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afterwards, and raised a large family of children. He
had barely health and strength enough, to ride out occa-
sionally [occasionally] upon his farm, and for years was not off of it.
The hemorhage of of his lungs continued, discharged at times
a quantity of blood, that would be almost incredible to
relate. For many years he was attended by the best phy-
sicians [physicians] of the county, but he alternately discontinued
the use of medicine entirely and relied entirely upon
a dietetic course. He rose early in the morning, and
after the necessary ablution, ate a cold biscuit - at break-
fast he would drink a cup of tea or milk, abstain-
ing almost entirely from animal food; never eating
any thing warm, or stimulating, and in the general
was happy & cheerful. His oldest son was named
Arthur after our father; he removed to Missouri be-
fore I left Kentucky & I have not heard of since.
His second son was named Jesse for his maternal
grandfather. He studied medicine, married & removed
to Vicksburgh, where he soon got into a lucrarive prac-
tice, but died in a few years. A short time before
his death a younger brother, went out from Kentucky
to accompany his wife, on a visit to her friends in that
state. They were attacked with the yellow fever
in Shelby County, & both died on the same day, & what
is very remarkable, their death, was on the same
day that the Doctor died in Vicksburgh. The husband,
wife, & brother all died on the same day, at least 5 or 600 miles
apart. He had several other sons. One of whom was called by
my name. One named Jonathan, & several daughters; several
of them, died young - one named Mary-Ann, who was
very beautiful, married a Mr. Thompson, & I think died
young. I have not heard from any member of the
family for several years.

Samuel Taul, was married in 1801 to his cousin
Polly Muffett & by her had a numerous family of chil-
dren [children]. He succeeded to the patrimonial farm, in Fayette
County, Kentucky, on which he raised his family, and
died a few years ago. His health was never good, but
he was a man of uncommon industry, & a good