"Aged 52 Years 8 Months 14 Days "
Married Alice Williams Daly 13 June 1833

Stephen L. Willson, History of Howard & Cooper Counties, St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1883 (National Historical Company, St. Louis: 1883).
Dr. JOHN A. TALBOT was for many years one of the most prominent physicians and one of the leading men of Howard county. Aside from being a thorough and educated physician, he was naturally a man of superior intelligence, and withal possessed in a marked degree of the qualities that make one respected and esteemed by those around him. His life was an active and energetic one, and without doing any man wrong, but by his own exertions and good management, he accumulated a handsome fortune.

He was born in Erie county, Pa., November 18, 1805, where he lived until he came to Missouri. His father, George T. Talbot, was a native of Maryland, but when he was a young man went to Pennsylvania and there married and reared his family. On his mother's side, Dr. Talbot, was of the Allnut family of Pennsylvania, his father having married Miss Mary Allnut of that state. In youth, the son had excellent school advantages not only in public schools of the period, but also in college. His professional education was acquired at Jefferson college, Philadelphia, from which he was duly graduated. His parents, however, were not wealthy, and he contributed very materially by his own exertions to the means for his education. Having completed his professional education, he resolved to come west and seek his fortune in the new empire then rapidly springing up on the shores of the Missouri. Accordingly he came to Howard county, where he settled and entered upon the practice of medicine; and how he succeeded in the realization of his hopes has been indicated in a preceding sentence.

He married Miss Alice Daly, a refined and accomplished lady, born September 5, 1814, and of this union Alice, George D., Ione, William, Ethelbert, Ralph, John, and Robert-seven children-were reared. He died August 1, 1858, his wife following him in death April 15, 1871. He lived an honorable and respected life, and now that he has passed away, his memory is cherished as that of a good man and an upright citizen.

NOTE: census of 1850 shows another daughter Mary E. age 15 (bc 1835)

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Among the earliest physicians in Fayette, MO (settled in Missouri circa 1822) and west of the Mississippi. Married 1833 to Alice Williams Daly of Fayette (1814-1871), daughter of Prof. Lawrence Daly, first school teacher in Fayette (graduate of Trinity College, Dublin). Notable among their 11 children: Ethelbert Talbot (1848-1928) Episcopal Bishop (of Wyoming and Idaho, Pennslyvania, and the 15th presiding bishop of the Episcoplal Church).

A daughter-in-law described him: "Dr. John A. Talbot was a most remarkable man; a commanding personality in whatever sphere he manifested himself. Possessed of a head leonine in aspect, deep blue eyes, chestnut hair, brilliant complexion, fascinating manner and heart of boundless depth and warmth. He was a prominent citizen in Fayette and Missouri, as: physician, friend and neighbor, and social power. He devoted his later years to the care of a large estate he had built up in Howard County."