TAYLOR, JOHN HORROM. Yet a young man, the gentleman whose name appears at the head of the following sketch is one of the most prominent and well-to-do among the more prosperous agriculturists of Cass County. He is a native of the county, having been born on the Sangamon River bottom, in township 18, range 10, on January 20, 1879. He is, moreover, not only one of the most prominent and prosperous of the farmers of this section, as well as one of its most extensive stockraisers, but one possessing a cultivation somewhat unusual in men of his occupation, and a fund of information that causes him to be accepted as an authority on many questions arising in the community where he lives, and where all his days have been spent.

John H. Taylor is a son of William and Mary E. (Horrom) Taylor, the former a Scotchman by birth, and the latter a native of Cass County. The birth of William Taylor occurred February 10, 1849, and that of Mary E. Taylor, February 10, 1840. The father came to the United States and located in Ohio in 1837, settling in Illinois in 1839. John H., who was the sixth of their seven children, lived with his parents until 1896, attending the district schools in early youth, and the Chandlerville High school at a later period. In 1897 he entered Lincoln (Ill.) University, from which he was graduated in June, 1902, with the degree of B. L.

Returning then to the home farm he operated the place, with R. A. Taylor, until the time of his marriage, September 20, 1909. On this date, he was wedded to Edna Elliott Taylor, a native of Elkhart, Ill., and a daughter of Chelsa L. and Sarah Josephine (Allen) Taylor, the father of Columbus, Adair County, Ky., and the mother of Griggsville, Pike County, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have one daughter, Marjorie Caroline, born July 10, 1910.

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor moved into a modern residence of nine rooms, with all the latest improvements, which he had just erected on his farm. This house contains closets, bath, hot and cold water, etc., and is lighted with acetylene gas, and the farm comprises 492 acres, of which 275 are on the bluff and the rest on Sangamon River bottom. Mr. Taylor is successfully engaged in grain farming, and is also devoting attention to raising horses, hogs and cattle on an extensive scale.

In religious faith Mr. Taylor is a Presbyterian. Politically he is identified with the Republican party. He and his wife are highly esteemed wherever their acquaintance extends.