U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Taylor, William H. (1881-1953) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia Author: James Morton Callahan New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912 Volume III Pages 1330-1331, William H. Taylor (1881-1953) One of the Taylor families of West Virginia is the one represented by William H. Taylor, of Mannington, Marion county. His father was Joseph K. and his mother Catherine Agnes (Meade) Taylor, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Joseph K. was born in Pennsylvania and became a prominent business man and coal mine operator in the great anthracite coal district of his native state. He is now retired from active work. He married Catherine Agnes Meade, and among their children was William H., of whom further. (II) William H., son of Joseph K. and Catherine Agnes (Meade) Taylor, was born at Scranton, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1881. He was educated at Scranton schools and finished his education at Fairmont, West Virginia, at the State Normal, after which he entered the Mountain State Business College, from which he graduated. He then entered the law offices of Hon. Bernard L. Butcher in Fairmont. Subsequently he engaged in the hotel business, conducting Skinner's Tavern in Fairmont. He then removed to Mannington and there with Charles L. Dye as his partner is successfully conducting what is known as the Virginia Wholesale Liquor House. They also are the owners and developers of gas and oil properties in the Mannington district. Mr. Taylor owns a farm in the suburbs of Mannington, which is devoted to poultry and swine breeding, to which he gives his personal attention and is making a marked success of the work. In politics he votes for men and not for party. He is unmarried, and known as a very energetic young man of public spirit. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Marion County WV, #16562 William H. Taylor died Nov. 22, 1953 at age 72 in Fairmont WV Residence: 734 Gaston Avenue, Fairmont Date of birth: Sept 11, 1881 Birthplace: Pittston, Pa Marital-status: Single Cause: Coronary Thrombosis Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------