Alexander Wilson Taylor and Elizabeth Ralston

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Husband Alexander Wilson Taylor ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 22 Mar 1815 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 2 4
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         Buried:  - Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Hon. John Taylor (Abt 1790-1846) 2 5
         Mother: Mary Wilson (      -      ) 2 5

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       Marriage: 8 May 1849 2 4

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Wife Elizabeth Ralston ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: David Ralston (1804-Bef 1880) 3 6 7
         Mother: Margaret Sharpe (      -Bef 1880) 3

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1 F Fannie Taylor ⁸

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2 M John Taylor ⁸

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3 F Margaret Taylor ⁸

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4 F Mary Taylor ⁸

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         Spouse: S. S. Wilson (      -      ) 8

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5 F Carrie Taylor ⁸

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6 F Bessie Taylor ⁸

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7 F Bell Taylor ⁸

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Wilson Taylor

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He was educated at the Indiana Academy and at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He left college in the spring of 1836, to fill an appointment as clerk in the office of his father, Hon. John Taylor, surveyor general of Pennsylvania. He held this appointment for three years, and then entered the law school at Carlisle, where he remained one year and afterward continued his law studies in the office of Judge White, at Indiana. He was admitted to the bar in 1841, and entered immediately upon the successful practice of his profession. In 1845, he was elected prothonotary and clerk of the several courts of Indiana county, and was re-elected in 1848

He received his early education under a private tutor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, afterward graduating from Jefferson College and Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later he studied law with Judge Thomas White and was admitted to the bar in 1841, entering upon a successful practice. In 1845 he was elected prothonotary and reelected in 1848. Early in life he took an active part in politics and was a power as a political orator. Being opposed to American slavery he was foremost in organizing the Republican party and was recognized as one of its prominent leaders in western Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1859, and in 1872 was elected as representative of his district (Congressional), which was at that time composed of Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette counties, during his term serving on a number of important committees. He took a deep interest in the agricultural development of his own county and state, serving for five years as president of the Indiana County Agricultural Society, and was also one of the trustees of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and a trustee of the Indiana normal school.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 336, 516, 524.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 726.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 65.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 524.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 336, 523.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428, 516.

7 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 203.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 336.