General Notes

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #4407, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2005]
"JOHN LA RUE TAYLOR, MD, WAS BORN IN WARREN CO, NOV. 29, 1851. HE IS A
SON OF ALFRED TAYLOR. JOHN IS THE THIRD IN A FAMILY OF FOUR SONS. HIS EAR
LY
LIFE WAS PASSED UPON THE FARM; HIS EARLY EDUCATION WAS SUCH AS COULD BE O
B-
TAINED IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS UNTIL THE AGE OF 17, WHEN HE ENTERED THE CAVE
RNA
INSTITUTE, WHERE HE STUDIED THE HIGHER MATHEMATICS AND COLLATERAL SCIENCE
S.
HE AFTERWARD FINISHED A COURSE IN THE OGDEN COLLEGE, AND AFTER SPENDING
A FEW MONTHS IN THE BOWLING GREEN WOOLEN MILLS IN THE CAPACITY OF CLERK A
ND
BOOK-KEEPER, HE CHOSE THE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE AND READ FOR ONE YEAR WI
TH
DR. T L HOBBS, OF RICHARDSVILLE. IN 1873 HE BECAME A STUDENT IN THE UNIVER
SITY
OF LOUISVILLE, FROM WHICH INSTITUTION HE GRADUATED WITH HONORS IN MEDICI
NE AND
SURGERY IN 1875, AND SINCE THAT TIME HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN AN EXTENSIVE A
ND LU-
CRATIVE PRACTICEIN HIS NATIVE COUNTY, MORE NOTABLY IN THAT OF SURGERY, WHI
CH
BRANCH HE HAS MADE A SPECIAL STUDY.
IN CONNECTION WITH HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE THE DOCTOR SUPERINTENDS THE WOR
ING OF A FARM OF 240 ACRES, WHICH HE OWNS. JAN. 27, 1876, HE WAS MARRI
ED TO
MISS ALLIE D. ROUP, OF WARREN CO., AND TO THEIR UNION HAVE BEEN BORN ONE S
ON,
HARRY H., AND ONE DAUGHTER, MARY W. MRS ALLIE (ROUP) TAYLOR IS OF GERMAN-I
RISH
LINEAGE, HER FATHER, THOMAS T ROUP, BEING AN OHIOAN BY BIRTH AND OF GERM
AN
DESCENT, WHILE HER MOTHER, ELIZA J (HIGGINS) ROUP, WAS A NATIVE OF PENNSY
L-
VANIA AND OF IRISH DESCENT. THE DR. AND WIFE ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTI
CHURCH, IN WHICH HE HAS FOR MANY YEARS BEEN A RULING ELDER; HE IS ALSO A M
AS-
TER MASON IN ELIJAH UPTON LODGE, NO. 370." TAKEN FROM HISTORY OF KY, ILL
U-
STATED 1886, BY BATTLE, PERRIN AND KNIFFIN, PAGES 937-938.