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JONATHAN TAYLOR, a retired farmer of Montgomery township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is a native of Upper Dublin township, where he was born in a house directly opposite the Dunkard church, February 29, 1828, that being a leap year. He is the son of Jonathan and Margaret (Sturger) Taylor. His was a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Sturger.

The ancestors of the Taylors were of English birth. They located at an early date at or near where is now the borough of Ambler. Jonathan Taylor’s father was born there, and spent a large part of his life in that vicinity, learning the shoemaking trade, and being employed at that occupation until 1831 or 1832. He then rented the farm of Casper Slaughter, in Horsham township, where he engaged in farming for three years. He then removed to a farm in Gwynedd township, where he remained one year. He then resided for three years on another farm owned by Adam Kneedler, in Horsham township, the Welsh road. In 1838 he purchased the farm of Stephen Day, located in Horsham township, near Prospectville, and removed to it, where he resided, engaged in the occupation of farming, until his death.

Jonathan Taylor, Jr., subject of this sketch, attended the neighboring schools until he had acquired a fair education, and learned the carpenter trade, being employed in that occupation for several years. After spending four years in agricultural pursuits homestead farm, he purchased in 1879 the farm on which he now resides, containing ninety-five acres, which by dint of industry and good management he was has brought to a very high state of cultivation. He married at Chestnut Hill, in 1857, Caroline, daughter of John and Ann Shaffer, of Whitemarsh township, in Montgomery county. She died in September 1901. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor: Ida and Clara, both deceased; Wilson, Frank, Bayard, Irvin, Walter, Harriet. In politics Mr. Taylor is a Democrat, although he has never sought or held office. In his religious views he affiliates with the Lutheran church. Mr. Taylor is one of the most respected citizens of his section of the county, enjoying the confidence of the community. He has spent an honorable and useful life, and now lives retired in his own home, surrounded by the comforts and conveniences of life.