Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Taylor, William 1810 - 
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WILLIAM TAYLOR, house painter; residence Ninth street, corner of Cameron 
avenue; he has been a resident of La Crosse since March, 1848; he was born in 
Linlithgow, Scotland, in 1810; son of James Burns Taylor; came to the United 
States in 1845; lived in Milwaukee one summer, then went into the pinery on 
the Wisconsin River; settled in La Crosse in 1848, and followed the river as 
pilot up to 1867, except when in the army. He followed house-painting in 
Scotland, from the age of 14 till he came to the United States, and has 
followed the same business since 1867. In 1861, he enlisted in the 14th W. V. 
I., Co. D, and was in the service until the close of the war. He was married, 
in La Crosse, in 1866, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of James McCra, of Canada, 
and has four children - Elizabeth, Mary, Robert and Margaret.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 800.

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