NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11418 WARREN CO – D. E. S. TAYLOR – Taylor, Smith 11418 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883,p. 800. D. E. S. TAYLOR, farmer and stock dealer, and postmaster. Among those who have been long identified with Caivre township, who are well known and worthy of notice, is the subject of our sketch. He was born in Warren county, Kentucky, February 15, 1830; the son of Smith Taylor and Catharine B. (Smith) Taylor. When he was three years old his parents came to Pike county, settling in Cuivre township, where our subject’s early life was spent in assisting on his father’s farm and attending school. He was married November 7, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Jordan, daughter of Jas. A. Jordan of Buffalo township. Mr. Taylor is the owner of a fine farm of 300 acres of as good land as Pike county affords, besides being much interested in Cyrene, having some eighty lots in that new town. He is a member of the Masonic order, a member from Master to Sir Knight, and a worthy member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was appointed postmaster of Cyrene in April, 1879. He was [a] member of the Grange, having been delegate from this county to the state convention. He is a man of good business qualities, of broad views, and is social in his manner. By his fair and honorable dealings has won for himself many friends. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx