Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)

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25360. Marion Daniel Taylor

Marion D. Taylor, who formerly  resided in Dover township, is now a citizen of St. Charles, and rents his farm of 281 acres in Dover to his son Glen L. This farm, which constitutes one of the best homes in the eastern part of the county, is located on section twenty-two. Marion D. is the son of Jonathan and Betsey Taylor, who came to this county from New York state. They first settled in Winona county in 1856 and there the father died in 1878 at the age of sixty-four years. Marion D. was born in Broom county, near the town of Maine, New York, April 5,1845, and in boyhood attended the district schools of the neighborhood during the winters and assisted his father on the farm during the summers. By the time he was eighteen years old he finished his education and then, until he was twenty-two years old, he worked with his father on the farm. He then married and rented the farm of his father-in-law and thereafter assisted the latter to improve the place and to buy additions. Finally he bought a fine farm in Dover township and resided thereon until he moved to St. Charles. This farm is well improved with houses, barns, sheds, fences, granaries, an orchard of  250 trees, 300 evergreens; and an up-to-date water plant. Mr. Taylor is a Republican. has served his party as delegate, and was clerk of the Board of Education. He was a member of the A. O. U. W. On March 9,  1869, he married at Rushford, Fillmore county, Miss Maggie A. Clawson, daughter of John and Phebe, farmers of Winona county. They have had four children: Jennie, who died December 28, 1908; Alma, who is yet at home with her father; Glen L, who rents his father's farm; and Edith, a graduate of the St. Charles high schooll and also of the State Normal School at Winona.

Reference
History of Olmstead County, Minnesota
Joseph A. Leonard
Chicago, 1910


25363. Daniel Lincoln Taylor

Winona Daily Republican
June 16, 1934

St. Charles, Minn., Daniel Lakin Taylor, resident here since 1856,  died Friday at 5 p.m. at the Taylor homestead in Clyde township about six miles from here. He was 82 years old.

Mr. Taylor was born Feb. 20, 1852, in New York state, the son of Jonathan and Betsy Taylor, and with his parents, came to Minnesota in 1856 where they settled on the home farm where Mr. Taylor died Friday. In 1877, Mr. Taylor married Tillie Donaldson who died in 1878. On Oct. 2, 1886, he married Miss Irene Best of Chatfield, She died Oct. 23, 1926.

They had eight children, six of whom survive. They are Mrs. Myrtle Griffith, St. Charles; Archie, Denver, Colo.; Lloyd J. and Charles F. operating the home farm; Verne L., Duluth, and Mrs. Jessie L. Waby, St. Charles. Elmer died while at Fort Sam Houston in 1918, during the World war, and Ethel died when six years old.

Other survivors are one brother, Judson of Holton Kan., and two sisters, Mrs. F. W. Davis, Joplin. Mo., and Mrs. Morrill Davis in California. The latter, the eldest of the family, is 96 years old, Ten grandchildren also survive.

Four generations have resided on the Taylor homestead where funeral services for Mr. Taylor will be conducted.