From History of Rock County Wis., page 787 LOTE TAYLOR, landlord Taylor House, Clinton Junction; born in Buffalo, Erie Co., June 16, 1829; son of James TAYLOR, an old settler in New York; Mr. TAYLOR came to Walworth Co., Wis., in February, 1849; went to Geneva Lake; was there a number of years; removed to Richmond; was there two years; came to Clinton in 1864, and commenced keeping hotel in a little building near the railroad track; that he is fully competent to run a hotel, is proved by the fact that he now is the proprietor of one of the finest and most popular hotels in Southern Wisconsin; by all travelers, the portly form of the ponderous and ever-welcome landlord is recognized; his weight had never been estimated. He married a daughter of Eliphas JOHNSON, a native of Ohio, February, 1850. Mr. JOHNSON settled on 1,000 acres in Walworth Co., at an early date; he was much esteemed and wealthy farmer, and died Nov. 22, 1855; he had six children; Spencer E. JOHNSON is in De Kalb Co., Mo.; Statira married Joseph CAH! OON, and is in Appleton, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. TAYLOR have had five children - Ella (now Mrs. RESSEGUIE), living in Aurora, Ill.; Joseph died when 2 years old; Adelle died when 1 year old; Jane is now Mrs. HETTE*, and is living at home; Maud is also at home. *The first letter was blurred - could be Ilette.