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MARY J. TAYLOR
MARY J. TAYLOR, wife of James
Taylor, deceased, was born in Ireland, May 11, 1817. She was raised in
Scotland, and came to America at the age of nineteen years. James Taylor was
born in Ireland in 1809. When a mere boy he went to Scotland
with his parents. When twenty-one years of age he came to America,
settling in Steubenville, Ohio, where he purchased a house and lot and was
engaged in the woolen-mills of that place as a spinner. He remained there about
twenty years, then
went to Wheeling, Ohio, where he again engaged at his trade, spinning,
remaining two years. In 1849 he came to California, crossing the plains with ox
teams. After a trip of six months he arrived in Marysville and went to mining.
In 1851 he returned to Steubenville for his family, but his wife, who had heard
bad reports of California, declined to come, so they went to Iowa, where they
purchased land. The winters there were too severe for a person who had spent
two seasons in California, so at the end of a year he came once more to California,
arriving at Winter’s Bar September 18, 1853. He
settled his family at the Oak Forest on the Mokelumne
river, then began looking around for a desirable place
on which to locate. In March, 1854, he settled upon the present place, and was
a constant resident of the same until his death, which occurred October 28,
1872, at the age of sixty-three years. Mrs. Taylor lives with her son William.
She was married September 16, 1836, to Mr. Taylor. They had nine children,
namely: Robert, Mary, James, Thomas, William, John, Joseph, Sarah E., and Mary,
who died August 30, 1840. William Taylor runs the home place in a very
creditable manner. He raises grain and stock. August 10, 1882, he was married
to Miss Elizabeth Buckley. They have two children--Mary I. and Lucy F. Joseph
Taylor married Miss Annie Buckley, sister of Elizabeth, just mentioned,
September 10, 1880, and they have one child, Margaret.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 404-407. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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