Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Taylor, Charles 1886
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The Portland Observer, Wednesday, October 13, 1886
Died:--In Elwell, Gratiot county, Mich., Sept. 15th, of cancer, Chas. Taylor, 
formerly of Portland, aged 70 years.

Mr. Taylor was one of the very oldest settlers of the township, having come to 
Portland in 1838, from New York, and did his first work for Abram S. 
Wadsworth, whom all our old settlers will remember, building a dam across 
Grand river.  In this and other sorts of work he paid for a farm from Mr. 
Wadsworth, who at that time owned much of the land in this vicinity.  After 
Mr. Taylor had been here a couple of years he sent glowing reports of the 
country to his father’s family, still in the old home in the then far away 
state of New York, and desired them to follow, which they did in 1840.  At 
that time the only horse team owned in this section was by Churchill & Co. and 
this Mr. Taylor borrowed and drove to Detroit, and brought his father and his 
family to Portland.  The journey required fifteen days—now it is made in four 
hours.  

In religious belief Mr. Taylor was always a Universalist, but of the entire 
family of a number of boys Mr. Taylor was always a democrat.  His first vote 
with that party was cast for James K. Polk, in 1844.  He always remained a 
democrat.  While Mr. Taylor had some faults, like all of us, he as a good, 
well meaning, honest man.  He was a good husband, loving father, accommodating 
brother and neighbor; and if the world contained no worse men than “Uncle 
Charlie” Taylor was, it would be much better than it now is.



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