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Nathaniel Franklin Taylor

NotcsNathaniel Franklin Taylor was born March 25,1824 in Hardin Co., Kentucky. By 184? Nathaniel Frances Taylor(Nathaniel Franklin's father) had moved to or near Vevay, Switerland Co., Indiana. On Aug l, 1847 NathanielFranklin married Elizabeth Brown at Vevay, Indiana. On March 26,1847 Nathanial Frances Taylor (NathanialFranklin's father) died in Jefferson Co., Indiang near Vevay. Nathaniel Franklin's marriage to Elizabeth ended withher death in 1849 (probably in child birth). Nathaniel Franklin Taylor married Evaline Haskell at Vevay,Switzerland Co., lndiana on Feb 28, 1850. Lucy Ellen Taylor was born to them Feb 4, 1851 at Vevay, Indiana.In 1852 Nathaniel Franklin and Evaline Haskell Taylor moved to Linn County, Iowa. Here a soq John Ellis DyeTaylor was born April 21, 1853. In 1854 they moved to Tama Co., Iowa; where they remained, until after AnnaMariah's ( Nathaniel Franklins third wife) death, Six more children were born to Evaline Haskell Taylor, Caroline,Uzillab Gerorge, Charles, Edgar and Edwin Thomas Taylor. At the birth of Edgar and Edwin (twins) Evaline diedon Nov 29, 1866, the babies survived. Evaline is buried on the hill in the northwest corner of the Taylor farm whersLucy who had died Sept l, 1856 and George Elmerwho had died Feb 10, 1862; were buried. This hilltop becamea community cemetery over the years-Natraniel Franklin served as a justice of the peace and clerk of Richland township. Records indicale ttrat he marriedseveral people in the 1850s.Nathaniel Franklin Taylor was married to Anna Mariah Miller (Wyatt Campbell) on Jan 21, 1868 at Toledo, TamaCounty lowa- Three sons Walter Llewellyn, Owen, and Arthur were born to them- In the 1870 Federal Census,Anna Mariah Miller's son from her first marriage to John Thomas Wyatt - John Wyatt bom in 1861 was living withNathaniel Franklin Taylor. The children of Evaline Haskell, Nathaniel Franklin's included 5 boys and 3 girls.Eveline died Nov 29,1866. And Nathaniel Franklin maried Anna Mariah Miller Campbell.(Taylor, Nathaniel F. - Anna M. Campbell 2l Jan 1868 by Newton B. Hiatt book A page 91, Tama County Records.)Anna Mmia died at the birth of their 4th child Apnl12,1874, the unnamed infant also died. The unnamed infantand Anna Mariah were buried in the same grave in the Taylor lot on the family farm.Two daughters, Julia and Uzillah Taylor, attended Grinnell College and later taught school. After the marriage of thetwo girls, Julia to William Whitmore Ballard and Uzillah to John Acton Showen in a double wedding ceremony atToledo, Tama Co., Iowa, March 19,1879. Nathaniel Franklin then married another ( suppososedly widowed)women named America Smith Aug 23,1877, but her husband appeared on the scene, and so Nathaniel told thewoman to leave. I have not been able to find any record of a divorce. The Taylor family suffered a sevetve financialloss in 1879, Having bought hogs and fed them until ready for market, the price dropped until they were worthnemly nothing. The family was broken up and separated in 1880. Nathaniel Franklin with his seven sons (did notinclude John Wyatt) moved to Woodbury Co., Iowa, shortly after Anna Mariah's death, where he bought somecollege land. On May 4, 1882 Nathaniel Franklin married Elizabeth (Mclaughlin) McSparren. They lived near

Correctionville,WoodburyCo., IowaintheNEQuarteroftheSWQuarterofTownshipSg,Range42, Sec. ll,This was Elizabeth McSparren farm prior to her marriage to Nathaniel Franklin and where she continued to live afterNathaniel Franklin's death. The daughters of Evaline Haskell Taylor; Caroline, Julia" and UziilahJane; with their husbands and children, moved to Woodbury Co. It is unknown what happened to John Wyatt but isis probable he was raised by his grandfather Jabob Y Miller and his wife, since John Wyatt's sister Edith Wyatt(Miller) was already living with them. In the early spring of 1883 Nathaniel Franklin became ill and died May 5,1883. He is buried in the Union Ridge Cemetery (Later renamed the Good Hope Cemetery about 4 miles northeastof Corectionville, Woodbury Co., Iowa in the McSparren lot.


