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YOUNG A. TAYLOR is a son of Edmund and Jane (Poston) Taylor, and was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1826. His early schooling did not exceed four months. When the war broke out between the North and South he enlisted in Company A, Forty-fourth Tennessee Infantry, and was in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Petersburg. He was wounded at Horse Shoe Bend, and was obliged to give up further service. He resumed farming on his farm of 126 acres, which he had purchased before the war, and which he has since increased to 308 acres. When twenty-three years old he was married to Elizabeth Styles, who died in 1859, leaving four children: Mary A., Sarah, Francis, and James. In March, 1861, Mr. Taylor wedded Martha McClure, by whom he had ten children, nine now living: Temple C., Young A., William F., Zylphia E., John H., Ida B., Cora F., Ardetta, and Andy W. Our subject’s parents were born in Virginia and North Carolina, respectively, and were married in the latter State. The father was a farmer, and died a few years previous to the war. The mother died in 1874.