Griffith Devaul Taylor

John Taylor
(1794-1859)

Susannah Mock
(1800-1843)

Griffith Devaul Taylor
(1831-1909)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Ann Spicer

Griffith Devaul Taylor ³ ⁴

Born: 7 January 1831, , Muskingum County, OH ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): Elizabeth Ann Spicer on 14 April 1853 in , Muskingum County, OH ¹ ² ³
Died: 12 March 1909, , Wayne County, IL at age 78 ⁴ ⁵
Buried: After 12 March 1909, Johnsonville, IL ⁴

bullet General Notes:

Some records indicate that his birth location was in Virginia instead of Ohio. A few also indicate that he was born in Pennsylvania.
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bullet Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial# 17164503

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1831 and a birth location of Virginia.

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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Brush Creek Township, Wayne, IL on 3 July 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 4D, District 136, Dwelling 64, Family 64, Roll 257
Brush Creek Township, Wayne County, Illinois
Griffith D. Taylor..Head..49..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife, 7 children, and mother-in-law.)
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Griffith married Elizabeth Ann Spicer, daughter of Daniel Spicer and Catherine Darner, on 14 April 1853 in , Muskingum County, OH.¹ ² ³ (Elizabeth Ann Spicer was born on 11 July 1832 in , Muskingum County, OH,⁵ ⁶ ⁷ died on 11 March 1895 in Wayne City, IL ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ and was buried after 11 March 1895 in Johnsonville, IL ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Brush Creek Township, Wayne, IL on 3 July 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 4D, District 136, Dwelling 64, Family 64, Roll 257
Brush Creek Township, Wayne County, Illinois
Griffith D. Taylor..Head..49..VA..Farmer
Elizabeth Taylor..Wife..45..OH..Keeps House
Sarah A. Taylor..Dau..26..IL
Amanda J. Taylor..Dau..21..IL
Marietta Taylor..Dau..18..IL
Amy Taylor..Dau..16..IL
Naomi Taylor..Dau..14..IL
George Taylor..Son..10..IL
Clinton Taylor..Son..8..IL
Catharine Umstead..Mother..79..PA

NOTE - Catharine Umstead was the mother of Elizabeth Spicer-Taylor and so her relationship should have read as Mother-in-Law insteal of Mother. Her mother had remarried following the death of Daniel Spicer in 1862. Her second husband, Herman Umstead, died in 1877 so she was now staying with her married daughter, Elizabeth, and her family.
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Family Archive #236, Marriage Index: OH, 1850-1900, "CD-ROM," Marriage Date: Apr 14, 1853
County: Muskingum County
This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 0865142-08651 47.
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2 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins : accessed 13 Mar 2014).

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Brush Creek Township, Wayne County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 136, p. 4D, dwelling 64, family 64, Griffith Devaul Taylor and Elizabeth Ann Spicer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Aug 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 257.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Aug 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17164503.

5 Earl R. Sager, World Family Tree Vol. 089, Ed. 1, Tree #1113 (Genealogy.com, LLC. Release date: Dec.-2001).

6 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE" (Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com Database: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Aug 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17164526.

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