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Nathaniel Franklin Taylor

NotcsNathaniel Franklin Taylor was born March 25,1824 in Hardin Co., Kentucky. By 184? Nathaniel Frances Taylor(Nathaniel Franklin's father) had moved to or near Vevay, Switerland Co., Indiana. On Aug l, 1847 NathanielFranklin married Elizabeth Brown at Vevay, Indiana. On March 26,1847 Nathanial Frances Taylor (NathanialFranklin's father) died in Jefferson Co., Indiang near Vevay. Nathaniel Franklin's marriage to Elizabeth ended withher death in 1849 (probably in child birth). Nathaniel Franklin Taylor married Evaline Haskell at Vevay,Switzerland Co., lndiana on Feb 28, 1850. Lucy Ellen Taylor was born to them Feb 4, 1851 at Vevay, Indiana.In 1852 Nathaniel Franklin and Evaline Haskell Taylor moved to Linn County, Iowa. Here a soq John Ellis DyeTaylor was born April 21, 1853. In 1854 they moved to Tama Co., Iowa; where they remained, until after AnnaMariah's ( Nathaniel Franklins third wife) death, Six more children were born to Evaline Haskell Taylor, Caroline,Uzillab Gerorge, Charles, Edgar and Edwin Thomas Taylor. At the birth of Edgar and Edwin (twins) Evaline diedon Nov 29, 1866, the babies survived. Evaline is buried on the hill in the northwest corner of the Taylor farm whersLucy who had died Sept l, 1856 and George Elmerwho had died Feb 10, 1862; were buried. This hilltop becamea community cemetery over the years-Natraniel Franklin served as a justice of the peace and clerk of Richland township. Records indicale ttrat he marriedseveral people in the 1850s.Nathaniel Franklin Taylor was married to Anna Mariah Miller (Wyatt Campbell) on Jan 21, 1868 at Toledo, TamaCounty lowa- Three sons Walter Llewellyn, Owen, and Arthur were born to them- In the 1870 Federal Census,Anna Mariah Miller's son from her first marriage to John Thomas Wyatt - John Wyatt bom in 1861 was living withNathaniel Franklin Taylor. The children of Evaline Haskell, Nathaniel Franklin's included 5 boys and 3 girls.Eveline died Nov 29,1866. And Nathaniel Franklin maried Anna Mariah Miller Campbell.(Taylor, Nathaniel F. - Anna M. Campbell 2l Jan 1868 by Newton B. Hiatt book A page 91, Tama County Records.)Anna Mmia died at the birth of their 4th child Apnl12,1874, the unnamed infant also died. The unnamed infantand Anna Mariah were buried in the same grave in the Taylor lot on the family farm.Two daughters, Julia and Uzillah Taylor, attended Grinnell College and later taught school. After the marriage of thetwo girls, Julia to William Whitmore Ballard and Uzillah to John Acton Showen in a double wedding ceremony atToledo, Tama Co., Iowa, March 19,1879. Nathaniel Franklin then married another ( suppososedly widowed)women named America Smith Aug 23,1877, but her husband appeared on the scene, and so Nathaniel told thewoman to leave. I have not been able to find any record of a divorce. The Taylor family suffered a sevetve financialloss in 1879, Having bought hogs and fed them until ready for market, the price dropped until they were worthnemly nothing. The family was broken up and separated in 1880. Nathaniel Franklin with his seven sons (did notinclude John Wyatt) moved to Woodbury Co., Iowa, shortly after Anna Mariah's death, where he bought somecollege land. On May 4, 1882 Nathaniel Franklin married Elizabeth (Mclaughlin) McSparren. They lived near

