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"Longs Cemetery" is also known by the name "South Annville Cemetery"

Kettering, Amanda (I0210)

"Zorada" Miller is referenced as "Corada" or "Corado" on some sources

Miller, Zorada (I2350)

12th Census, year 1900, T623 Roll 1372 p. 6B, district #1
Elmer E. Cochran, age 39, is living with his wife, Christina J.; they claim to have been married for 11 years.

Family: Elmer Cochran / Christina J. (F659)

1860 Census sheet 69 line 34, New Alexandria Post Office, Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County, Pa (National Archives Publication M653, roll 1195

Cook, John (I0307)

51. Hans Stauffer, b. c1683. d. c1727, Mückenhäuserhof?

The name of his first wife is unknown.

He married secondly, Elisabeth Risser on 10 Jun 1713 at Ellerstadt, Bayern, Germany.

At the time of his marriage he was called a widower and he and Elisabeth were both of the Mennonite sect at
Friedelsheim. Elisabeth was probably the daughter of Hans Rüsser and Verena Rüsser who were
Anabaptist refugees living at Wachenheim near Friedelsheim in 1672. Hans Stauffer does not appear
on the 1715 tenant list at Friedelsheim, but Hans Rüsser, his probable brother-in-law does. After his
marriage, Hans moved to Wartenberg, Bayern where his son Johannes was born in 1715. Hans does
not appear on the list of Mennonites living in the Kaiserslautern area in1717. He apparently moved
to Mückenhäuserhof in about 1716/1717 to join his father Daniel who was a tenant there. He may
have died by 1727 as that is when his brother Christian Stauffer returned from Mannheim to take over
the tenancy at Mückenhäuserhof. Hans’ son Johannes wrote in his Bible record that he was born in
Wartenberg in 1715 but was raised on the Mückenhäuserhof. Another son Christian wrote in his
Bible that he was from Mückenhäuserhof when he married Barbara Kunzi in November 1730 at
Alsheim. In 1739, Hans’ brother Daniel wrote a letter from Alsheim to the local authorities and
mentioned that he was the guardian of some minor children. Daniel may have been referring to the
younger children of his brother Hans. Hans probably lived at Friedelsheim from about 1706 to 1713
and then at Wartenberg from about 1714 to 1716 and then at Mückenhäuserhof from about 1716 to
1727.

Stauffer, Hans (I0003)

ABIGAIL AND ROYAL HAD 14 CHILDREN

DABY, ABIGAIL B (I0649)

Abraham O. Tinstman was born Sept. 13, 1834, in East Huntingdon township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., on the farm upon which are now located the Emma Mine Coke-Works. He received his education in the common schools, attending them during the winter season until about twenty years of age, and continued laboring on the farm with his father until he became twenty-five years old, when he went to Broad Ford, Fayette Co., Pa., to take charge of his grandfather Overholt’s property at that place, the business consisting of the manufacture of the celebrated Overholt whiskey, the cutting of timber by steam saw-mill into car and other lumber, and the farming of the lands connected with the Broad Ford property. He thus continued to manage and do business for his grandfather until 1864, when the two formed a partnership, named A. Overholt & Co. He, however, continued to conduct the business until the death of his grandfather, A. Overholt, who died in 1870, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.

During Mr. Tinstman’s residence in the county and his partnership with his grandfather he caused the erection of the most important buildings in Broad Ford, some of which are the large mill and distillery now there, as well as many houses for the use of employés.

In 1865 he and Joseph Rist bought about six hundred acres of coking coal land adjoining the village of Broad Ford. Mr. Tinstman thereafter (in 1868) sold one-half of his interest in the same to Col. A. S. M. Morgan, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and with him established the firm of Morgan & Co., who put up one hundred and eleven coke-ovens at the point now known as Morgan Mines, on the line of the Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroad, and built one mile of railroad from Broad Ford to said mines, at which place the first coke was manufactured along what is now the Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroad. Morgan & Co. at this time held almost entire control of the coke business of the Connellsville region.

In 1870, A.O. Tinstman with others organized a company, of which he was elected president, and built the Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroad, he holding the office of president until the sale of said road to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in 1876.

