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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JAMES R. TAYLOR, post-office Joplin; business farmer, and stock-raiser, was born in Casey county, Ky., Sept. 16, 1835. He is the son of Louallen and Elizabeth Taylor, natives of Kentucky, Our subject was the eldest of three children, and was reared on a farm. He moved to Missouri with his parents in 1841. His parents died before the war. When thirteen years old our subject worked out and made his home with his uncle until 1852. He was married to Miss Sarah J. Winter, daughter of Samuel and Mary Winter, natives of Tennessee. Our subject moved and located on his present farm in 1856, and is one of the oldest settlers of Jasper county, Mo., and the first man that settled out on the prairie away from the timber. In 1862 he moved to Kansas, and in 1863 enlisted in Company E, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, and served two years. He was in the battles of Prairie Dean, Cabin Creek, and Saline River, and a great many skirmishes. He was honorably discharged in August, 1865, and returned to Kansas, and soon after moved to Jasper county, Mo. He now has 110 acres, well improved, good house and fair out-buildings, and a good small orchard. Mr. Taylor has four children: William O. T., Walter S., Samuel J., and Marion M. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and in the community none stand higher.
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