Correctionville,WoodburyCo., IowaintheNEQuarteroftheSWQuarterofTownshipSg,Range42, Sec. ll,This was Elizabeth McSparren farm prior to her marriage to Nathaniel Franklin and where she continued to live afterNathaniel Franklin's death. The daughters of Evaline Haskell Taylor; Caroline, Julia" and UziilahJane; with their husbands and children, moved to Woodbury Co. It is unknown what happened to John Wyatt but isis probable he was raised by his grandfather Jabob Y Miller and his wife, since John Wyatt's sister Edith Wyatt(Miller) was already living with them. In the early spring of 1883 Nathaniel Franklin became ill and died May 5,1883. He is buried in the Union Ridge Cemetery (Later renamed the Good Hope Cemetery about 4 miles northeastof Corectionville, Woodbury Co., Iowa in the McSparren lot.

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Anna Mariah Milleraka: Anna Mariah (Wyatt) Campbell Taylor

NotesAnna Mariah Miller was born inl835 in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Jacob Y Miller andMary Gray Miller, Jacob was bom in l8l I in Borsborn, Bavaria, Germany and Mary Gray Milleq was born inPennsylvania in about 1819. Anna had three brothers: Dave, Michael Benjamir5 and William (a half brother).

Jacob Y Miller was married twice, his first wife was Mary Gray the mother of Anna Mariah, David and Michael.Anna Mariah was born in 1835, David born in 1842 and Michael born in 1845 Anna Mariah's mother Mary Graydied on April4, 1849 in Butler County Pennsylvania and the family moved to Nevada, Story County, Iowa in 1854when Anna was 19 years old. lnterestly in the I 860 Federal Census of Story County Iowa Anna is recorded ashaving $2,000 in real estate and $250 in cash, this is unusual for a young women in Iowa in 1860 At the time shewas married to John Wyatt and all of the family money was listed in Anna's name. Anna Mariah may have also beenknown as Mariah Miller. In the 1925 census of Iowa her son Owen Taylor listed his father as Nathanial FranklinTaylor and mother as Mariah Miller.

History of Story County, Iowa

Cheap and productive farm land attracted early settlers to the present area ofStory County around 1846. In 1853 thecounty was formed and named after the Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. Story County grew slower thansurrounding areas and counties. This was due to the lmge numbers of lowlands, marshes, ponds and slough areas.These great$ hindered the development of large tracts of farmland and transportation, such as roads and the railroad.For example, early roads were sometimes nothing mslg rhan furrows created by sod-breaking teams. They wereoften muddy and concealed by high grasses, often making travel an adventure.This is why the railroads played such a big part in the early development of Story County. With more than 6,700acres of land donated to the railroad by the county, the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad beganconstruction in 1863. By 1864 it had passed through Nevada, reached Ames and had become the furthest westernrailway terminus in the United States. In the 1870s a North-South route was added to tle county by the Des Moinesand Minnesota Railroads, later named the Northwestern. It reached Ames in 1874 and Story City in 1877 . This railline gave birth to the towns of Gilbert, Kelly, and Sheldahl. By the end of the 1880s and the addition of two moreeast-west rail lines, every frrmer was within at most six miles of mmkets and shipping accommodations.The first courthouse was built in Nevada in 1856, costing around $1,500. It was a two-story frame building. Ameswas also an early contender for the county seat but in June of 1859 the Iowa Agricultural College and Farm werelocated at Nevada" making Nevada's claim to the honor more secure. The first courthouse caught fire and burned onDecember 31, 1863.

