Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Galena; born in this Co. Nov. 7, 1831; owns 218 acres of land; married Evaline Neville, April 1, 1858; she died June 23, 1867; he was married again April 1st, 1868, to Eda M. Metcalf; she was born in East Galena March 23, 1841 ; they have five children : Sophronia E., Wilbur H., Orville E., Eda L. and Estelle May; also an adopted child, Elmer E., son of Thomas S. Taylor, deceased. Mr. T. is a son of the late John W. Taylor, (whose portrait appears in this work), who was the first to build a cabin in Guilford, and among the first settlers of the Co.; they are members of the M. E. Church.

Contributed by Lori Gilbert - 1878 History of Jo Daviess County