GEORGE L. TAYLOR, a citizen of West Finley township, was born March 7, 1846. His father, Thomas Taylor, was a son of Matthew Taylor , who settled in South Strabane township, Washington Co., Penn., and there his son Thomas was born. Thomas Taylor was born in 1805, on the farm of his father as above mentioned, and was early inducted into the mysteries of agriculture, which vocation he followed all his life. He was united in marriage with Susan Darlington, who was born about 1813, near Hagerstown, Md. The young couple commenced married life on the farm which is now known as the "Old Taylor Homestead," and children were born to them as follows: Julia A., Sarah C., Griffith D., Henry M., Isabella, William G., George L., Thomas F., Nancy J., James W., Mary M. and John M. Three sons of this family entered the Civil war, and fought for the cause of freedom. Griffith D. was the first man to enlist in West Finley township. He was a member of the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, and fell December 13, 1862, gallantly fighting at the battle of Fredericksburg, under the command of Gen. Burnsides. Henry M. enlisted in Company E., Eighty-fifth P.V.I.; he was taken sick at Mars Island, and died before he could be taken home. William G. enlisted at West Alexander, Washington county, in the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and six days later was in the battle of Petersburg; he lived to get home, where he died, honored and mourned by all who knew him.

Text taken from page 1087 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Karen Souhrada of Pittsford, NY as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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