A second similar courthouse was built in its place. The building of a third courthouse was proposed in 1857.Designed by William Foster and constructed of locally made bricks the finished cost was $50,000. It is told that thecontractof, J. B. Randall, went bankrupt because of the fine materials, rising cost of labor, and the carefirlcraftsmanship that went into building the stnrcture. Finished tn 1877, the three-story building was situated on thetown square. In the building was a tower in which school children could climb to see a panoramic view of thelandscape. It was later torn down due to safety reasons.An old Civil War cannon is present on the front lawn of the current Story County courthouse. The Story Countycannon has been there since 1901. The cannon, the first built by A. B. Reading and Bro., Vicksburg, Mississippi in

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March 21, 1869 and died on Jan 12,196l; in Tama Co., Iowa. They had 3 children. John Campbell born in Oct.1890, Walter Arthur Campbell born Oct 2, 1892, utdAnna M Campbell was born June 1896.Frank Andrew Campbell's son Walter Arthw Campbell was born Oct 2, 1892 in Tama Co. Iowa and died Feb 21,1986 in Tama Co., Iowa. at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. He had resided at the Sunny Hill CareCenter, Tama since December 1985. He was the son of Frank Andrew Campbell and grandson of Anna Maria(Wyatt[Carnpbell) Taylor. Walter Arthur Campbell lived with his farnily near Limon, Colorado from 1908 until1914. They retumed to Tama tn 1914, because of severe weather and grasshoppers eating their crops. They movedto 1508 Grant St at Tamq Iowa. On July 31, 1926.

Walter Arttrur Campbell married Mary Prochaska in Tama.They had 2 children. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Mary, who died in 1981, a brother John, anda sister, Mn. William (Annie) Duggan, and a grandson.Relatives still living at his death include a daughter, Mn. Louis (Helen) Kracer, Tama, [A, a son Ralph Campbell ofTacoma, Washington. Jim Kacer, Cedar Rapids, IA, Mrs. Paul (Kathryn) Perry, Mrs. Rich (Laurie) Wolfer and Mrs.Thomas (Janet) Slows, all of Tacoma, Wash. He also had four grandsons.Frank Andrew Campbells son John Campbell bom in Oct 1890 died before his brother Walter Ar'thur Campbell,noted from Walter Arthur's obituary. Therefore it is known he died before Feb 1986. No record of a marriage hasbeen found nor has any other record been locatedAnna Mariah Campbells daughter, Mary J Campbell bom in August 1856, at age 14 was living with her

grandparents Jacob G. Miller and Ellenore Miller with her brother Frank Andrew Campbell. Little is lqnown ofMary J Campbell after 1870. On Nov 3,1872 when Mary was 16 years old" she was married to John W. Walter byJustice of the Peace, J.H. McVey. They had eleven children, two died quite young.Mary J Campbell died in 1915 in Tama County, [owa-Anna Mariah Miller's son, John Wyatt, was bom in Jul 4, 1863 inNevada, Story Co., Iowa. In 1866 he moved toTama Co., Iowa with his mother, where his rnother married Nathanial Franklin Taylor. In the 1870 Federal Censusof Richland, Tama Co., Iowa; Jobn Wyatt was living with the Nathanial Franklin Taylor and Anna Mariah Taylorhousehold. On Apr t2, 1874 Anna Mmiah Taylor died in childbirth. She is buried on the family farm, which laterbecame the community cemetery for Helena. Later Nathaniel Franklin moved with his seven sons to Woodbury Co.Iowa. These 7 boys included 4 of Elavaline Haskell's sons, one of Evaline's sons, George Elrner, had died on Feb10, 1862. The seven included Anna Mariah's 3 sons. This did not include John Wyatt. John Wyafi may have beentaken in by his grandparents Jacob Y. Miller and Ellen, but no record has been found documenting this. tt wasrecorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Iowa that Editlq John's sister and Anna Mariah V/yatts daughter was livingwith her grandparents and had taken the last name of Miller.The Nathaniel Franklin Taylor was broken up in 1880, and after the death ofNathaniel Franklin in 1883 the sonsworked on farms most$ for their board and room during the winter months then for wages during the rest of theyear. John E.D. Taylor is also known as John Ellis Taylor. During the year of 1887 the younger brothers lived withthe older brother , John E.D. Taylor who had bought a farm of College land in Section 6, Little Sioux Township,Woodbury Co., Iowa known as College Comers. According to Nellie Taylor Bailey, Nathaniel Franklin s grand

