Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

HENRY TAYLOR, farmer. Among the names of the old settlers of Cass County, 
none is more deserving of passing into history than that of Henry B. 
Taylor, deceased, the father of our subject, and the son of John and 
Barbara (Beason) Taylor. He was born January 24, 1814, near the city of 
Nashville, Tenn., and when he was about sixteen years old, he came with 
his father and family to Pecan Bottom, Cass Co., Ill., and settled with 
them about six miles above the city of Chandlerville, where he continued 
to reside until removed by death, Feb. 5, 1864. His parents were natives 
of North Carolina, and were both members of the regular Baptist Church.   
They raised five children: Robert, Mrs. Nancy (William) McCauley, Mrs.
Rebecca (William) Morgan, Mrs. Matilda (James) Samuels, and 
Henry B., who married Mary P., daughter of John and Catharine
(Graves) Hawthorne.  This union was blessed with the following 
children, all living: Mrs. Mary E. (Charles) Anderson, Mrs. Mary 
C. (Peter) Rickard, Mrs. Barbara M. J. (William) Weaver, John, 
and Henry, our subject. Henry Taylor was born in Cass County, 
Aug. l7, 1852. His early life was spent at home on the homestead 
farm, and receiving such an education as the common schools 
afforded.  Arriving at manhood, he embarked on his career as a 
farmer, and is at the present time the owner of one hundred and 
fourteen acres of good land.  He was married Dec. 27, 1870, to 
Miss Matilda Linn.  Mrs. Taylor was born in Cass County, Nov. 2, 
1852.  They are the parents of five children: Jennie B., John 
R., Hattie E., Lulu and Jesse.  The Taylor family is of English 
descent, and came to this country before its independence from 
the mother country; and the ancestry living; at the time, were 
patriots in the cause of freedom, and some of them served as 
soldiers in the Revolutionary War.  Robert, the great-great-
grandfather, was alive at this time; his sons, Daniel, William, 
and Henry, did service for their country in the Continental 
Army. Mr. Taylor's great-grandfather, who was also named Robert, 
raised the following children: Herron, Manoah, Robert, Benjamin, 
John, Mrs. Betsey (Leonard) Dugger, Mrs. Lucy (Whitehead) Janner, Mrs. 
Keziah (Jesse) Skehan, Mrs. Nancy (David) Bradley, and Polly, who 
first married William West, and afterward Joseph McGlothling. John, 
Mr. Taylor's grandfather, was born Sept. 13, 1782, and died in Pecan 
Bottom, Sept. 3, 1842.   His wife, and grandmother of our subject, was 
born March 7, 1788 and died in Mason County, June 13, 1871. Mr. 
Taylor's father was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church 
by Elder M. Hartley, in the spring of 1859, and continued his 
membership in the Mount Olive Church, which he was largely 
instrumental in building up, till his death.  He was an active member, 
and rose to the office of deacon, which position he held at the time 
of his death.  For a number of years he held the office of Justice of 
the Peace, and his judgments were always characterized with equity and 
legal precision, and seldom failed to give satisfaction, and always 
were sustained in the higher courts.  Though his chances of education 
were very unfavorable, still, by his own exertion, he attained more 
than a common education.  He delighted especially in the study of 
astronomy, and in the reading of the "old family Bible," the precepts 
of which were beautifully illustrated in his private life.

Taylor Beason McCauley Morgan Samuels Graves Hawthorne Anderson 
Rickard Weaver Linn Dugger Janner Skehan Bradley West McGlothling 
Hartley 
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