Taylor, Barilla (1828-1845)

Title: Taylor, Barilla (1828-1845)
Commemorated in: Barilla Taylor, Grave
birthday: 1828-06-29
Birthplace: Roxbury, ME
Death Date: 1845-08-22
Occupation: Author
Biographical Text: Barilla Taylor was a mill girl, primarily memorialized through her poetry work and family letters. Taylor was born in Roxbury, ME in 1828. She was the fourth of twelve children. In 1843, She traveled by wagon to Lowell, MA, to work in their mills. A time table from one of the mills shows her working up to fourteen hours a day at the time. She lived in boarding houses full of women in the same work during this period. Taylor continued working in the mills for a few years, exchanging letters with her family members throughout.

On August 22, 1845, Taylor passed from consumption. Her grave is located at the Lowell Cemetery.
Contributor: O'Neill, Iris
Bibliography: Barilla Taylor, Lowell Cemetery; Barilla Taylor, Find a Grave; "The World of Barilla Taylor: Bringing History to Life through Primary Sources," OAH Magazine of History. 1997.

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