Taylor - Reuben
Source: Saturday Evening Journal, July 14, 1883
The death of Reuben Taylor, which has been expected for some time, occurred on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. He was born in Kentucky, and was 79 years of age the 22nd of last May. He came to Crawfordsville in 1830, working at whatever employment he was able to obtain. In 1836 he returned to Kentucky, where he married, after which he came back to Crawfordsville, becoming proprietor of the Crane House where he remained until 1864. He then removed to Lafayette, where he took charge of the Bramble House and resided in that city for fifteen years. In 1871 he again returned to Crawfordsville, where he remained until his death. In 1880 he had a stroke of paralysis, from which he recovered sufficiently to make a visit to friends and relatives in Kansas. He had been strictly temperate man for forty years, having joined the old Washingtonian Society in 1834, and had worked actively in the cause during that period. At the time of his former illness, in 1880, he selected as his pall bearers, six gentlemen who became connected with the society at the same time. These were O. A. Wilhite, E.A. Wilhite, John Bishop, B.T. Ristine, Ben L. Ornbaun, and D.T. Ridge. Of four children, but one survives, Mrs. Jennie Lambert, who has been employed for several years in the Treasury Department at Washington. The funeral occurred at the family residence on Water street, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Prof. H.A. Goben, of Greencastle, officiating. The remains were buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. - thanks to Kim H