WILLARD TALBOT
Willard Talbot made a settlement in this township, in the fall of 1868. He was a native of the State of New York and was the son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Taylor) Talbot. The latter was a sister of the founder of Madison University, of New York, Stephen W. Taylor. Mr. Talbot was born in 1842, and came west to Henry county, Illinois, when about seventeen years of age, with his parents. There he remained until he came to Iowa. He was married in 1867, in Illinois to Elizabeth Tanner, by whom he had two children---Edward and Charles. Mr. Talbot was the first justice of the peace in the township, and was in that office when he died. This latter event occurred in 1874 or '75. His body was interred in the cemetery at Anita, and his widow removed to Hamilton county, this State where she has since re-married.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 765.
