Family Remembrance:1302 "Matthew Taylor buried his young wife and baby just a month before leaving Ohio. She died in childbirth (Aug. 7, 1855) and was not quite 20 years of age. Her maiden name was Belinda Ridenour. She is buried in the old hilltop cemetery at Stonecreek. (Belinda born Aug. 8, 1835).

After going to Illinois Matthew met and married Catherine Smith and they lived together over 50 years. They were parents of 9 children. The home of John Taylor and Sarah Barton Taylor was built in 1835 in Bureau County."

1870 U.S. Census:1600
Illinois, Bureau County, Dover
Enumerated 18 July 1870
Matthew Taylor •• age 38, male, white, farmer, real estate value $5,400, personal property value $1,000, born in Ohio, parents not foreign born, is male over age 21
Catherine •• age 31, female, white, born in Ohio
Sarah •• age 13, female, white, born in Illinois, in shool
Ellen •• age 11, female, white, born in Illinois, in school
Flora •• age 10, female, white, born in Illinois, in school
Salliann (?) •• age 9, female, white, born in Illinois, in school
Isa •• age 7, female, white, born in Illinois, in school
Elinor •• age 5, female, white, born in Illinois
Geo •• age 2, male, white, born in Illinois

1880 U.S. Census:1685 "I have a Matthew Taylor in Illinois, aged 48 in 1880, wife Catherine aged 42. He was born in Ohio and both parents in Pennsylvania. His children, Sarah, 23, Ella, 21, Lottie S., 19, Isa E., Elinor E., 15, George, 13, John Lealand, 7, Myrtle B., 5."