Bio of Taylor, William J. (b.1823) Wabasha Co., MN
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Taylor, William J., (my great-great-grandfather) stock owner and milk
dealer, of Plainview, was born October 26, 1823, in Vermont, but spent his
youth on a farm four miles south west of Versilles, N. Y., to which place
his people removed while William was a child. His parents were Bennona and
Betsy Taylor. He was residing at home December 31st, 1843, when he
espoused Amanda Perkins, daughter of Elijah and Patience Perkins, of the
same county. In 1847, Mr. Taylor engaged in farming in Erie county, Pa,
and in 1854 removed to Marquette county, Wisconsin, where he bought eighty
acres of sandy land, which, in his characteristic language, "A warrantee
deed wouldn't hold." So in 1861 he abandoned it and came to the beautiful
prairie of Greenwood. He first rented a farm four miles north of
Plainview, but three years later he bought eighty acres from A. B. W.
Norton on section six, in Plainview, and about the same time came to the
village to reside. His landed possessions now consist of forty acres in
section seven and ten village lots. He has sold milk to the citizens of
Plainview more or less for twelve years past, and since 1881 has run a
milk wagon. Mr. And Mrs. Taylor have five children living, viz: Ellen J.,
(Mrs. R. S. Tucker) of Marshall, Minn.; D. Z. (David Zachary), a carpenter
of Plainview; Olive (Mrs. M. V. Palmer) of Defiance, Ohio, and Alice (Mrs.
C. H. Ritter) and Melvin F., farmer, of Plainview. (I have made
corrections to the book's information according to my grandfather's
handwriting. Alice was listed as Mrs. M. V. Palmer and Olive was not
included.)