History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 683. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] F. D. TAYLOR, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Cynthiana, was born March 12, 1839 in Harrison County, Ky., son of Tapley and Lavina (Duncan) Taylor; he, a native of Virginia, a farmer, and dying in 1846, his wife preceding him in 1832; they were the parents of fourteen children. F.D. received his education in the schools of Harrison, after which he began farming and has continued at the same ever since. He has a farm of two hundred acres, which he cultivates, making stock raising a specialty. In 1853, he married Mary A., daughter of Daniel and Ann Buzzard, who died in 1856, when he married in 1857, Rebecca J., daughter of Wyatt and Nancy Martin. Eight children have blessed Mr. Taylor's house; their names are: Preston, Mary D., Nora, J. L., John W., Leon L., William W., Lucinda. Mr. Taylor and wife are members of the Methodist Church South, and he has been a Granger and is a Democrat. Taylor Duncan Buzzard Martin = VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/taylor.fd.txt