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to the biography of Isaac and Eliza Naylor!

Thanks to the efforts of a
Descendant of Isaac and Eliza, a copy of the
following Biography was made available and exerpts are furnished in the
hopes other Naylor Researchers can "connect"
(This is copywrited material so treat it accordingly)
In the 1888 Portrait & Biographical
album of Gage Co., Nebraska, published by Chapman Brothers 1888, Chicago, on pages 401 and
402 is the biography of Isaac Naylor (my GGG Grandad) It reads...
Isaac Naylor is an industrious and prosperous farmer
residing on section 17, Nemaha Township. His father, John Naylor, was a native of
Kentucky; his mother Barbara Corman, was a native of Maryland, and they were married
in the first-named State, making their home in Fayette County. The father's
ancestors were natives of England, who had come to America during the colonial times, and
at the time of the war of 1812 the father of our subject participated in some of the
engagements. He was a farmer, and lived in Fayette and Jessamine counties the
greater part of his life, but although he had a large plantation and prospered well, he
would keep no slaves even during slave time. Unfortunately he did not live to see
the abolition of slavery, his death occuring before the war, when he was sixty-two years
old. The mother of our subject died in 1869, in her eighty-fifth year, and had borne
a family of eight children, four girls and four boys, all of whom grew to manhood and
womanhood, and whose names are Mary, Elizabeth, Nancy, Isaac, John, James, Jane and
Benjamin.
Our subject was born on the 15th of July, 1819 in Ohio at the time of the
three years residence of his parents in that State, but his earliest recollections are of
the scenes in his Kentucky home. His father met with an accident while
quarrying rock, and was crippled so that he was no longer able to attend to the
supervision of his large plantation and our subject, as the eldest son, was early called
upon to assume the responsibilities of manager of the estate. He received his
education from the common schools of that time, and continued in charge of the homestead
until 1842, when he was married to Miss Maria Miller. After his marriage he
lived on a farm in the vicinity of his old home for 7 or 8 years, and then went to
Macoupin County, ILL., where he bought a farm and was prospering well until the second
year, when his wife died. Her death was a sad bereavement to him, as they had been
married but ten years, and she was only twenty-four years old when she left him her five
children, whose names are Mary Jane, Louisa, Jacob, Ann and an infant.
With the exception of the last-named child the children of our
subject and his first wife were married and established homes of their own, and had about
them their own children. Mary Jane became the wife of W.H. Stults, a blacksmith, and
they reside near Waverly, Macoupin Co., ILL. In their family they have five girls
and five boys, whom we name as follows; Luther, Mettie, Pearlie, Lou, Ella, Eugene, James,
Butler, Elberta and Alfred. Louisa married John Beard, but she died in 1869, at the
age of twenty-three years; she was the mother of one child, Frankie, who is also
deceased. Jacob resides in Nemaha Township, and is a prosperous farmer, he
married Martha Nibert, and is the father of four children -- Charles, Frank, Walter
(Welcome) and Adah. Ann married Joseph Stidley, and resided in Adams township until
the time of her death in 1885, leaving motherless the following seven children;
Mathew, Maud, Ella, Joseph, William, Charles and George.
Our subject continued to reside on his farm in Macoupin County,
and was married on the 15th of January, 1854, to Miss Eliza Baggerly, a daughter of
Jonathan and Cassandra (Bailey) Baggerly. Her parents were born in Shelby County,
KY., and both the paternal and maternal grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary
War. The parents lived in Shelby County, where the father was engaged in farming,
and afterward they removed to Clark County, Indianna, where they lived a long time and
reared a family of eleven children. With but one exception the chilren were spared
to become useful men and women. Bearing the names of Elizabeth, Charolotte, Nancy,
William who died when he was seven years old; Eliza, Joseph, Isaac, Louis, Melvina,
Clinton and Benoni.
Mrs Naylor, the fifth child in her fathers's family, was born on
the 25th of October, 1829, and was a babe when her parents moved to Indiana. she
enjoyed good advantages from attending the common schools, but as they were conducted on
the rate or subscription system she could not attend until she acquired a thorough
education. She went to visit her uncle and some relatives in Macoupin County, Ill.,
and there our subject made her acquaintance which resulted in their marriage. Mr.
Naylor has resided in Macoupin County over thirty years, for twenty-seven years of which
time Mrs. Naylor has been his faithful companion and devoted wife. They had a family
of thirteen children, eight of whom died in infancy, and the names of the surviving
members we mention as follows; Malissa, Emily, Cassandra, Allen and Martha.