daughter and Walter Llewellyn Taylor's daughter Walter was "put out to strangers" and "no Taylor ever helped him".Nellie Taylor Bailey was told this by her father Walter Llewellyn Taylor. Little is known of Anna Mariah and JohnThomas Wyatt's son - John Wyatt. John Wyatt, except that he married Caroline Reese. She was born Oct 16, 1859and died Oct 8, 1935 in Sidney, Iowa In the 1920 Federal Census he was living in Council Bluff, Iowa and workingas a street cm conductor.Nathaniel Franklin died May 03, 1883 at age 59 in Correctionville, Woodbury Co., Iowa and is buried at the GoodHope Cemetery north of Correctionville.


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Lucy Ellen Taylor Feb 4, l85l - Sep I 1956John Ellis Dye Taylor Apr 21, 1853 - Sept?7, 1928Cmoline Julia Taylor July 26, 1855Usillah Jane Taylor Oct 3, 1857George Elrner Taylor June 27, 1857Charles Franklin Taylor June 27, 1863Edgar William Taylor Nov 29, t866Edwin

Thomas Taylor Nov 29, 1866Mariah Miller Wyatt married N.F. Taylor in June or July 1868 (Anna or Ann)Shedied Apr12,1874Their Children;Walter Llowellyn Taylor Apr 3, 1869OwenTaylor Nov23, 1870Arthur Taylor May 23,1872A baby born April I0,1874. It was buried with its mother.Mariah. Mariah Miller Wyatt had three brofhers : Dave, Mike, and Bill a half brother. She had not sisters.The children of her first marriage were Frank Campbell and Mary Campbell. Mary was born in August 1856.The children by her second marriage were Edith Wyatt and John Wyatt who were born July 4,1863

COMMENT ADDED BY KEITH TAYLOR 2009: The contents of this are very odd with serveral erors andmisspellings. What makes it so unusual for me was the fact that my Grandfather Walter Llewellyn Taylor, who wasthe oldest child in that family lnew almost nothing of his father's first family or about his own mother. For examplehe thought Anna had been born in Iowa and did not know where his father's first family was. Arthur Taylor Walter'sother brother did not seem to know much about his mother either, from census records. [t is very odd that hisyounger brother would be so familiar with the information. It kind of reminds me of some "created docurnentation"

by someone who had researched the family but had no documentation for the information, and felt they needed todocumenttheirwork. The 1925 StateCensusoflowashedslighton this, OwnedidknowshewasMariahMiller.She had married John Campbell in 1855. In the 1856 Iowa Census Anna Mariah Campbell was living with JohnCampbell. In the 1856 census of Iowa John Campbell is listed as a land owner, a member of the militia, a farrnerand a native lowan. Anna Mariah was probably pregpant with Mary J Campbell at the time of this census. AnnaMariah Campbell gave birth to a daughter in August 1856 Mary J. Campbell. She also had a son, Frank AndrewCampbell on Oct 1, 1858. Both children were born in Nevada" Story Co., Iowa. Anna Mariah and John Carnpbellseparated in 1859 and Anna Mariah Campbell married John Thomas Wyatt on Aug 4, 1859. From the Story CountyMarriage Register Volume 1, page 6: the marriage was solemnized on Aug 4, 1859 by G.A. Kellogg, countyjudge,licensereturnedAugS,1859. EdithWyattwasbomin136l. AninterestingfactaboutthesetwochildrenwasthatEdith lived with her grandpment Jacob Y. and Ellen Miller and seems to have taken the surname Miller. JohnThomas Wyatt was born Oct 19, 1840 in Bartholamew, Indiana. He died July 26, 1919 in Mmshalltown, Iowa at theIowa Soldiers Home. Anna Mariah and John Thomas had a son, John Wyat! born on July 4, 1863 in Nevada, StoryCo., Iowa. Anna Mariah and John Thomas Wyatt sepmated in 1862. John Thomas Wyatt enlisted in the US Armyon Aug 22,1862 and served in the the Union Army during the Civil War.. He entered Regiment D of the 40th IowaInfan0y on Sept 13,1862. He was discharged from the Army on Feb 8, 1864 at Madison, Wisconsin with adisability discharge. John Thomas Wyatt is buried in the Iowa Soldiers Home Cemetery at Marshalltown, Iowa. Inthe 1860 Federal C J l Thomas W tt d A M i h C b ll W tt d A ' d J h C b ll'