About 1871, Mr. Tinstman purchased a portion of Mr. Rist’s interest in the six hundred acres of coal land previously mentioned. Mr. H.C. Frick, who was at this time keeping the books of A. Overholt & Co., was very desirous of starting in business, and aspired for something more than book-keeping, and having shown by his indomitable energy, skill, and judgment that be was not only capable of keeping an accurate and beautiful set of books, but that he was able to conduct business, manage employés, etc., Mr. Tintsman and Mr. Rist associated Mr. Frick with them, under the firm-name of Frick & Co., and made him manager of the association, etc.

This company built at Broad Ford two hundred coke-ovens. The first one hundred were built along or facing the Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroad, and were known as the Frick Works, or "Novelty Works." The other hundred were built in blocks along the Pittsburgh Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and facing the road and Youghiogheny River, and were known as the Henry Clay Works.

In 1872, Col. Morgan and Mr. Tintsman (as Morgan & Co.) bought about four hundred acres of coking coal land at Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and there built fifty ovens. About this period and on continuously to 1876 (during the panic period) Mr. Tintsman bought large tracts of coal lands on ‘the line of the Mount Pleasant and Broad Ford Railroad, comprising nearly all the best coal lands in that region; but the pressure of the panic proved excessive for him, the coke business, like everything else, becoming depressed, and he failed, losing everything. But having great confidence that the coke business would revive, and foreseeing that it would be one of the earliest as well as surest of manufacturing interests to recuperate, he bought in 1878 and 1880 on option a large extent of coal land in the Connellsville region, and in 1880 hold about 3500 acres at a good advance over cost price to E.K. Hyndman, who then organized the Connellsville Coal and Iron Company.

This sale enabled him again to take a new start in the world as a business man. He then, in 1880, established the firm of A.O. Tintsman & Co., and opened an office on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., and soon after bought a half-interest in the Rising Sun Coke-Works, on the June Bug Branch of the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1881 he bought the Mount Braddock Coke-Works, located on the Fayette County Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad; and in the same year he bought the Pennsville Coke-Works, on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, embracing in all about three hundred ovens, all of which he still owns and operates.

Thus we see again verified in Mr. Tinstman’s life that great truth, that those who "try again" earnestly and energetically will succeed. He is to be congratulated in his again being established in business, and being so pleasantly situated and surrounded by home and family relations, as it is well known that while in the county he labored diligently for its welfare; and though he has not received the deserved abundant recompense in a pecuniary manner, yet the people of the county appreciate his labors, especially those who have been benefited directly by the development of the coal interests of the county, and of whom there are not a few.

On July 1, 1875, Mr. Tintsman married Miss Harriet Cornelia Markle, youngest daughter of Gen. Cyrus P. Markle and Sarah Ann Markle (whose maiden name was Sarah Ann Lippincott), of Mill Grove, Westmoreland Co., Pa. He has one son, named Cyrus Painter Markle Tinstman.

from K.O.Critchfield, "Sons and Grandsons of Westmoreland County"

[Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Personal and Genealogical, Vol. 2; Northwestern Historical Association (1904); pp. 239-240]

ABRAHAM OVERHOLT TINSTMAN, for a quarter of a century as resident of Turtle Creek, was born in East Huntington [sic] township, Westmoreland county, in 1834. He is of German [and Swiss] descent, his [Swiss] maternal grandfather, Abraham Overholt, being one of the prominent early settlers of Westmoreland county. Abraham Overholt married Maria Stauffer, of Fayette county, and had a daughter, Anna, who was married, in 1830, to John Tinstman, father of the man whose name heads this article.

Abraham Overholt Tinstman was the third of ten children. He was educated in the common schools of his native county, worked on a farm until he reached the age of twenty-five, when he became manager of the estate of his grandfather, Abraham Overholt, the estate embracing a mill, distillery and valuable lands, at Broad Ford, Fayette Co., pa. In 1864 he became partner with his grandfather, and continued in this capacity until the death of the latter, which occurred in 1870.

