The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23

honorable man. there was none to exceed
',ti,,: as an officer (he was upwards OF
fifty years clerk of the court of the co,in-
Is In which he lived). lie, was nssltluous
4 and corrcct In the discharge OF his duties,
and. rs husband father. MASTER and
neighbor liz was affectIonatc, tender. hui
mano and kind.
In the year 1T65. when q young man, u
he WIS elected TO The Assembly OF vir-l
Elnla. and was ono or those who sup,
ported the resolutions brought forward by
Patrick Henry against the assumed power
OF the British Parliament to tax The
three colonies without their consent. and
It Is believed that he is the last of
those pntrict!c men who constituted the
majority upon that occasion. He cons
4tlnucd during the revolution tho same
warm, steady patriot md not only suffer.
Cd With 3checrfulness the privations ana
harlships peculiar to tho struggle, but
actively cxerted himself to Insure suc-
cess to tho cause OF Independence. He
las left an aged widow and a numerous
ioffsptlng to lament his loss by whom his
memory Will be tcnderly cherished as
long as heyacstee,n virtue, pure n,orai.ty.
and unaffected EpietS 10 de the peri ection
OF the ll,itnl,, race. His countrynlcn,i
most nfwhotn from his age, revercnccd
Z him as a father, and his numerous T riends
aud acquaintnnces viii long RENE tn Der
his WORTH and lis to be hoped that
the bright example which ho has left
them Will cause {. many to initiate his
virtues. ajs@ sa5ti
William and Martha (,valler> Taylor
had eleven children:
1. Benjamin, who never married
2. Daniel. who married Elizabeth Hin
ton on May ~ l7a2, Their children y, 81 we're
William, lieutenant U. S, n. lie was
presented blythe State OF Virginia with
a sword for Ills Eallnntry III the war Of
1872. Alice Littlepa &c, who married Cap
tnin Sylvanus Ingram Of Lunenburg.s
She was Tie mother OF Or. Litn epage
ingram, and grandmother Of Judge Henry
ingram and DR.. Lawrence Ingram. of
Manchester. Martha Waller; Edwarti;
Robert; John James, who married In
1Sol Sarah Ann, daughter of DaNd.
Walker, and had Issue. Eliza Stant1eld,
who married Robert E. Meade. Of Bruns-
wick, and DIR. r. James Taylor. l.H
s. Richard.
Lampkin. He was n member OF the
House OF Delegat ties from Lunenburg In
lS10.
s. John. married and removed TO
Florida. Had issue: Virginia, who mar
ricd Captain Whitaker; Eliza, who mar
ried Colonel Brad ford; BENJAMIN Waller,
aud DR.. Litueton Taylor, who married
Miss Cralle. OF Lunenburg,
6. THOMAS, married Martha Gregory.
Their children were: Emily Francis. who
married Captain Robert Wilson Bragg.
the largest lard owner in South siaet
Virginia y; Martha Waller. who married
william III. Pettus: William Lewis, who
married Sallie Gregory; Thomas Jeffer-a
son, who married Rosa Speed & Louisa,
who married Joseph Jones; John, who
married Ann Young: Waller, who died
single; Adalcna, who died at the age
OF twelve years
the Twentieth Infantry, U. s. A., March
Il. 1872: major of Twentieth Infantry
March g. 1873; lieutenant colonel Thir-
teenth Infantry July H., 1914 He died
unmarried September ol 1914. He dfstin
guished himself IN the War OF 1872, par
ticua,ly at the battle Of Lundy's Lane
S. Waller. He was member of the
Virginia House Of Delegates from LII
nenburg countybin 1899 and 1900. He was
appointed U. 8. judge for "lnonina Ter
,tory'.s in 1885, and remained on the
bench until 1871, " h en- he became a volun-
teer aide on the staff Of General F1ar-
rlson, with the raj nix OF major. He served /
with distinguished galantry ct 'rlppec canoe
and was h sent to- w ashngton with the
dispatches announcing the victory. He
served again}under Harrison in the next
ca mpaign. He then returned to his civil
duties and discharged them until the
State OF Indiana was organized. when
he was elected u. S. senator serving
from December II, 1876, to March 3, 1s225.
He was man Of high literary tain
merts and died unmarried August 26,
1926, In the fifty-first year Of his &c.
The Richmond Enquirer Of September
S, 1926 contains the following obltuary:
departed this life at the residence &of
Mrs, Martha Waller Taylor. his mother,
IN Luncnburg county. on the 18th OF Aug
ust, 1926, General Waller Taylor. late
senator of the United States In the
fifty-frst year of his age. General Tay-
Tor was elected a member Of the Cen
eral Assembly Of Virginia, the sessions
Of 1890 and 1900, from the county OF
Lunenburg. He was appointed a judge
or the Territory Of Indiana, soon after
the organization Of that Territory, and
discharged the arduous duties of that
station until the fall OF the year 1911.
when he volunteered as aide to General
Harrison in the expedition against the
Indians. At the battle OF Tippecanoe he
sdgnalized himself by his ,valor. 2 n aving
a horse shot dead under him and an
other wounded, besides receiving several
tn,ullet holes through his clothes. H was
again with General Harrison in his next
campaign against the Northern Indians
towards the lakes, and rendered con-
siderable service In that expedition. lie
returned with the army to aYincennes. and
continued to discharge civil duties until
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