The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-27
DEATH OF JUDGE
VIM. R. TAYLOR.
One Of Farmington's Most Prominent
Citizens Passes Away at Ripe
Old Age

our olueSI ana most prominent ell
zens. died at his home in Farming.
ton Wednesday morning, August
&c, 1903, ut ; O'Clock, after nm ILL.,
ness of two weeks, of disintregatiOn
of the arteries, in the S0th year of
his age. lie was born in St.
Charles county, Mo-, November I,
1923. He was II son of Roger Tay.
lOr and Il grandson of Commodore
Richard Taylor of the colonial navy
Of Virginia, the latter being AN
uncle of Gen. Xachnrah Taylor.
Judge Taylor's father was married
in Kentucky in 1901, came 10 Mis-
souri, in 1878 and settled in st.
| Charles county, afterwards rcmOy-
ing to Warren county, where he
died in 1872. His wife died in
| 1871. TO Them were born twelve
children, of whom Judge Taylor
was next the youngest, and the last
Of TIE family.
At the age of thin teen years Judge
Taylor left home and went to Pitts
field, Ill.,, to learn the saddle and
harness trade, finishing his appeu.
ticeship in three years and return.
ing home. After the death Of III.
father he came to Pennington and
began clerking for the late Milton
i. CaycG. In lSl5 hr was appoint
ed deputy county clerk, aud in 1919
went to California. In 1891 he re.
turned to Pennington and was
again appointed deputy clerk In
1889 he was elected clerk of the
circuit and county courts. hut was
turned out in 1850 by the Dust
ing ordinance of the constitutional
convention. He was afterwards
re elected county clerk and served
four years. In 1871 be was nd
mittcd to the bar, and subScQuout-
Iy served four years rs Judge OF
the probate court. He afterwards |
engaged in the practice OF law,
farming and the development Of |
the lead resources of the county. |
He was the dlscoycrcr Of the Doe |
Run lead mines, aud afterwards |
founded the town of Lcadyillc aud |
opened up mine and erected n |
concentrating plant at Taylor
Place. He sold his interest in the
Lead Belt district, consisting Of
large tract Of land, to the National
Lead Company, realizing Il hand
some fortune from the sale.
In 1860 he married Miss Susan
q. Peers, daughter Of the late John
ID. and katherine Cole Peers. To
them four children were born
Roger Peers Taylor Of this place
Mary f., Miss Ncllie), now in
London; Birdie Mrs. John Dry
den of Chicago, and William Il. |
Jr. The children we're ali at home
except Miss Nellie at the time Of
his death.
Judge TAYLOR was Il man of Ster-
ling, upright character, lovingly |
devoted to his family, II consistent
of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church, and II true friend. He
was an enterprisiug aud public
spirited citizen, and has done much
for The advancement and develop.
mcnt Of the resources of st. Fran.
,ois county, and of him it may be
said that he made two blades of
grass to grow where only one grew
before lie is Il man who will be
missed and whose place will be hard
% fill in our community. His de-.
voted aud beloved wife and children
nave the sincere sympathy of II
vide circle of friends in the great
orrow that has fallen into their
ives.
The funeral will take place from
he Presbyterian Church this !
Thursday afternoon.at o'clock. I