Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Dr. Harvey Taylor
Odon Journal
Saturday, December 27, 1902, page 3
DR. HARVEY TAYLOR DEAD
AGED PHYSICIAN AND ONCE SERVED IN LEGISLATURE
Dr. Harvey Taylor died Tuesday morning at his home in Van Buren township
of general debility. He was born in Kentucky April 10, 1821. He began
working for himself when nineteen, and in 1846 began the study of medicine.
For many years he was one of the leading physicians of the county. During
the war he was a strong union man and served in Company C, 14th Ind.
Vols. He was promoted to first lieutenant of Company F, and remained
with that company four years. He then joined Company I, 65th Ind. Infantry,
and took an active part in many of the principal battles of the war.
He was a democrat and in 1875-6 he represented Daviess county in the
state legislature. April 10, 1842, he married Elizabeth Davis, born 1817.
She died in 1880, leaving one child, James S. The deceased married again
some years later and his second wife ((Oriena Allen)) survives him. The
funeral services were conducted Wednesday, burial was in the Kilgore
cemetery.
Note: Harvey Taylor's parents were John Taylor and Malinda Woodall
Contributed by: Debra Dougherty