in Attleboro MA 1918, 1929 & 1935, he was s/o Edwin & Elizabeth ( ) Moore, his father was a jeweler born in Birmington England, annd his mother was born in Derby England. [VR Litchfield] [VR MSA][KJ 10 June 1935 & LEJ 10 June 1935 obit of Henry Taylor][Kennebec Probate 23786 of Henry W Taylor & will of Marietta Taylor][LWJ 23 Dec 1893][see p 137 & 138 History of Litchfield ME] "I venture the statement that these three laws will do more for the advancement of our schools than all the other school-laws passed in the last fifty years. For many facts and courtesies in regard to our common schools, I am indepted to our present school sipervisor, Mr Henry Taylor, who is a living example of the advantages of our free schools and free institutions." p 471 hist of Litchfield, Maine ** Morman Records [interview with Bertha (Libby) Linton of Litchfield ME 1992][LEJ 4 Dec 1929] [p 11 The Litchfield Sodalite Vol I # 3 June 1905] (c) 1998 Courtesy of David C. Young from his files of the History of Sabattus, Maine PO Box 152 Danville, Maine 04223 ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.