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Taylor Cemetery ~ James Taylor ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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James Taylor
LAST NAME: Taylor FIRST NAME: James MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 24 Sep 1794 DIED: 19 Jan 1858 BURIED:  (Taylor Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Lawyer; Blacksmith; Farmer; County Judge
BIRTH PLACE:  Maine
DEATH PLACE: Oregon
NOTES: 
1st MARRIAGE - Esther Aldrich
2nd MARRIAGE - Margaret Johnson
1850 MI CENSUS - James Taylor, age 56, occupation blacksmith, b. Maine, is enumerated with wife Margaret Taylor, age 35, b. New York, along with Phebe A., age 20, b. New York, Esther, age 19, b. New York, Anderson, age 12, b. Michigan, Jno., age 9, b. Michigan, and James, age 7. b. Michigan. Also enumerated with the family are Louisa Holmes, age 12, b. New York, Arthur Johnson, age 80, b. Ireland, Jonathan Macknite, age 22, occupation farmer, b. Delaware, William Macknite, age 20, occupation farmer, b. Delaware, and Howell Buchingham, age 23,. occupation blacksmith, b. Delaware.

BIOGRAPHICAL (Source - WPA Historical Records, Benton Co., Oregon, WPA interview of his granddaughter, Molly Taylor Marks, Jun 1938):
"Mrs. Marks was interviewed at the old Marks homestead, about six miles north of Summit on Fern Ridge. Both her parents and her husband's parents were pioneers. Her memory of early events in her own life is good, and she has much information that has been handed down from her elders. She is a widow, and lives at the old home with a son.
"...Grandfather Taylor was the first County Judge of Polk County. He had been a lawyer in Michigan, but turned his attention to cattle raising in Oregon. In the first years there seemed to be little business for lawyers, perhaps because there was little money to pay the fees.
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OBITUARY: 
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James Taylor
Born Sep. 24, 1794
Died Jan, 19, 1858
SOURCES: 
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Branigar Survey
1850 MI CENSUS (Cass Co., Milton, FA #21)
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