Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....TAYLOR, Robert (Jr.) 1832 - living in 1899
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  JUDGE ROBERT TAYLOR, Jr., who for five years faithfully served in the capacity
  of associate judge of Sullivan County, Pa., is now extensively engaged in
  fanning and lumbering on his estate of 370 acres in Davidson township. He is a
  son of Frederick and Margaret (Edkin) Taylor, and was born in Shrewsbury
  township, Sullivan County, October 2, 1832.
  
    Our subject comes from one of the oldest and a leading family of the county,
  and is a grandson of Robert Taylor, who was the first of the family to locate in
  Sullivan County. He came from Lewistown, Pa., and took up a tract of land,
  thickly covered with timber, which he cleared. He next built a house and carried
  on farming in connection with operating a grist-mill and a distillery. Thus he
  continued until his death at the age of sixty-two years, and became quite
  wealthy, owning at one time some 600 acres of land. He formed a marital union
  with Elizabeth Mayhue, and among their children was Frederick, the father of our
  subject.
  
    Frederick Taylor was born in Shrewsbury township, Sullivan County, where he
  lived most of his life, and became a prominent citizen of Muncy Valley. He was a
  Democrat in politics and served as supervisor in the township and as school
  director for many years. He was united in marriage with Margaret Edkin, a native
  of England, who came to this country with her father, George Edkin, who settled
  in Shrewsbury township, where he lived the remainder of his life, dying at the
  advanced age of eighty years. Mrs. Taylor's mother lived to reach the ripe old
  age of ninety-three. This union was blessed by the birth of eight children,
  namely: Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of Beaver Kitchen, who resides at
  Montgomery Station, Pa.; William, deceased, who married Mary Anderson, who now
  resides in Shrewsbury township; Robert, Jr., the subject of this personal
  history; George E., a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this Book of
  Biographies; Sophia, the widow of John Foust, resides in Muncy, Lycoming County;
  Deborah, deceased, was the wife of John Roach, who is also deceased; Margaret,
  deceased; and Theodore, who lost his life in 1865, while serving in the Union
  Army. Mr. Taylor died on March 13, 1886, and his wife joined him beyond the
  river of Death in February, 1891.
  
    Robert Taylor, Jr., after receiving intellectual training in the common
  schools, at the age of eighteen years began working on the farm for his father
  and also engaged in lumbering, continuing with his father until after his
  marriage. He then moved to his present farm, which consists of 370 acres of good
  land, and there has since carried on general farming and lumbering, besides
  dealing extensively in cattle. He has improved the land to such an extent that
  it is one of the most valuable pieces of property in the section. He is a man of
  great energy and enterprise and has been decidedly successful in his various
  lines of business. In private life he is a good neighbor and a kind friend, and
  possesses the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances.
  
    In 1868 our subject married Sarah Sellers of Lycoming County, a daughter of
  Joseph and Elizabeth Sellers. The former was a blacksmith by trade, and both are
  now deceased. This union resulted in the following offspring: Ocy, the wife of
  A. T. Armstrong, a merchant, lumber dealer, and the proprietor of a grist-mill
  at Sonestown,—they have four children, Rita, Taylor, Erma and Mary; Harry, born
  October 30, 1871; and Edna, who lives at home. In political affiliations Mr.
  Taylor is an unswerving supporter of the Democratic party, and for five years
  served the county as associate judge. He has been tax collector and supervisor,
  and has held many township offices of minor importance. Mrs. Taylor is a member
  of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  
    A recent portrait of Mr. Taylor is shown on a preceding page, in connection
  with the above sketch of his life.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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