Samuel Wilson Taylor and Harriet Newell Whitnah


Samuel Wilson Taylor Harriet Newell Whitnah
Birth: 26 Jun 1826 Washington County, Indiana Birth: 1 Aug 1838 Buckheart Township, Fulton, Illinois(1)
Marriage: 17 Mar 1853 Fulton County, Illinois(2)
Death: 8 Sep 1876 Death: 21 Nov 1932
Burial: 24 Nov 1932 Greenwood Cemetary, Fulton County, Illinois(3)
Father: Robert Taylor Father: Andrew Jackson Whitnah
Mother: Mary McCleary Mother: Elizabeth Jane Hendershot

The following documents detail the Taylor family:

Samuel and Harriet are the parents of the following children:
  1. Charles Edward Taylor, born 25 Aug 1858 in Iowa. Married Josie Hill March 2, 1879, died January 23, 1918 in Canton, Illinois. Buried 24 Jan 1918 in Greenwood Cemetary.(4)
  2. Margaret Jane (Jennie) Taylor, married H.C. McKee.
  3. Andrew Jackson Taylor, born 18 Jun 1862 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Married May McBroom. Died 12 Feb 1921 in Buckheart Township, Fulton, Illinois. Buried 15 Feb in Bushnell Mausoleum, Canton, Fulton, Illinois.(5)
  4. Calvin Arthur Taylor
  5. Mary Carrie Taylor
  6. Angeline May (Anna) Taylor, born 2 February 1869. Married John S. Steele 5 July 1911 in Galesburg, Illinois. John and Anna were living in Iowa in 1925. Anna died on 3 January 1933.
  7. Flora Alice Taylor
  8. Evelyn Taylor, born 7 Feb 1876 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. She married 1) A. Wesley Davidson on January 1, 1900. He passed away in Oct 1906. Evelyn married 2) Verner A. Robinson. Evelyn passed away July 4, 1958 and was buried July 8 in the Greenwood Cemetary, Fulton County.(6)

Notes:


  1. Murphy-Sedgwick Funeral Home Records, pg. 243.

  2. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. Fulton County, Vol B, Pg. 217.

  3. Murphy-Sedgwick, pg. 243.

  4. Cemetary Inscriptions of Fulton County, Vol. 15, pg. 201.

  5. Murphy-Sedgwick, pg. 243.

  6. Murphy-Sedgwick, Vol. 4, pg. 195.