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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

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