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George Taylor was one of a family of nine children, of whom three are now living, the other two are Amanda Clark and James Taylor of Jackson county. The birth of Mr. Taylor occurred in Niagara county, New York, in 1834, and there lived until two years of age, when the family moved to Ohio, residing there five years. His early education was acquired in the common schools of Wayne county of this State and when twenty-one years of age he started out in life for himself, working a farm in connection with his father. This was the old home place located at Rives, Jackson county. This property he eventually traded in 1861, for the farm upon which he subsequently resided. This land was only partially improved, but with characteristic energy he began its development, placing in under cultivation and making it one of the model farms of this county. As the years went by he eventually added one hundred and twenty acres to the original purchase and now owns two hundred acres of as valuable and highly improved farm property as thre is in Ingham county. Here he is engaged in general farming and stock raising and the neat and thrifty appearance of the place is an indication of the progressiveness of the owner.
In 1861 he was united in marriage to Miss Celestia Norton, daughter of Nelson Norton, and this union has been blessed with four children, of whom three are now living, the eldest, Flavius, born September 10, 1862, resides in Leslie township; another, Homer, born August 11, 1867, who also resides in Leslie township; a third, Florence, born October 5, 1865, is now the wife of George Leach. The wife and mother of these children died in 1873 and in 1875 he was again united in marriage to a Miss Alma Horton, daughter of Harlow Norton of Leslie township. This union has been blessed with three children of whom two are now living, Leon, who now resides at home and Roy, a resident of Onondaga township.
Both our subject and wife are active members of the M. E. church of Leslie. In politics, Mr. Taylor affiliates with the Prohibition party, having the courage to vote his convictions. Great changes have taken place since Mr. Taylor first became a resident of Ingham county and where dense forests once grew and wild game abounded may be found productive fields and thriving farms and villages, and in all this marvelous development of the last half century Mr. Taylor has borne his part and is well worthy of representation in this volume of history of Ingham county's pioneers, who have given the best years of their manhood to the opening up of this which was once a wilderness, for the benefit of posterity.
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