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William Richard Taliaferro

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William Richard Taliaferro

Birth
Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Death
17 Jan 1893 (aged 90)
Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Southgate, Campbell County, Kentucky, USA
Plot
Sect. 1, Lot 44, Gr. 9
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Richard Taliaferro migrated in 1814 from Caroline County, Virginia and married his first cousin Alice Taylor Berry, daughter of Washington Berry and Alice Thornton Taylor, on April 21, 1824 in Campbell County. Shortly after she inherited 125 acres in the 'Highlands' and in 1830 construction began on their residence 'Mount Pleasant', which with many modifications is the house still standing at 1810 North Fort Thomas Avenue. Richard had the first school built in the Highlands in 1832 and donated land for the first church. He married his second wife Harriet Louisa McGrew on April 16, 1840, and his third Mrs. Cassandra Paulding Stiff on July 22, 1850, both in Campbell County. Notices of his estate being filed in county court appeared in Newport's Kentucky Journal, February 16, 1893, p. 8, and April 24, 1893, p. 4.

Cincinnati Enquirer, January 19, 1893, page 7:
NEWPORT - One of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this county, Mr. William R Taliaferro of the Highlands, quietly passed away into a better resting place at the advanced age of 90 years.
He has been a resident of Campbell County for the past fifty years, and was known and esteemed by nearly every one. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the M E Church South in the above named district.
Richard Taliaferro migrated in 1814 from Caroline County, Virginia and married his first cousin Alice Taylor Berry, daughter of Washington Berry and Alice Thornton Taylor, on April 21, 1824 in Campbell County. Shortly after she inherited 125 acres in the 'Highlands' and in 1830 construction began on their residence 'Mount Pleasant', which with many modifications is the house still standing at 1810 North Fort Thomas Avenue. Richard had the first school built in the Highlands in 1832 and donated land for the first church. He married his second wife Harriet Louisa McGrew on April 16, 1840, and his third Mrs. Cassandra Paulding Stiff on July 22, 1850, both in Campbell County. Notices of his estate being filed in county court appeared in Newport's Kentucky Journal, February 16, 1893, p. 8, and April 24, 1893, p. 4.

Cincinnati Enquirer, January 19, 1893, page 7:
NEWPORT - One of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this county, Mr. William R Taliaferro of the Highlands, quietly passed away into a better resting place at the advanced age of 90 years.
He has been a resident of Campbell County for the past fifty years, and was known and esteemed by nearly every one. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the M E Church South in the above named district.

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