Isaac Taylor Sr. made the trip from Massachusetts to Erie county on horseback in 1817, and stopping at Edinboro, he walked from there to what is now Cleveland, Ohio, to look over the land there, but not being pleased with the outlook he returned on foot to Washington township and purchased a farm from Andrew Culbertson a mile and a half southeast of Edinboro. Returning then to Massachusetts for his family he came back with them in 1818, the trip, made with ox teams and leading two cows, consuming six weeks, and they took up their abode on the farm which the husband and father had purchased the year previously. There he spent the remainder of his life and died on the 11th of May, 1849, while his wife survived only until the following year. In one of the rooms of their first log cabin was conducted the first school ever held in this part of the county, this being in the year of 1819, but shortly afterward a log school house was built on their property. He was a" captain of militia in Massachusetts during the war of 1812, and he was well known and highly respected both at his home there and in Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife were members of the Christian church and both lie buried in the Edinboro cemetery. He was a son of Abram and Molly (Leland) Taylor, and she was a daughter of Moses Leland, prominent citizen in Worcester county, Massachusetts. Their union was blessed by the following children : Flora, Polly, Fanny, Sally and Isaac R., all born in Massachusetts.
Isaac Taylor Sr. made the trip from Massachusetts to Erie county on horseback in 1817, and stopping at Edinboro, he walked from there to what is now Cleveland, Ohio, to look over the land there, but not being pleased with the outlook he returned on foot to Washington township and purchased a farm from Andrew Culbertson a mile and a half southeast of Edinboro. Returning then to Massachusetts for his family he came back with them in 1818, the trip, made with ox teams and leading two cows, consuming six weeks, and they took up their abode on the farm which the husband and father had purchased the year previously. There he spent the remainder of his life and died on the 11th of May, 1849, while his wife survived only until the following year. In one of the rooms of their first log cabin was conducted the first school ever held in this part of the county, this being in the year of 1819, but shortly afterward a log school house was built on their property. He was a" captain of militia in Massachusetts during the war of 1812, and he was well known and highly respected both at his home there and in Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife were members of the Christian church and both lie buried in the Edinboro cemetery. He was a son of Abram and Molly (Leland) Taylor, and she was a daughter of Moses Leland, prominent citizen in Worcester county, Massachusetts. Their union was blessed by the following children : Flora, Polly, Fanny, Sally and Isaac R., all born in Massachusetts.
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