Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Alanson January 20, 1841 - 
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Author: 1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

ALANSON TAYLOR, farmer, section 17, Sherman Township, was born in Trumbull 
Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1841.  His 

parents were Alanson and Angeline (Viets) Taylor, the former a native of 
Massachuestts, and the latter of 

Connecticut.  They settled in Trumbull County and there lived until their 
death.  Alanson was 17 years old 

when his mother died, and at that time he left home to live with an elder 
borther.  He remained with him 

for nearly three years.  In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the 19th Ohio 
Reg., and was soon afterward 

discharged.  He then took a trip to Minnesota, and after a short time returned 
to Ohio and entered Hiram 

College.

In the spring of 1862 he was married to Esther, daughter of John and Amanda 
Doud, natives of connecticut 

and Ohio.  Mrs. Taylor was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 28, 1843.  They 
have had eight children, seven 

living:  Regenia A., Grant U., Lucius L., Lillian A., Plumb A., Pearl A. and 
Mabel A.  In the spring of 

1869 Mr. Taylor came to Newaygo County and bought 80 acres of land in Sherman 
Township where he now 

resides, and has about 35 acres under cultivation.  He has held the office of 
Township Clerk one yer, and 

is School Director of District No. 1.  Politically he is a Republican.

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