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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. 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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BAYARD TAYLOR, merchant and post-master at Montgomeryville, Montgomery township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is a progressive young business man. He is the son of Jonathan Taylor, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.
Bayard Taylor was born at Prospectville, in Horsham township, October 5, 1871. He acquired his education in the schools of Montgomery township, the knowledge thus gained being supplemented by a thorough course in a business college. After leaving school he engaged in the occupation of farming on the homestead until March 10, 1902, since which time he has been successfully engaged in conducting the store at Montgomeryville. On June 17, 1902, Mr. Taylor was appointed postmaster at Montgomeryville, and fills the office very efficiently, and to the entire satisfaction of its patrons.
Mr. Taylor married at Line Lexington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1898, Jessie R., daughter of Samuel and Ella Brunner, of Bucks county, the couple having one child, Verda B., born December 21, 1899. In political affiliations Mr. Taylor, like his father, is a Democrat. He and his wife are both members of the Montgomery Baptist church, in which Mr. Taylor holds the position of trustee.
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