Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Taylor was born in Christian County, Kentucky, and raised in Springfield, Illinois. Successively a resident of Petersburg, Springfield, and Beardstown, he served in the Black Hawk War and later as sheriff of Cass County, from 1850 to 1859. (Power; letter from Frances M. Winston, October 7, 1991)