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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. 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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Edmond Taylor, stock dealer and farmer of the Second District, was born in July, 1846, and is the son of Howell and Susan A. (Hayes) Taylor. The father was born May 2, 1817. in Virginia, and at an early date moved to Haywood County with his father and grandfather, Edmond and Howell Taylor, but in a short time moved to Fayette County, locating at Taylor’s Chapel, where he remained until he died. Our subject’s grandfather was born in 1785, and died in 1871. Edmond Taylor was raised on a farm, and attended the schools in the county until he was nineteen years old, then entered the college at Huntsville, Ala., and continued there and at the university in Virginia until 1868. In 1878 he married Miss Rawlins, daughter of Dr. Jno. W. Rawlins. After his marriage he remained at the old homestead for a while, then moved to Haywood County, and bought a farm near Stanton Depot. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have had three children: Mary W., Howell Hayes and Samuel Rawlins (who died in infancy). Politically Mr. Taylor is a Democrat. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and of the Masonic lodge, No. 165, at Dancyville. He is regarded as a prominent citizen of his county.
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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Haywood County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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