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HUGH EDWARD TAYLOR
California a half century ago was
known only as a mining state, but in more recent years its splendid
agricultural and horticultural resources have awakened the attention of the
entire world and the products of its orchards and vineyards are sent to all parts
of this country and to many foreign lands.
Hugh Edward Taylor is among those engaged in the raising of grapes in
San Joaquin County, located about a mile east of Lodi, where he has ten acres
devoted entirely to the cultivation of the Tokay grape. He was born at New Market, Ontario, Canada,
on August 9, 1855, the son of Abraham Lange and Sarah June (Coreyll)
Taylor. Abraham Taylor, his father, was
a farmer and lumber merchant in the vicinity of New Market, where Hugh Edward
received his education in the district schools.
After finishing his schooling, he remained at home with his parents,
assisting his father in his business and with his farm work until 1877, when he
was married on Christmas Eve at New Market to Miss Elizabeth Thomson, a native
of Hamilton. She is the daughter of
George and Sophie Thomson, natives of Scotland and England, respectively, the
latter being reared in Scotland, where the father was a shoe merchant. Their daughter was educated in the district
school and finished in the high school of Hamilton. After his marriage Mr. Taylor removed to the
Territory of Dakota, where he engaged in farming. He filed on a pre-emption and a tree claim
and later took a homestead, becoming owner of 480 acres devoted to grain. The farm was located thirty-five miles
northwest of Grand Forks, in the Red River Valley, North Dakota. He also acquired land by purchase in
Saskatchewan, Canada. Removing from
North Dakota in 1906 Mr. Taylor came to California and settled at Lodi, and
soon after sold his Dakota farm. His
property is located on the extension of East Pine Street, about a mile from
Lodi, and consists of ten acres in vineyard; Mr. Taylor installed a pumping
plant with a four-inch pump and a seven horse-power motor. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are the parents of two
children: Austin Lange resides near
Spokane, Washington; and Glen Osborne lives near Medford, Oregon. In politics he is a Republican and
fraternally a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and with his family
is a member of the Congregational Church.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1526. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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