John Taylor married Elizabeth Smith on January 21, 1797 in Kentucky.  Elizabeth Smith was born March 30, 1780.  Between this union 14 children were born.  At some point after 1810, John and Elizabeth moved across the Ohio River and settled in or near Canaan in Jefferson County, Indiana with some of their 14 children where John farmed according to the 1850 Census

Children born to John and Elizabeth:

1. Michael Taylor born October 28, 1798.
2. Isaac Taylor born March 11, 1800.
3. Anna Taylor born May 17, 1801 married Jacob Overturf, a farmer, on December 31, 1831. They resided in Ripley County, Indiana.
4. Jane Taylor born June 23, 1803 married Benjamin Groscope on April 4, 1831.
5. Elizabeth S. Taylor born October 14, 1804 married James C. Benefiel on July 6, 1829. James was a farmer and was born in Kentucky.  Elizabeth Taylor Benefiel died July 22, 1891 at the age of 86. She is buried at Jefferson Church Cemetery, Shelby Twp, Jefferson County, Indiana.
6. Nancy M. Taylor born December 22, 1805 married Samuel M. Benefiel (date unknown). Nancy died July 14, 1833 and is buried at Jefferson Church Cemetary.
7. Mary Taylor born December 19, 1808 married Abraham Vanosdol on November 12, 1830.
8. Henry S. Taylor born February 26, 1810 married Sarah Gordon on February 2, 1847. Sarah was born November 21, 1819 in Indiana. She died June 3, 1881 and is buried at Methodist  Cemetery near Canaan, Indiana.
9. John Taylor born May 11, 1811
10. Mariah Taylor born November 1, 1831.
11. William S. Taylor born May 19, 1814 married Mary Ann Cole on October 8, 1840. Mary Ann was born in Kentucky in 1814.
12. Sallie "Sarah" H. Taylor born August 29, 1816 married Eber Gilbert on June 11, 1847,  a farmer born in Indiana.  Sallie died July 25, 1894 at the age of 77 and is buried at Methodist  Cemetery, Cotton Township, Vevay, Switzerland County in Indiana.
13. James J. Taylor born January 25, 1818 married Mary M. Howard on October 7, 1842. Mary was born in Illinois. Mary died April 4, 1882 and is buried at Methodist Cemetery near Canaan, Indiana.
14. Alfred Taylor born April 1, 1819.

Second marriage
John Taylor then married Delilah Cox on December 31, 1828.  Delilah was born in Kentucky on March 1, 1797 and was 23 years younger than John.  She too was a widow and had been married to Richard Hogarth or Hallgarth on April 19, 1822.  John Taylor and Delilah Taylor went on to have 4 more children bringing John's total of offspring to 18.
 

1. Joseph C. Taylor born September 1, 1832 (diary)
2. Emily C. Taylor born May 9, 1835.
3. Martha A. Taylor born May 3, 1837.
4. Benjamin F. Taylor born September 24, 1840.

John Taylor died October 18, 1857 and is buried in the Methodist Cemetary in Canaan, Indiana. It reads as:
 

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Delilah died on an unknown date and is buried there as well.  The grave stones or markers are now too worn and old to be read.
 
 

Relationship to author

1. John Taylor
 2. Joseph C. Taylor
  3. John Wesley Taylor
   4. Joseph Harrison Taylor
    5. Sally Ann Taylor
     6. Charles M. Taylor
 

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