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Biographies
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with a
Biography of
each, together with Portraits and Biographies of Joshua R. Giddings,
Benjamin F. Wale,
and a large number of the Early Settlers and Representative
Families of to-day.
Published: Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1893
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WILLIAM TAYLOR, West Mecca,
Trumbull county, Ohio, is one of the prominent citizens of this
place. Of his life we present the following review:
William Taylor was born in Canada, May 29, 1836, son of
Thomas and Margaret (Foster) Taylor, both natives of Ireland,
who emigrated to Canada in 1832. In 1852 the Taylor family
removed from Canada to Bloomfield, Ohio, and subsequently to Niles,
both in Trumbull county. At the latter place both parents
died, - the father at the age of seventy years, and the mother at
eighty-one. They had eleven children, of whom we record that
two sons, Benjamin and Thomas N., are engaged in business at
Warren, the former being one of the proprietors of the Warren
Chronicle, and the latter an undertaker; George J. is engaged
in business in Niles; Mrs. Jane Ohl is a resident of Niles;
Mrs. Catherine Chapen lives at Bristol; Mrs. Eliza West,
at Niles; William subject of this sketch; Sarah E.
of California; Margaret and her husband, Rev. Albert Gary
are missionaries in the Northwest; Mrs. Mary Reed, of
Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Almira Smith, deceased. In
politics, Thomas Taylor was a Republican; in religion a
Methodist. He was a man who was highly respected by all who
knew him.
William Taylor was seventeen years old when his
parents moved to Bloomfield, where he completed his schooling.
He subsequently went to Warren, where he learned the trade of
harness-making. He worked at his trade in Farmington, Trumbull
county, from 1858 until 1870 when he came to West Mecca. Here
he engaged in the manufacture of cheese, in company with Silas
Reynolds and son, and Howard Reynolds, and for some time
did a very extensive business. In 1872 their factory utilized
the milk from 1,100 cows. In 1873 Mr. Taylor turned his
attention to the mercantile business, and, with Silas and Howard
Reynolds he conducted a successful business here for four years,
when he purchased his partner's interest and continued the business
for thirteen years, his annual sales ranging form $8,000 to $10,000.
He continued his interest in the cheese factory for a few years
after entering the mercantile business. He was the first
Postmaster appointed at West Mecca, and has rendered efficient
service in that capacity for fifteen years, having resigned his
position July 1, 1893. For twelve years he has served most
acceptably as Township Treasurer. Mr. Taylor has been
an active member of the Republican party, and has frequently been a
delegate to various Republican conventions. He is a member of
the Masonic order, Old Erie Lodge, No. 3, and also belongs to the I.
O. O. F. lodge, No. 707. He and his wife are both active
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Trustee.
Mr. Taylor was married June 2, 1861, to
Eleanor Reynolds, a native of Farmington, Ohio, and a daughter
of Silas and Eliza (McKay) Reynolds. Her parents were
natives of New York, and both are now deceased. Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor have only one child, Jennie, who is now the
wife of John H. Love, a well-known traveling salesman of
Mecca. Mr. and Mrs. Love have two children, Nellie
E. and Neal T.
During the Civil war Mr. Taylor
was a soldier in the union ranks for four months, enlisting in 1864,
in Company H, 171st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at the end of his
service being honorably discharged.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 530 |
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Source: Biographical
History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula,
Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company,
1893 - Page |
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