----Source: (Richard Taylor/Family Records)
NEHEMIAH B. TAYLOR
The son of James and Charlotte (Smith) Taylor
BORN: -- SEP. 1819
MARR: 17 SEP. 1843
DIED: 15 JUL. 1909
SPOU: LUCY HICKS
BORN: (N.Y..)-- 1827
DIED: -- . 1850
(SECOND WIFE)
BORN: 04 FEB. 1821
MARR: 12 JUL. 1852
DIED: 27 AUG. 1902
JAMES W. TAYLOR (Nehemiahs father) was born 1780/1790 married Nancy Charlotte Smith & was in the war of 1812, (marker on his grave at Westfield, Ohio) died January 21 1859 and found on the 1840 census in Delaware county (Marlbor twp) Living beside David Smith. It is not known if James came to America with his parents as a young child, or if he was already grown and came by himself. We do know that he married in America and that his wife was born in New York State. James May have had a son born CA. 1817, Nehemiah born. 1819, another son CA. 1821, and 4. ? and 5. ? and 6th a daughter born CA. 1830/1835! John M born March 1780, died October 14 1855 and William Taylor Born march 1780 died October 14th 1855 age 75 years 7 mo.'s also buried in the Westfield Cemetery, may be brothers of James, both are sons of D. H. & G. M.
NANCY CHARLOTTE SMITH'S family was prominent in Delaware county Ohio from 1840 (census) through the 1850's (Quite a bit of information is also known for the Smith family).
NEHEMIAH was born in Ohio, and his father was born in Scotland (according to Nehemiah's California death record), and his father may have been in Hagerstown, Maryland, and possibly from Maine before that (sea port town). Nehemiah's son George told his grandchildren the family came from Virginia!. The earliest information found for Nehemiah is when he married his first wife, Lucy M. Hicks daughter of Nathaniel Hamilton Hicks and Margaret Whitbeck, in what was then Northern Delaware County, Ohio, at Westfield (married by: A. Patee "at Westfield") which later became part of Morrow County. By this marriage, two children were born:
A.....SAMANTHA J. TAYLOR born in 1846, Ohio.(Lived at Colby, Wisconsin-in 1865 maybe earlier).
B.....GEORGE WASHINGTON TAYLOR, born on the fourth of February 1848 in Sandsuky (death certificate) Ohio.
The
family is listed on the 1850 morrow county, Ohio Census. Lucy died
about 1851 (probably in childbirth). Nehemiah married his
second wife, Betsey Ann Miller, in the town of Westfield in Morrow
County. She was born in Windsor, in Broome County, New York. Betsey
was previously married August 5, 1838, to Joshua Travis and had
five children by that marriage: Henry Hamlet, born 1839, and Jane
Ann, born 1849 were living with Nehemiah and Betsey on the 1855 and
1860 censuses in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
In 1880, Henry (Betsey's son) was living in Marathon County in
Mosinee, Wisconsin as a laborer and was married to V.A. Getchal, 33
years old. She was born in Maine, her father was born in Maine, and
her mother was born in New Hampshire. Henry's wife had a brother,
Frank, born in 1853 in Wisconsin. Hamlet's children are: Manniss,
Elnaxa, Gavin Bert, Arthur, Willie, and Leon. Hamlet was living in
Hancock, Wisconsin in 1902 and was the only living child from
Betsey's previous marriage at that time. Henry for awhile-used the
name "Henry Taylor" while in the U.S. Navy in the early
1860's. One of our ancestors is reported to have been in one
of the wars as a water boy. This may have been Nehemiah's father,
in the war of 1812, with the British..
Nehemiah left Morrow County, Ohio, and came to Marston, in
Washington Township (then Northern Sauk County), Sauk County,
Wisconsin, about April of 1853. His family traveled by wagon, with
the Felt E. Wheeler and sons, Nelson, Almon, henry and John and
other families. One of the wheeler families continued on West to
California, while Nehemiah and Felt E Wheeler and his other
children traveled into Sauk county Wisconsin. In
1860, Nehemiah lived in Washington Township in Sandusky
(Hillpoint). The post office was in "Humbolt," where they lived at
least until 1863.
Nehemiah came to Clark county in the fall of 1865 as stated by him
in his letter, telling about his step son's health (to pension
department). Nehemiah's family lived near Loyal in 1869, in Loyal
Township Clark County Wisconsin, where Nehemiah was farming. The
value of his personal estate was 400.00 and his total estate was
worth 600.00. In 1878, Nehemiah homesteaded 160 acres of land in
Township 26, section 22, just a little east and south of Loyal. On
the 1850 Morrow County census, Betsey is listed with John (Festien
) and Elizabeth (probably Betsey's mother) and Betsey's daughter,
Jane Ann. She probably lived at home with her mother after her
first husband, Joshua Travis, died, but before she married
Nehemiah.
In 1874, Nehemiah's wife "Betsey" left him and moved to Colby,
Wisconsin, where she is described as a pioneer settler. In 1880,
Betsey and her daughter, Nancy, were in Colby along with Betsey's
Grandson, Clarence Andrews, first son of Nehemiah and Betsey's
first daughter, Henrietta, who was then nine years old. Betsey took
in washing to support herself and lived on Main Street. She died on
August 27, 1902, and is buried in Colby, Wisconsin.
By 1880, Nehemiah lived in Jackson County, near Alma Center, with
his daughter, Samantha, his son George, George's wife Nancy, and
their daughter, Mary. They lived there until about 1894 and were
near Humbird, Wisconsin in Clark County in 1895. In 1900, Nehemiah
was living with Henry Young, son of Chauncy Young. Nehemiah's son
George hated Nehemiah (According to the family) and the family
states that he was a scoundrel.
Some of Nehemiah's siblings may be Martha, Catherine and
William. NEHEMIAH and BETSEY'S
CHILDREN are as follows: (2nd
marriage)
A. Henrietta Born: -- 1853
B. Henry L. Born: 14 May 1855
C. James B. Born: Jul/Aug 1858
D. Malcom David Born: -- May 1860
E. Nancy Charlotte Born: 16 Jan 1863.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON TAYLOR (Scottish name) IN HIS LATER YEARS PROBABLY HOLDING ONE OF HIS GRAND CHILDREN. George lived on Hickman road, Humbird, Until 1931 when his wife Nancy died.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON TAYLOR & WIFE NANCY MARGARET YOUNG (Scottish name) In his later years probably holding one of his Grandchildren. George lived on Hickman road, Humbird, until 1931 when his wife, Nancy died
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NEHEMIAH B. TAYLOR & WIFE ELIZABETH (BETSEY) ANN TRAVIS MILLER This photo was taken at Colby Wisconsin 1901 and their daughters (Nancy charlotte Taylor & Edgar Wilkins) son Oscar Wilkins and his child. |
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