Mr. Tinstman has long been extensively interested in coal and coke. In 1868 he formed a partnership with Col. A. S. M. Morgan, of Pittsburg [sic], under the name of Morgan & Co., and engaged in making coke near Broad Ford, Pa. In 1871 he formed a partnership with Messrs. Frick and Rist, under the name of Frick & Co., and continued with this concern in the manufacture of coke until 1880, when he established the firm of A. O. Tinstman & Co., in Pittsburg [sic], being engaged in the same business for some years.
Since 1885 he has dealt extensively in the purchase and sale of coal lands, his office being at No. 425 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg [sic]. In 1870 Mr. Tinstman was one of the organizers of the Mount Pleasant & Broad Ford railway company, and was president of the company until the road was purchased by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company, six years later.

Mr. Tinstman was married, July 1, 1875, to Harriet Cornelia [Markle], daughter of Gen. C. P. [Cyrus Painter Markle] and Sarah (Lippincott) Markle, of Westmoreland county, Pa., and has one son, Cyrus P. [Cyrus Painter Tinstman], who has completed the civil engineering course at the Pennsylvania military college, at Chester, Pa. Mr. Tinstman and family have lived in Turtle Creek since the erection of their beautiful home there in 1879. The site of a pioneer cabin, long since gone to decay, and the home of a Mrs Myers, who gave food and shelter to George Washington, are on the Tinstman grounds. During the Civil war, when General Morgan was making his famous raid through the State of Ohio, Mr. Tinstman raised a company in twenty-four hours at Broad Ford, Pa., and went to Salineville, where they arrived just in time to assist in Morgan's capture.

Tintsman, Abraham Overholt (I0359)

Abraham Overholt, [was] also of German [Swiss] descent, and who was born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1774, and came to East Huntingdon township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., about the year 1800, and settled on a farm on which the village of West Overton now stands. He married Miss Maria Stauffer, of Fayette County, Pa., and both being of frugal, industrious, and economical dispositions, accumulated property rapidly, lived together harmoniously, and left as monuments of skill and judgment in building and improvements some of the most substantial buildings of East Huntingdon township, having built the entire village of West Overton, including mill, distillery, etc.

from Karen Overholt Critchfield, "Sons and Grandsons of Westmoreland County"

Overholt, Abraham (I0090)

According to Betty Bishop Willoughby, a Ketternring researcher, Johann Michael was a stocking-weaver.

From Robert Ketron:

. Michael came to America in 1765; I know the name of the ship and the date she arrived in Philadelphia. Your ancestor must have come about the same time as other relatives in 1837 (including the grandfather of Charles Franklin Kettering, our most esteemed relative), I am certain that my 4G came with his first cousin as a lark because one of their older cousins decided to emigrate with his entire family. I have no idea why yours did other that they were about the same age (28) and single. Bothe married American girls of German descent within a short period.

Kettenring, Johann Michael (I0334)

According to family lore, Thurman was working in the fields at age 13 when he complained of a stomach ache. His father did not believe him, thinking he was only trying to get out of work. He collapsed and died of a burst appendix.

Brown, Thurman T (I1690)

According to H.H. Catron and others,

"Casper Kettering was a carpenter. He is said to have fallen off a roof (Warren, Pa) and been killed. Said to have been buried in the old Jackson Farm Cemetery."

"It is know known when (Wm) Casper Kettering died - the story is he was a carpenter and fell of a roof and broke his back and died."

"...[note as of 1956] Mr. Hudson, Warren County, authority on umarked graves, believes he has the name Kettering as being buried on Jackson Farm Cemetery. The name was familiar to him."

Kettering, William Casper (I0177)

According to H.H. Catron's research, the Date of Death for George C. Kettering is 1913, however, his headstone is engraved "1912"

Kettering, George Casper (I1630)

According to her obituary (below), Eunice Barbara Rose was a descendant of Jean-Baptiste Baudreau de Graveline who came to the Gulf Coast with Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville in 1699.

Rose, Eunice Barbara (I2600)

According to Jules Dudock autobiography, Sam Polansky was fourteen years old in 1904:

"They were very happy to be here, even though there was no money to speak of. They were not afraid to face hardship, courage was their inheritance. Sam was fourteen years old and Max eleven full of hope and ambition, the year was 1904 and Simon was back there in Germany out of danger of the gangsters back in Colonia, Romania. They missed him and wanted him with them in New York too."

