Sketch of Roger Taylor, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Richard Taylor, of Virginia, was a commodore in the U. S. Navy. His son, Roger, married Hannah Fishback, of Virginia, and settled in St. Charles County in 1818. His wife was noted for being an extremely neat housekeeper, and as carpets were not fashionable then, she kept her floors waxed. When gentlemen came there on business or to visit her husband, she ad them take their boots off, and gave them slippers to wear while in the house. The names of Mr. Taylor's children were: Lucinda, James T., Sally S., Samuel, Matilda, Mary, Letitia, Caroline, Colby, Eleanor, William and Jacob. Lucinda married William Ross, who settled in St. Francois County. Sally S. was married three times; first to Lawrence Ross, second to Frank Taylor, and third to Dr. B. English. Matilda married Colburn Woolfolk. Mary married James Clark. Letitia married Dr. Daniel McFarland. Caroline married Robert Nusom. Eleanor married George Parton. Samuel drowned in McCoy's Creek. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================