page_title: Henry Augustine Tayloe
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Augustine Tayloe
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context_page_description: Henry Augustine Tayloe was an American planter, horse breeder and land speculator during the 19th century. He was in part named for his uncle, Capt William Augustine Washington, son of Augustine Washington Jr. and Anne Aylett, nephew of George Washington. He founded the Fair Grounds Race Course in 1838 with Bernard de Marigny, pioneered cotton planting in the Canebrake and built St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He was the youngest son of John Tayloe III and served as his brother's agents in the Canebrake later founding Faunsdale, Alabama.
context_section_description: Henry Augustine Tayloe (April 8, 1808 – July 15, 1903) was an American planter, horse breeder and land speculator during the 19th century. He was in part named for his uncle, Capt William Augustine Washington, son of Augustine Washington Jr. and Anne Aylett, nephew of George Washington. He founded the Fair Grounds Race Course in 1838 with Bernard de Marigny, pioneered cotton planting in the Canebrake (region of Alabama) and built St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He was the youngest son of John Tayloe III and served as his brother's agents in the Canebrake (region of Alabama) later founding Faunsdale, Alabama.
caption: Henry Augustine Tayloe I, son of John Tayloe III
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