Polansky, Sam (I2660)

According to Jules Dudock's autobiography, Max Polansky was eleven years old in 1904:

"They were very happy to be here, even though there was no money to speak of. They were not afraid to face hardship, courage was their inheritance. Sam was fourteen years old and Max eleven full of hope and ambition, the year was 1904 and Simon was back there in Germany out of danger of the gangsters back in Colonia, Romania. They missed him and wanted him with them in New York too. '

Polansky, Max (I2661)

According to Jules Dudock's autobiography, Simon Polansky was sixteen years old in 1904:

"When they arrived in Bremen, Germany, they found themselves in a very agonizing position. They did not have enough money to pay for the passage after all their figuring, the price was raised after they had started out. They had no choice but to leave Simon, the oldest of the three brothers, in Bremen. He was sixteen years old, and a rabbi helped him to get him a job taking care of some horses in the area near the docks..."

"They [Samuel, Anna, Ida, Sam and Max Polansky] were very happy to be here, even though there was no money to speak of. They were not afraid to face hardship, courage was their inheritance. Sam was fourteen years old and Max eleven full of hope and ambition, the year was 1904 and Simon was back there in Germany out of danger of the gangsters back in Colonia, Romania. They missed him and wanted him with them in New York too."

Polansky, Simon (I2659)

According to Lisa Dreyer, his g-g-granddaughter, he died from wounds received in the Civil War

Bouch, Joseph (I1540)

According to notes compiled by H.H. Catron, William Casper Kettering died as the result of a broken back sustained in a fall from a roof. Elizabeth took her six children on a raft down the Allegheny River to a place called "Logan's Eddy" near Delmont, where she was reunited with her father.

Please see Jacob and Casper Kettering History for more details

According to the 1840 Census for Warren, Pennsylvania, a "Casper Kittering" was enumerated. His family consisted of:

Free White Persons:

Male, Under 5 years - 2 (corresponding to Casper, John)
Male, bet. 5-10 years - 1 (corresponding to Jacob)
Male, bet. 40-50 years - 1 (corresp. to Wm Casper)
Female, under 5 years - 1 (corresponding to Hannah)
Female, bet. 5-10 years - 1 (corresponding to Isabel)
Female, bet. 30-40 years - 1 (corresponding to Elizabeth

A sixth child, Mary, was born in 1840.

According to the 1850 Census rolls for various townships (see notes below), by this time the Kettering children had been taken in by other families, leading me to believe that William Casper Kettering and Elizabeth Ashbaugh met with an untimely death within this decade.

Kettering, William Casper (I0177)

According to source, Charlotte died in early childhood

Spencer, Charlotte (I2001)

According to the 1860 Federal Census of Kitanning, Armstrong County, PA, "E. Spencer" was 48 years old, and the head of a household wherein lived William Spencer, age 17, Rosana Spencer, age 18, and Chambers Spencer, age 22.

Waltenbaugh, Elizabeth (I0401)

According to the 1910 Census, Lived with Jessie, his wife, and his two sons, George W. Jr and Robert. Also listed in the household was his mother-in-law, Catharine Bishop.

Matches in Passenger Lists: Germans to America

Geo. Grimm found in:

Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Dealer
Country: Germany
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Purpose for Travel: Staying in USA, but not a citizen of USA
Mode of Travel: Steerage
Port of Embarkation: Bremen & Southampton
Manifest ID Number: 37298
Ship's Name: Salier
Date of Arrival: May 02, 1883 Data Introduction
Geo Grimm found in:

Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Boat Maker
Country: Switzerland
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: New York
Port of Embarkation: Antwerp
Manifest ID Number: 40494
Ship's Name: Waesland
Date of Arrival: Jun. 08, 1888 Data Introduction
George Grimm found in:

Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Shoemaker
Country: Germany
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Purpose for Travel: Staying in USA, but not a citizen of USA
Mode of Travel: Steerage
Port of Embarkation: Havre
Manifest ID Number: 80080
Captain's Name: Joucle
Ship's Name: Amerique
Date of Arrival: Aug. 19, 1880 Data Introduction

Grimm, George Washington (I1163)

According to the 1930 Census, George W. Grimm lived with Marjorie at 59 South Maple Avenue, East Orange, NJ.

