BIOS: Augustus TAYMAN, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 470

Augustus TAYMAN.

Augustus Tayman, deceased, who was an esteemed resident of Rockwood, Somerset 
county, Pennsylvania, was born in Berlin, September 1, 1856, the son of Augustus 
Tayman, and was of German origin.  His father was a native of Germany, and came 
to this country when a young man, settling in Pennsylvania.
Augustus Tayman obtained his educational training in the public schools of his 
native place, and immediately after leaving the schoolroom turned his attention 
to the trade of carpenter.  For several years he was engaged at this trade, in 
the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.  In politics he was a life-long 
Democrat, and deeply interested in the progress and advancement of that 
organization.  He married Mary E. Yutzey, born December 6, 1863, in Somerset 
county, near Berlin, a daughter of Simon and Lydia (Ringler) Yutzey.  Her 
maternal grandfather, Solomon Ringler, was a native of Somerset county, and a 
farmer by occupation.  Her father, Simon Yutzey, was born in Somerset county, 
was a farmer and a carpenter.  He married Lydia Ringler in 1860, and by that 
union children were born as follows: William, Mary E. (Mrs. Tayman); Joshua, 
Alice and Lizzie.  Mr. and Mrs. Tayman have one child, L. Pearl, born January 
22, 1885.