My Genealogy Hound

JAMES TAYLOR, who was a noted hunter, came from Greenbriar county, Va., to Greenfield, Erie county, Pa., in the year 1803, and from there to the town of Ripley in 1812. He subsequently took up one hundred acres of land at State Line, and was engaged in agriculture till the time of his death, which occurred in 1840. He had a family of six children, four sons and two daughters. Of the sons, John and Daniel owned adjoining farms at the State Line; Daniel removing to North East but a few years previous to his death, and John residing on his farm until the time of his death, in 1881.

John Taylor was nine months old when his father came from Virginia, and the country being new, and the roads few and poor, his mother brought him on horseback. The saddle on which she rode is still in existence and in a very good state of preservation. It was given by him to Olive M. Taylor, wife of his son Seymour. He was both farmer and merchant, and for many years post-master at State Line. He was an honest, upright man, and respected by all who knew him. He was twice married. His first wife, Delia Stetson, daughter of Oliver Stetson, descended from an old and highly respected family of Scotch extraction. By her he had four children, three sons and one daughter: James, Seymour, George and Rhoda. His second wife was Almaretta Morey, by whom he had two children, Harcourt and Etta. James, Seymour and George engaged in farming. Harcourt is freight agent at Dunkirk. Rhoda married Thomas Coveney, present post-master at Sherman, New York. Etta married Clinton Gulick, superintendent of construction for the Western Union Telegraph company, and resides at Minneapolis, Minn.

Seymour A. Taylor, son of John and Delia (Stetson) Taylor, was born at State Line, town of Ripley, Chautauqua county, New York, in 1833. He was educated in the schools of his day, and spent the first nine years of his manhood farming in the State of Illinois. He then came back to State Line and engaged in agriculture, which pursuit he followed during life. He was the owner of two farms, was a man of large acquaintance and of unquestioned character and probity. His death, which occurred in 1884, left many true friends to mourn his loss.

In 1864 he was married to Olive M. Pullman, daughter of David and Ann (Bailey) Pullman, of North East, Pa., formerly of Washington county, New York. Of this union there was one child, a son, Edgar S. Taylor.

Edgar S. Taylor is a graduate of the Westfield Academy, and is at present superintendent of the farm, and engaged in viticulture. He married Emily B. Tracy, of Ripley.