With them lived their daughter Nancy, age 4 and their son Gifford, age 2. Also in the household were George W. Grimm's father, George W.Grimm Sr., age 54, his brother Robert, age 24, and sister Catherine, age 17.

Of note is that his mother, Jessie Maude Bishop is not in the household. This could mean that she is deceased, or that they were divorced.

George W.Grimm,Sr's occupation is listed as "Companion for a Blind Man".
Robert Grimm's occupation is listed as "Civil Engineer".

George Grimm died at the Lincroft Inn, Lincroft, NJ. He and a number of friends (including the son-in-law of the minister) went to the Inn after church one Sunday and he died at his meal.

Listed in "The Manual of the Legislature of New Jersy, 1872-1980

George W. Grimm, Jr. was the next-door neighbor of Bernard Halbstein; George's grandson Peter married Bernard's daughter, Amy.

Grimm, George W. Jr. (I1156)

According to the Census records for 1870, 1880,, "Elmira" is the first name of this person; in the US census records for 1890, 1900, 1910 and 1920 it is listed as "Ella", and in the 1930 census (and according to H.H. Catron,) it is "Almira". "Ella" is what is on her headstone.

Kettering, Elmira Susan (I2622)

According to the history compiled by Gayle R. Spencer, JR., Armanda (AKA "Arminta") died at the age of 12

Spencer, Aramanda (I0686)

According to the US Census of 1910, Simon Kettering was living in the house of his brother, Jacob B. Kettering, and his brother's family; Maggie (wife, age 26), Minnie (daughter, age 1 month). Also in the household was Maggie's sister, Ellen, age 20.

Kettering, Simon S. (I2397)

According to the US Federal Census of 1870, Amanda Kettering was 18 years old as of July 30. This would have placed her date of birth at 1852, not 1853. According to her headstone, she was born August 8, 1953

Kettering, Amanda (I0210)

Alfred K. Griffin, age 36, married 25 October 1854, at Danvers, to Mrs.
Nancy A. Richardson, age 26. She was born in New York. Her maiden
name was Lewis. Her father was David Lewis. His father was Joseph
Griffin. This was her second marriage and his first. They were married
by James Fletcher, Pastor of 3d. Congregational Church. He was a
Gardener by occupation, and his residence at time of marriage was
Danvers. Her residence was Middleton.

GRIFFIN, ALFRED KIMBALL (I0660)

Alternate spelling KOCK

Cook, Jeremiah Sr. (I2090)

Ancestral File Number: 10JM-D0C

TAYLOR, Blandine (I1298)

Ancestral File Number: 10JM-D1K

TAYLOR, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" (I1301)

Ancestral File Number: 1493-52W

TAYLOR, Richard (I1286)

Ancestral File Number: 1G98-0C9

HATCH, Sarah (I1229)

Ancestral File Number: 1RQW-04F

TAYLOR, Octavia Pannil (I1287)

Ancestral File Number: 1RQW-05M

TAYLOR, Margaret Smith (I1294)

Ancestral File Number: 1RX2-KZP

TAYLOR, William Dabney Strother (I1284)

Ancestral File Number: 2068-TXV
NOTE: a lot of information in this file is not proven
-Dale A. Updike

Brewster, Fear (I1213)

Ancestral File Number: 3DS7-1J

CUSHMAN, Eleazer (I1220)

Ancestral File Number: 3DS7-2P

COMBES, Elizabeth Royal (I1221)

Ancestral File Number: 8HQR-V7

ROOSEVELT, James (I1231)

Ancestral File Number: 8QS4-4H

SMITH, Margaret Mackall "Peggy" (I1296)

Ancestral File Number: B683-D2

DELANO, Sara (Sallie) (I1232)

Ancestral File Number: BR7P-0JMayflower passenger.

