WILLIAM P. TAYLOR, farmer, section twenty five, postoffice at Auburn, Illinois, was born in Morgan county, Illinois, December 22, 1835. Son of George and Polly E. (Tucker) Taylor, natives of Kentucky. Emigrated in an early day to Morgan County, where he made a farm and raised a family of ten children, all of whom are living at this writing, the youngest being thirty-one years old, and the oldest fifty-one. His father came to the county in limited circumstances, but by good management and hard work has accumulated a fine property, and today is living a retired life in Jacksonville, and himself and wife have lived together over half a century. William P. married Miss Mary McKain, in 1861. She was the daughter of John McKain, a native of Ireland. She was born in Springfield, Illinois, August 21st, 1840. By this union there were six children, five of whom are living: William W., Ulysses W., Mary F., Laura E., George E. Has one hundred and twenty acres of land, all of which are under a high state of cultivation; value, $60 per acre.