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Surnames: Taylor, Beck, Coldwell
Classification: Biography
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Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana, Compiled by Harden & Spahr, Lebanon,
Ind., May 1887 [page 382]
WM. RILEY TAYLOR
Was born in Union County, Ind., October 7, 1817. Came to Boone County in 1832; was first
married to Elizabeth Beck, October, 1832. The following are the children’s names: John
F., James L., William R., Abner (died at the age of two years); Francis M., Mary A. (died
at the age of twenty-two years); Martha (died at the age of twenty-one years, in Texas).
Mrs. Taylor died November, 1864. The deceased members of Mr. Taylor’s family are buried
at the cemetery just east of his house, where he has erected handsome and costly monuments
in memory of loved ones gone. Mr. Taylor was again married to Eliza Coldwell, in 1875,
daughter of William Coldwell, one of the pioneers of Jefferson Township. Mr. Taylor, in
1847, built a fine brick residence on his farm in Jefferson Township, where he now resides
and owns one of the finest farms, 640 acres, in the county. Mr. Taylor was a Democrat up
to 1860, since which time he has been somewhat independent in politics. He !
was a strong war man, and all through life a highly respected citizen. To Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor we owe much for kind treatment at their hospitable home while gathering material
for the “Early Life and Times in Boone County.” W. R. Taylor resides in Jefferson
Township, one and one-half miles west of Hazelrigg Station, where owns six hundred acres
of choice land.