An American Family History

Elizabeth Taylor was born on August 23, 1819 in Bath Township, Greene County , Ohio. Her parents were David Taylor and Anna Bolen. She was a triplet.

She moved with her family to Shelby County, Ohio when she was a girl and her father died in 1834.

According to the Shelby County, Ohio Probate Court guardianship records, Elizabeth was sixteen years old on August 24, 1835. Her brother, John Taylor was chosen as her guardian and the guardian of her sister Mary Ann. Her brother, Abraham Taylor and Reuben Staley were securities. On August 4, 1836, William J. Martin was appointed guardian to the Taylor children.