History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . rence county. New York. Sep-tember 5, 1845, and when a boy of nine years accompanied hisparents, Joseph and SyU-ia (Chapman) Taylor, and other mem-bers of the family, to Iowa, their settlement being in Jacksoncounty, where he grew to manhood on his fathers farm. Hewas one of seven children, of whom three are now living. Thefather died in Jackson county. The mother survived him ab
History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . rence county. New York. Sep-tember 5, 1845, and when a boy of nine years accompanied hisparents, Joseph and SyU-ia (Chapman) Taylor, and other mem-bers of the family, to Iowa, their settlement being in Jacksoncounty, where he grew to manhood on his fathers farm. Hewas one of seven children, of whom three are now living. Thefather died in Jackson county. The mother survived him aboutfifteen years and died in Cerro Gordo county. When the Ci\il war was inaugurated Franklin S. Taylor, ayouth at work in his fathers fields, was eager to respond to thecall for soldiers to protect the Union. On July 19, 1862, heenlisted as a member of Company A, Nineteenth Infantry, U. S. A.,and was with his command until he was discharged on accountof disability, after serving about eighteen months. After thewar he moved to Grant township. Cerro Gordo county, where hecarried on farming and made his home for a number of years,finally moving to Clear Lake, where his death occurred. Thefarm has since been ^Ut^^^l^/foy ,^^-w-. HISTORY OP CERRO GORDO COUNTY 567 On August 1, 1868, iu Lincoln township, Cerro Gordo county,Iowa, Mr. Taylor married Miss Lydia Blackmore, who was born inAllegany, New York, February 4, 1850, a daughter of Edwin andCynthia (Wetmore) Blackmore. When she was a girl her parentsmoved west to Wisconsin, and four years later, after the death ofher father, which occurred in Wisconsin, her mother and othermembers of the family came to Iowa and took up their residencein Cerro Gordo county. That was in 1867. Her mother died atthe advanced age of ninety years. In their family were sevenchildren, whom five are still To Mr. and Mrs. Taylornine children were born, namely: Orion, of Oregon; Mabel, wifeof W. J. Robinson, of Clear Lake; Miss Cynthia, a prof
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