History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 682.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

NEWTON TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Robertson's Station; was born in Harrison
County, Ky., Dec. 31, 1832, son of Tapley and Lavina (Duncan) Taylor; he,
a farmer, born in Virginia, and dying in 1846, aged fifty-seven years,
his wife having died in 1832.  They had fourteen children; Mr. Taylor
attended the schools of his neighborhood during his youth, after which he
began farming, which he has continued, also, running a saw mill; he owns a
farm of 450 acres of land, and has been a School Trustee.  March 8, 1857,
he married Sarah J. Shanks, born in Bourbon County, Ky., May 27, 1840,
daughter of David and Mary (Brannock) Shanks; he a native of the State of
Delaware, and she of Harrison County, Ky., Mrs. Taylor bore her husband
eight children, seven of whom are living: James W., born March 11, 1858;
Lorena, born Oct. 8, 1859; Frederick D., born Aug. 23, 1861; Ida J., born
Sept. 7, 1863; Benjamin N., born Aug. 11, 1865; Edward W., born Sept 2,
1867; Virginia M., born Jan. 19, 1873; Gertrude, born Aug. 3, 1875. Mrs.
Taylor is a member of the M.E. Church South, and he is a Democrat.

Taylor Duncan Shanks Brannock
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Bourbon-KY VA DE

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