Source: While doing research on this man’s father, William Taylor, reg. no. 195839.
Family Search: When Private Samson Taylor was born on 7 August 1891, in Curve Lake 35A, Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Isaac Taylor Jr., was 25 and his mother, Mary Jane Yellowhead, was 20. He lived in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada for about 47 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as labourer. He died on 12 October 1958, at the age of 67, and was buried in Curve Lake Cemetery, Curve Lake, Curve Lake First Nation 35, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Indigenous soldier.
One of 4 brothers that served in the 18th Battalion.
| Reg. No. | Name | Battalion |
| 195218 | Samson Taylor | 18th |
| 195827 | Horace Taylor | Canadian Forestry Corp |
| 195828 | Hiram Taylor | 18th |
| 195839 | William Taylor | 18th |
| 195959 | Issac Taylor | 18th |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 