LEVI TAYLOR
Levi Taylor, a farmer near Plain City, youngest child of Daniel and Mary (Brown) Taylor, was born in Jerome Township November 26, 1810. The former was born near Harper's Ferry, Md., in March 1774, and the latter in Ireland in 1781. They were married in Virginia, and in 1802 removed to Union County, Ohio, and settled in Jerome Township, where Mr. Taylor bought a farm of 152 acres, besides 32 acres on the opposite side of Big Darby, He was one of the organizers of the county, and was a juror when the court convened at Franklinton. He died February 29, 1852; his wife preceded him but twenty-two days. He wag for over half a century an active member of the Baptist Church. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated, as most pioneer boys are, in the common schools. February 18, 1831, he was married to Miss Margaret Low, a daughter of John Low. She died March 17, 1864, leaving three children-Mary (deceased), married Chauncey Barlow, and had one child, Lonson ; and Daniel and John. Mr. Taylor was married the second time to Mrs. Matilda Lard, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Taylor is Democratic. He owns a farm of 150 acres, located near Plain City.