General Notes

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #4407, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2005]
ALLEN J TAYLOR WAS BORN AND REARED ON A FARM. HE RECEIVED A DESULTORY
EDUCATION, BUT EARLY IN LIFE DEVELOPED A READING HABIT, BECAME CONVERSA
NT WITH
BOOKS AND AUTHORS, AND STORED HIS MIND WITH A LARGE FUND OF DIVERSIFIED KN
OW-
LEDGE. HIS LIFE HAS BEEN ONE OF UNCOMMON ACTIVITY. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-EI
GHT
HE PURCHASED 230 ACRES OF LAND AND TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO AGRICULTURE. H
IS
FARM, WITH ITS EXCELLENT SOIL AND IMPROVEMENTS, IS AMONG THE BEST IN THE
COUNTY AND PRODUCES ABUNDANT CROPS OF GRAIN AND TOBACCO. OF LATE YEARS M
R.
TAYLOR HAS GIVEN MUCH ATTENTION TO GRADES IN HIS COUNTY. HE WAS MARRIED, S
EPT.
17, 1874, TO MISS NANNIE ALEXANDER, WHO HAS BORNE ONE SON, CHARLES A., BO
RN
JUNE 27, 1875. POLITICALLY MR. TAYLOR IS A REPUBLICAN AND TAKES A LIVELY I
N-
TEREST IN THE POLITICAL CONTESTS OF THE DAY, AND LENDS A WILLING AND INFLU
EN-
TIAL SUPPORT TO HIS PARTY AND FRIENDS. HE IS MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CAU
SE OF
EDUCATION, AND IS KNOWN TO BE A PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZEN. TAKEN FROM HISTO
RY OF
KY, ILLUSTRATED 1886, BY BATTLE, PERRIN AND KNIFFIN, PAGES 936-937.