NOTE: a lot of information in this file is not proven
-Dale A. Updike

Allerton, Isaac (I1211)

Ancestral File Number: BR7P-1PNOTE: a lot of information in this file is not proven
-Dale A. Updike

NORRIS, Mary (I1226)

Ancestral File Number: D1S3-42

CUSHMAN, Thomas (I1223)

Ancestral File Number: D1S3-57

ALLERTON, Mary (I1224)

Ancestral File Number: FHM9-0N

DELANO, Warenne (I1219)

Ancestral File Number: FHM9-1T

LYMAN, Catherine Robbins (I1230)

Ancestral File Number: H485-40

TAYLOR, Sarah Knox (I1293)

Ancestral File Number: J53C-M0

CHURCH, Deborah (I1218)

Ancestral File Number: LH6H-X5

Ref: Historical Southern Families, by Boddie.
A Colonel RichardTaylor, b. March 22, 1744, m. Sarah, daughter of William Strother of this family and died in KY in 1826. He was father of President Zachary Taylor, whose daughter Sarah, was the first wife of President JeffersonDavis, CSA.

(Note: Zachary Taylor was born Nov. 24, 1784; third son of Col.Richard Taylor, a Rev. officer. In 1785 he moved from Orange Co., VA to KY which at the time was part of Virginia. He lived near the present city of Louisville, KY. Ref: The World Book, Vol. 16, Encyclopedia).

Richard came from an old Virginia family with his father, Zachary, one of the first justices of OrangeCounty in 1734 along with Robert Green, father of John, also of the First Virginia. Zachary died in 1768 and his epitaph in the Taylor Cemetery at Meadow Farm, Orange County, reads "son of James II, of Bloomsbury, Knight of the Golden Horseshoe. Grand parent of President Zachary Taylor, Great Uncle of President James Madison, Great Grand parent of Sara Knox Taylor, wife of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy, husband of Elizabeth Lee." Richard was born on 3 April 1744 in Orange County. He was a graduate of William and Mary, served in theVirginia Assembly, and acquired the "Hare Forest" estate in Orange County. Richard went to Williamsburg with the company of Capt. John Green as its first lieutenant. Taking command of the company in October 1776, promotion to captain came with a date of rank of 5 March 1776. May and June 1777 found him in Virginiarecruiting. The company payroll for September 1777 was signed by him and that month through the following November had him as acting regimental commander. On4 February 1778, Taylor was promoted to major, while on furlough, and transferred to the Thirteenth Regiment which on 14 September 1778 became the Ninth. On 20 August 1779, he married Sarah Dabney Strother, sixteen years his junior, andalso descended from old Virginia families. Appointment to lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment was on 7 December 1779
and retirement on 12 February 1781. His balance of pay was collected on 24 April 1783. On
8 September 1783, land warrant 1734 awarded him 6,000 acres in the Military District of Ohio as a lieutenant colonel of the Virginia line for three year's service. He was also awarded number 5452 for eight years and two months service, in all 8,166 acres. Oftheir nine children, the third child and son, Zachary, would become President of the United States. Shortly after Zachary's birth at "Montebello", the home of a cousin, as "Hare Forest" had been sold, the mother and he and his two olderbrothers moved to Jefferson County (Kentucky) where Richard had already found the family a new home, "Springfield", near Louisville, which he built in 1785. Sarah died on 13 December 1822 and Richard on 19 January 1829. Almost to the end Richard sought his just rewards for on 12 June 1828 he was granted 450 acres for his lieutenant colonelcy which he had never received. A pension was also received on that date as he had opted for five years of full pay versus half pay for life. His accounting of his retirement was somewhat different from that provided by Gwathmey. He stated the Chesterfield Courthouse arrangement of officers arranged him as a supernumerary lieutenant colonel in the Ninth Virginia rather than a major in the Thirteenth which he was until then (M. Lee Minnis, FirstVirginia Regiment of Foot 1775-1783, 1998, pp. 386-387).

Col. Richard Taylor and his wife had several children. Their son, Zachary Taylor, Jr., was born in Orange Co, VA, in 1786, and was an officer in the U. Army, distinguishing himself during the struggle with Mexico, which service made him available to the Presidency, to which position he was elected, but the duties of his office were so taxing that he died before the expiration of his term. He married Margaret Smith and their son, Richard Taylor, was a Lieuten

TAYLOR, Richard (I1285)