Sylvanus H. Taylor

TAYLOR, NEEDHAM

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/25/2004 at 21:59:52

Sylvanus H. Taylor, a settler of 1857, is a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, where he was born, August, 1823. He resided at the place of his birth until fifteen years of age, when he removed to Canada, and thence to DeKalb county, Illinois; coming from the latter place to Butler county. He has lived in the same place ever since he came to this county – his location is on section 31. He purchased his farm of a non-resident, no improvements having been made. He has 146 acres, 40 acres lying within the corporation of Parkersburgh.
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His wife was Achsah Needham. Her father, B. C. Needham, Sr., was an early settler of Pittsford township, and spent the last years of his life in Parkersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have four children – Estella L., Willis B., Etta P., and Luella L.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages 418 - 419