Malissa, the eldest daughter of our subject and his wife, was
married to Mr. A. West and they reside in Red Willow county, this State, the parents of
one child named Johnny; Emily married M.F. Shores, and they with their four
children, Roy, Freddie, Louis and Adelbert, reside in Nemaha Township; Cassandra
married Thomas Windle, but after becoming the mother of one child, named Zelma, she died
in the year 1886; Martha married Thomas West, and they also reside in Red Willow
County, this State; Allen has charge of the homestead.
Mr. and Mrs. Naylor came to Nebraska in 1881, and have been very
successful in their business, our subject now being the owner of one and a half sections
of land in Nemah Township, beshides having given each of his first children 40 acres of
land as a marriage portion. They are members of the United Baptist Church, and are
among the influential society people of this section. Mr. Naylor is a Democrat and a
thoroughly good man, possessing excellent traits of character and enjoying the confidence
and esteem of his fellowmen. His wife possesses many personal charms, and is a
talented and estimable lady, who has proved herself a devoted wife and mother, and a
worthy copartner in the accumulation of his wealth, having many times aided him in
his business transactions by her sympathy and advice given with sound judgement.
Together they are enjoying the fruits of their industry, and take rank among the
influential families of this community. |
Children of Isaac Naylor and Maria
Miller ate:
4i Jacob Butler "Jake" Naylor, b Jan 25, 1848, Shellbyville,
Spencer, KY; d June 1905,
Cortland, Gage co., NE
5 ii Mary Jane Naylor, b 1843
6 iii Sarah Ann Naylor, b 1851; d abt 1885, Adams Twp, Gage Co., NE
7 iv Louisa Naylor b 1846; d 1869
v Infant Naylor b/d 1852
Children of Isaac Naylor and Eliza Baggerly are:
8 vi Emma Naylor b abt 1860
9 vii Nancy Melissa Naylor, b Jan 9, 1858, Decatur, Macon Co ILL; d Sep
29, 1922 Moberly, Randolph Co MO
10 viii Cassandra Naylor, b abt 1862; d 1886
ix Martha Naylor, b abt 1866; m (1) Thomas West; m (2) Joe
Stidley
x (Isaac) Allan Naylor, b 1857, Firth, Nemaha Twp.,
Gage Co NE;
d Sep 25, 1954 Beatrice, Gage Co NE. m Clora Belle Holeman, Sep 5,
1893, Gage Co Ne
4. Jacob Butler Naylor (Isaac, John, a) was born Jan 25, 1848 in
Shelbyville, Spencer, KY, and died June 1905 in Cortland, Gage Co., NE.
He married (1) Martha Ellen Nighbert April 5, 1869 in Macoupin Co, ILL,
daughter of Joseph Nighbert and Evelyn Bandy. He married (2) Flora
Shufflebarger 1893.
Children of Jacob Naylor and Martha Nighbert are:
11 i Charles Naylor, b July 3, 1870
12 ii James Franklin Naylor, b Jan 23, 1872, Waverly, Macoupin, ILL; d
Feb 1, 1923, Merriman, Cherry, Ne.
13 iii Welcome Welton Naylor, b Dec 21, 1879; d abt 1950
14 iv Adah Naylor, b Mar 8, 1884; d abt 1970
Children of Jacob Naylor and Flora Shufflebarger are:
15 v Ruth Naylor b Sep 25, 1894; d 1941
16 vi Jacob Butler Naylor Jr b Aug 13, 1898; d abt 1970
17 vii Florence Naylor, b Nov 20, 1902.
12 James Franklin Naylor (Jacob, Isaac, John, a) was born jan 23, 1872
in Waverly, Macoupin, ILL, and died Feb 1, 1923 in Merriman, Cherry,
NE. He married (1) Eltha Elanore Chowning May 24, 1892 in Macoupin Co.,
ILL, daughter of James Chowning and Mary Coots. He married (2) Louise
Wood March 1915.
Children of James Naylor and Eltha Chowning are:
19 i Harold Welcome Naylor, b May 18, 1893, Lincoln, NE; d Nov 16,
1974, Denver, CO
20 ii Ester Ida Naylor, b July 16, 1895; d Oct 26, 1965
iii Hazel Marie Naylor, b Nov 25, 1897, d Scottsbluff, NE
21 iv Howard James Naylor, b July 3, 1900 , Gage Co., NE
v Infant Naylor b/d June 3, 1903
vi Hope Viola Naylor b Nov 30, 1906, Chadron, Dawes, NE; d abt
1983 San Jose CA
Child of James Naylor and Louise Wood is:
vii Irene Mildred Naylor, b Nov 1917, Merriman, Cherry, NE; d Nov
25, 1949 Lincoln NE
Contributed by:
John Armstrong
Homer, Alaska

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