1925 Biography - Thomas Taylor
Thomas H. Taylor, a resident and Justice of the Peace of Tunnel Hill, has been a teacher of this county since early manhood. He came here when a youth about the time of the beginning of the Civil War and resided in Goreville Township many years living on the Dr Tiiic Whitnell old place and farming through the summer months. He has been assistant in the county offices many times and is known as a man of influence in his community. He married Flora, daughter of Dr. C. T. Whitnell. Their children are Pearl, a business woman of Vienna; Adah, wife of W. Fenn who has a mercantile business in Creal Springs. They have two children, William a student of Pharmacy in St. Louis; Loucile, a teacher of this county. Ora who married Ray Milburn and is a teacher of Saline County. They have one daughter and reside in Harrisburg, Illinois. Holly is a business man of Tunnel Hill. He married Oma Casey. They have a residence in Vienna where they live during the school term. Their children are Roy, Oma, Virginia, Verla, F. H. Jr., and Betty Joe.
Extracted 08 Feb 2017 by Norma Hass from 1925 A History of Johnson County, Illinois, by Mrs. P. T. Chapman, page 479.
