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manager- kind hearted, charitable & benevolent to a
fault. Being a first rate farmer, & raising an abundance
of every thing, his neighbors & friends always received
a cordial welcome at his house. His wife was
an excellent woman; first rate manager & house
keeper - lively, cheerful & happy. I don't remember
any family of their means, that entertained as
much company - they were both members of the
Baptist Church, & I am sure I never knew a better
man, or better woman. His oldest son is named
Benjamin, who was married in 1826 & probably
lives near the "old place" in Fayette County Kenty.
He had several other sons, named Jonathan, Levi,
John, Micah &c all of whom were small
when I left Kenty. in 1826 - a portion of them
I know are dead, but what has become of the others
I know not. They had also several daughters
some of whom died young & unmarried; two or
three lived to be married; one of them married
a man named Stafford. My brothers were all
remarkable for their morality & steady habits. I don't
remember to have ever heard of either of them having
been engaged in any sort of difficulty with any person.
I am certain I never heard either of them, swear a profane
oath - and I am equally certain, that neither
of them was ever intoxicated with spirituous liquor
altho' they conformed to the fashion of the day, by
keeping spirits in their Houses for the use of such
of their friends & guests, as thot proper to partake
of it - few indeed were the number that did not.

Micah Taul, (the youngest of six sons, & the writer
of this Memoir) was born on the 14th day of May
1785. As before stated, all the "school" education
I ever got, was from my brother Benjamin with
very inconsiderable exceptions. I can't remember
when I could not read. I was fond of going to school
fond of learning & I can say it, without vanity that
I went ahead of all the boys. I think in my tenth
year, I did not loose from school a single day.