Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Metcalfe County. DR. ZACHARIAH TAYLOR was born April 7, 1851, in Adair County, Ky., where he was reared to manhood, and in 1881 located in Metcalfe County, where he has since resided. His father, Francis N. Taylor, also a native of Adair County, was born in 1800, was a minister in the Christian Church, and died in 1873. He was the son of Col. Zachariah Taylor, an early representative in the Legislature. He was a relative of Gen. Zachary Taylor. Francis N. Taylor married Clarissa, daughter of Aaron and Lucy (Walls) Williams, of Adair County (born 1817, died August 1, 1880), and from their union sprang Flavius J., Pinckney W., Mary R. (Montgomery), Drury A., Ann D. (Conover), Dr. Zachariah G. and Samuel A. Dr. Taylor obtained a good English education at the common schools of the country and at the Columbia Christian College. He married, November 12, 1876, Luanthra, daughter of Sidney S. and Letitia (Campbell) Dunbar, of Adair County (born October 4,1854), and to them have been bortn Letitia Clarissa, Minnie Bedine and Welby Dunbar. In 1876 Dr. Taylor commenced the study of medicine with Dr. William B. Montgomery, of Adair County, and attended lectures in the session of 1878-79, in the medical department of the University of Louisville, and located as above, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. He is a zealous member of the Christian Church and in politics a Democrat. Campbell Conover Dunbar Montgomery Taylor Walls Williams = Adair-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/metcalfe/taylor.z.txt