J. L. TAYLOR, merchant; P.O. Paris; was born April 27, 1829, in Cynthiana, Harrison Co.; son of John M. Taylor ...
Joseph L. at the age of fourteen, engaged as a clerk for his brothers at Millersburg, and afterwards associated with them in business for a time.
June 29, 1853, he married Miss Batterton, who was born in Millersburg, in 1836 ; daughter of James Batterton and Laura Varnon; she died October, 1868; she bore him two children, Oscar R. and Mollie, wife of J. G. Weatherby, of Paris; Oscar R., now of Cincinnati, in commercial life.
After merchandising four years in Millersburg, Mr. Taylor removed to Versailles, where he engaged in business, remaining there until 1868, when he afterwards removed to Harrison County, and engaged in farming for a time; afterwards he removed to Covington, Ky., in 1871, and was engaged in business at Cincinnati, where he remained until April, 1880, when he came to Paris, and has since remained engaged in merchandising, under firm name of J.L. Taylor & Co., and carries the largest stock of ready-made clothing in Paris.
In March, 1870, he married Mrs. Margaret Shawhan, of Harrison County.
Mr. Taylor has been a member of the Christian Church since 1849, his father being a convert under the preaching of Rev. Barton Stone.
