Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 883
EDGAR TAYLOR

Edgar TAYLOR, an enterprising farmer of section 20, Lincoln Township, has been a resident of the county since the autumn of 1873. He first bought eighty acres of wild land in Clay Township. Here he bought a farm house, 16x24 feet, one story and a half high; built a barn 18x24 feet, dug two wells, set out an orchard and fenced his place with wire. He farmed this place for four years, when he sold it and leased land near Missouri Valley for two years, and then moved to his present home.

He was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 26, 1846, and is the son of John and Elizabeth TAYLOR, natives of Connecticut, who were the parents of three children, he being the youngest. The children were Electa, Mary, (deceased), and Edgar.

Our subject's father and mother died when he was eight years of age, and he lived with an uncle until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Company K, of the Third New York Cavalry, at Poolsville, MD, and served in the Army of the Potomac, taking part in the battles of the Wilderness, Petersburg and Gettysburg. He lost his hearing while in the service of his country, which he served four years and eight months, and received an honorable discharge at Albany, NY. After the war, he moved to Iowa, and was married in June 1866, to Sarah WILLIAMS, native of Kentucky, who were the parents of the following children, five of whom are still living�Rebecca, Catharine, (Deceased), William, Mary, Sarah, and Julia.

Mr. And Mrs. TAYLOR have been blessed with five children�Mary, born April 7, 1867; Belle, March 1, 1869; Hattie, April 15, 1871; Charles, April 29, 1872; Ella, August 20, 1875.

Politically, our subject is identified with the Republican party, and stands high in the community in which he lives, for his many good traits of character.

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