BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR
Benjamin F. Taylor was born in Noble county, Ohio, November 19, 1850. He is a son of John and Louisa (Steward) Taylor, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter, of Ohio. Louisa (Steward) Taylor's mother was a native of France. Her father (an American) was a sailor, and became acquanted(sic) with his wife at Marseilles, France. When the subject of this sketch was thirteen years of age, his parents removed to Mahaska county, Iowa, where his father died in 1881. His mother is still living in that county. Mr. Taylor came to Cass county in 1872, but purchased the land comprising his present farm, several years prior to that time. He was married in Wiota, Cass county, September 15, 1875, to Ida Herbert, a native of this State, and daughter of H.C. Herbert, of Cass county. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have four children...Corwin, Henry C., Nora C., and Arthur Clayton. Mr. Taylor's farm is located in the west half of the southeast quarter of section 12, Brighton township. At the time of his settlement here, it was wholly unimproved, but is now in a high state of cultivation. He makes a business of stock raising, and a specialty of hogs. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the M.E. church.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani 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, pg. 604.
