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

THOMAS P. TAYLOR, retired merchant, Chandlerville; was born 
in Lancashire, England, June 18, 1828, to Mark and Ann 
(Scott) Taylor; he born in Lancashire, England, in 1779, 
and died in 1844; she, born in Lancashire, England, in 
1789, and died in 1864; she was the mother of thirteen 
children, of whom Thomas was the eighth. He began working 
in a cotton factory when eight years old, and was 
principally engaged in the factory until he was twenty-two 
years of age, when he came to America and made his first 
stop in Delaware County, Penn., and engaged in a woolen 
mill. In 1853, he went to Pottsville, Penn., and from there 
to Delaware, and then returned to Pennsylvania and remained 
about twelve months. In 1855, he removed to Illinois, and 
settled in Morgan County. In March, 1856, he removed to 
Cass County, and settled on the bottom lands, and engaged 
with one Mr. Fielding upon a farm, until 1862, when he 
bought a farm of about 250 acres in Cass County, and began 
farming on his own account. In 1877 he removed to 
Chandlerville, and engaged in mercantile business, which he 
continued until April, 1882, when he sold his business to 
Mr. Morse, and retired from active labor. In July, 1862, he 
married Miss Ann Fielding, a native of England; born Feb. 
28, 1821; a daughter of James and Betty (Bellfield) 
Fielding. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were the parents of one 
child, who is dead. Our subject and wife are members of the 
Baptist Church. Politically, he is a Republican.

Taylor Scott Fielding Bellfield Morse
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