Mr. Taylor came to Walworth County, Wisconsin, going to Geneva Lake.

The evidence

• “Mr. Taylor came to Walworth Co., Wis, in February, 1849 ; went to Geneva Lake ; was there a number of years ; removed to Richmond ; was there two years ; came to Clinton in 1864, and commenced keeping hotel in a little building near therailroad track ; that he is fully competent to run a hotel, is proved by the fact that he now is the proprietor of one of the finest and most popular hotels in Southern Wisconsin ; by all travelers, the portly form of the ponderous and ever- welcome landlord is recognized ; his weight has never been estimated. He married a daughter of Eliphas Johnson, a native of Ohio, February, 1850.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/20-bios-clinton.md, PDF p. 783

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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