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Elizabeth Mclaughlin McSparren

Nofes*Sioux Valley News, 14 January 1892: F;lizabeth Mclaughlin was born in Hendricks Co., Indiana, August 3,1832.She was converted to the Baptist Faith and united with the Baptist church at the age of fifteen years. MarriedWilliam McSpanan, May 4,1851, with whom she lived until his death January 9,1874. Ten children were born tothis union, five of whom survive. She with her family moved from lllinois, which had been her home for twentyyears to Union Twp., Woodbury

Co., Iow4 September 1868, and went on a homestead which was her home thiremainder of her life. On May 4, 1882, she married Nathaniel Franklin. Taylor, who died May 5, 1883. He is buriedin the sarne cemetery as Elizabeth. Nathaniel is buried in the McSparren lot.ShelivedonthetheNE 1/4oftheSW 1/4of Sec ll,UnionTownship,TownshipSg,Range 42,atthetimeofDeathfrom heart failure which came suddenly to her at the home of her mother in Correctionville January 6, I 892. Thefuneral services, eonducted by Rev. Lothian, occurred in the M.E. church, and the body laid to resi in the family lotin the Union Ridge Cemetery on the 8th of Jan. Besides hermother and son Charles, who live in Correctionviils,the relatives and friends from abroad who came to the funeral are J.S. Mcsparran, Sloan, Iowa, James Mcsparran,Jessup, Iowa" Luvica Richmdson and husban4 Fremonf Nebraskq Joseph McSparran, Lincoln, Nebraskq and Mr.E.. Shatton, an old family friend of Washta. The cemetery has been renamed Good Hope Cemetery in about 1900.She is buried with her first husband William James McSparr-an. She lived in the the NE I /4 or SW I /+ of Sec 1 I ,Union Township, Township 89, Range 42, atthe time of Death from heart failure which came suddenly to her at thehome of her mother in Correctionville January 6, I8y2- The funeral services, conducted by Rev. Lothian, occurredin the M.E. church, and the body laid to rest in the family lot in the Union Ridge Cemetery on the 8th of Jan.Besides her mother and son Charles, who live in Correctionville, the relatives and friends from abroad who came tothe funeral are J.S. Mcsparran, Sloan, Iowa, James McSparran, Jessup, Iow4 Luvica Richardson and husband,Fremont Nebrask4 Joseph McSparran, Lincoln, Nebraskq and Mr. E. Stratton, an old family friend of Washta. Sheis buried next to her first husband William James McSpan:aa fairly close (in the same family lot) to her secondhusband Nathaniel Franklin Taylor.

America Smith

NotesNathaniel Franklin and America Smith were married August 23,1877 by A. B. Hanna; record in book C page 38,Tama County Records. Mrs. Smifi had told Nathaniel that she was a widow, when her husband showed up, alive,Nathaniel Franklin asked her to leave. She died in 1906 in carroll county Iowa.I was able to find dle record ofthis marrage but I could not find arecord of any divorce. AmericaSmith is listed inthe 1880 Federal Census of Jasper, Canoll Co., Iowa; she is listed as being divorced- I dont know if this stateddivorce is from Nathaniel Franklin or from the guy who showed up after Nathaniel and America's wedding. Americahas children named Lyons and a younger daughter born n 1872 nanred Smith, I assrme she was married io theSmith Childs father when she married Nathaniel Franklin.

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