DANIEL TAYLOR
Daniel Taylor was born in Virginia March 13, 1774; came to Jerome Township about 1802, and died February 29, 1852. He married Miss Mary Brown in Virginia, and had eleven children, three of whom died young. Samuel, Rhoda (Hager), Mary (Knapp), and Moses died in Madison County; Jane was the wife of Moses Mitchell, of Darby Township, and John was a farmer of Jerome;. Sarah, wife of John Norton, and Levi still live at Plain City. Mr. Taylor had lived in Kentucky before coming here. He settled on thirty-two acres in, Survey 5,128, just north of Plain City and west of the creek, but in a few years bought 150 acres across Big Darby, off the southern part of Survey 3,686, and lived there till his death. He was a Democrat through life and a zealous member of the Baptist Church, of which he was for many years a Deacon.