WILLIAM M. TAYLOR
William M. Taylor, a farmer near Plain City, was born in Jerome Township, November 8, 1805. He is the eldest son and third child of Richard and Polly (Cox) Taylor. His early life was passed upon his father's farm, and his training received in the common schools.. In 1835, his father gave him sixty acres of land, on which he located at the time of his marriage. This farm was all woodland, and by his energy and unremitting toil he cleared and improved it to a good condition. November 10, 1830, he was joined in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Burdick, a daughter of Hezekiah and Polly Burdick, and a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio,, where she was born February 28, 1810. Of six children by this marriage five are living-Polly, wife of Orson Scribner; Rachel C., deceased, formerly wife of H. Lawrence; Nancy L., wife of J. Cottran ; Cilicia, wife of George Motlar; Levi F.: Susanna, wife of H. Smith ; Rhoda, deceased, and Hezekiah deceased. Mrs. Taylor departed this life August 16, 1881. Mr. Taylor is a member of the United Brethren Church, and in politics is a Republican. he owns a farm of sixty acres.