7) John Tallman son of Benjamin Tallman and his wife Dinah (Boone) Tallman, was born Aug. 14 1788 in Harrisonburg, Va.: died 7 Oct. 1857 at Canal Winchester, Ohio. (VBT note, died Oct. 7 1857, aged 69 yr., 1 mo. & 23 da. according to inscription on monument in Tallman reservation, Union Grove Cemetery, Canal Winchester, Ohio.) Married 23 Sept. 1809 (V.B.T.?s ?)(see note 1 below), at Harrisonburg, Va., Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Nathaniel Harrison and his wife ________(see note 2 below). Elizabeth (Harrison) Tallman was born 20 Jan. 1792, died 1854, Oct 8. Jonh [sic] and Elizabeth Tallman are buried in the Tallman Reservation of Union Grove cemetery, Canal Winchester, O.
 
(V.B.T. note 1, This marriage date is 23 Sept., 1808 according to the William Tallman Bible record. The oldest son Nathaniel, was born Dec. 11, 1809)
 
(V.B.T. note 2, the above space is left vacant in hope that the wife?s name and other data may be obtained from the book "Settlers by the Long Grey Trail" by Harrison which is not available.) (The name in question is Mary Woodley per p. 375 of the Long Grey Trail.)
 
Source: The Tallman Genealogical Record, by Virgil Burdette Tallman (1885-1969) of Canal Winchester, Ohio
[1994 transcription of VBT manuscript: vtallman.pdf -- Page 8 (of 90).]
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