Robert married Cecilia Caroline Poppy in Vermont. The couple had four sons and three daughters: Hiram M Taylor 1845-1880, Joseph H Taylor 1846-1933, William Robert Taylor 1847-1922, Daniel Smith Taylor 1851-1935, Susan Ann Taylor Landers 1851-1880, Mary Letisha Molly Taylor McDonald 1860-1899, Cecelia Marie "Celia" Taylor Woolley Coburn 1861-1941.
Robert had the wandering foot, and began to journey across America, always looking for the areas just being settled, a new view, and another opportunity. The family moved from Vermont to New Hampshire, on over to Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The War called and Robert joined what was called "The Gray Beard Brigade, a plan to use men 50 years of age or older. He was enlisted in the Union Army, Company H, Iowa 37th Infantry Regiment on 05 Nov 1862. Promoted to Full 4th Sergeant on 24 Apr 1863. Promoted to Full 3rd Sergeant on 02 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 24 May 1865 at Davenport, IA. After the War, Celia stayed in Missouri while Robert and some of the family went to Rising City, Nebraska. Robert next moved down to buy up a claim at Homestead, Oklahoma, and left it to son William Robert provided Will could come care for him in his old age. On the last Census we find, he is listed as a one-legged farmer and shoemaker. Perhaps he lost that leg during the war. He died at Homestead in 1896, after seeing an America we will never see; crossing half the nation in search of a place to call home...Homestead, Oklahoma, just South of Fairview.
(by his Gr Gr Gr granddaughter, Carolyn Blackwelder)
Robert had the wandering foot, and began to journey across America, always looking for the areas just being settled, a new view, and another opportunity. The family moved from Vermont to New Hampshire, on over to Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The War called and Robert joined what was called "The Gray Beard Brigade, a plan to use men 50 years of age or older. He was enlisted in the Union Army, Company H, Iowa 37th Infantry Regiment on 05 Nov 1862. Promoted to Full 4th Sergeant on 24 Apr 1863. Promoted to Full 3rd Sergeant on 02 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 24 May 1865 at Davenport, IA. After the War, Celia stayed in Missouri while Robert and some of the family went to Rising City, Nebraska. Robert next moved down to buy up a claim at Homestead, Oklahoma, and left it to son William Robert provided Will could come care for him in his old age. On the last Census we find, he is listed as a one-legged farmer and shoemaker. Perhaps he lost that leg during the war. He died at Homestead in 1896, after seeing an America we will never see; crossing half the nation in search of a place to call home...Homestead, Oklahoma, just South of Fairview.
(by his Gr Gr Gr granddaughter, Carolyn Blackwelder)
Robert married Cecilia Caroline Poppy in Vermont. The couple had four sons and three daughters: Hiram M Taylor 1845-1880, Joseph H Taylor 1846-1933, William Robert Taylor 1847-1922, Daniel Smith Taylor 1851-1935, Susan Ann Taylor Landers 1851-1880, Mary Letisha Molly Taylor McDonald 1860-1899, Cecelia Marie "Celia" Taylor Woolley Coburn 1861-1941.
Robert had the wandering foot, and began to journey across America, always looking for the areas just being settled, a new view, and another opportunity. The family moved from Vermont to New Hampshire, on over to Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The War called and Robert joined what was called "The Gray Beard Brigade, a plan to use men 50 years of age or older. He was enlisted in the Union Army, Company H, Iowa 37th Infantry Regiment on 05 Nov 1862. Promoted to Full 4th Sergeant on 24 Apr 1863. Promoted to Full 3rd Sergeant on 02 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 24 May 1865 at Davenport, IA. After the War, Celia stayed in Missouri while Robert and some of the family went to Rising City, Nebraska. Robert next moved down to buy up a claim at Homestead, Oklahoma, and left it to son William Robert provided Will could come care for him in his old age. On the last Census we find, he is listed as a one-legged farmer and shoemaker. Perhaps he lost that leg during the war. He died at Homestead in 1896, after seeing an America we will never see; crossing half the nation in search of a place to call home...Homestead, Oklahoma, just South of Fairview.
(by his Gr Gr Gr granddaughter, Carolyn Blackwelder)
Robert had the wandering foot, and began to journey across America, always looking for the areas just being settled, a new view, and another opportunity. The family moved from Vermont to New Hampshire, on over to Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The War called and Robert joined what was called "The Gray Beard Brigade, a plan to use men 50 years of age or older. He was enlisted in the Union Army, Company H, Iowa 37th Infantry Regiment on 05 Nov 1862. Promoted to Full 4th Sergeant on 24 Apr 1863. Promoted to Full 3rd Sergeant on 02 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 24 May 1865 at Davenport, IA. After the War, Celia stayed in Missouri while Robert and some of the family went to Rising City, Nebraska. Robert next moved down to buy up a claim at Homestead, Oklahoma, and left it to son William Robert provided Will could come care for him in his old age. On the last Census we find, he is listed as a one-legged farmer and shoemaker. Perhaps he lost that leg during the war. He died at Homestead in 1896, after seeing an America we will never see; crossing half the nation in search of a place to call home...Homestead, Oklahoma, just South of Fairview.
(by his Gr Gr Gr granddaughter, Carolyn Blackwelder)
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