History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 704. JOSEPH TAYLOR (deceased) was born in Oldham County, Ky., Jan. 4, 1834. He was a son of Joseph and Mary Taylor. Joseph, Jr., was their oldest son. He was reared in Oldham County, and came to Daviess County with his parents when a young man. They settled on a farm in Masonville. He was married Feb. 17, 1859, to Amadine Barnhill, a native of Masonville Precinct, born March 26, 1840, and a daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Ware) Barnhill. After Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor were married they settled on the old homestead farm of his father, where Dr. Ellis now lives, at Masonville. Mr. Taylor died here Aug. 6, 1876. He was a member of the Baptist church at Sugar Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had five children--Laura B., born Dec. 13, 1859; Luella, born Sept. 5, 1862; Jeremiah E., born March 29, 1867, died Sept. 6, 1868; Katy E., born Oct. 11, 1869; James W., born April 29, 1873. Mrs. Taylor and her eldest daughter are members of the Baptist church. She owns a nice farm of forty-seven and a half acres, all under cultivation. Taylor Barnhill Ware Ellis = Oldham-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/taylor.j.txt