Evening capital., 1907-01-24

0Onh ~ AN A0As OAt VI tit O10tSb
and most highly respected citizens of
Annapolis, died this morning at ten
minutes after II o'clock at the resi-
dence of his son, Mr.. John X. Tay-
lor, on Duke of Gloucester street.
Had he lived until April 16, Mr..
Taylor would have been SO years old.
Death was probably due TO old
age, although the deceased was active
for his years and was /. in the posses
sion of all his faculties. He has been
somewhat indisposed the past three
days, being susceptible to the sud
den and severe changes of the wealth
er, but was able to be about the
house and came downstairs to his
breakfast this morning, after which
he laid down on the couch in the
diningroom and shortly expired.
- Mr.. Taylor was born on April l6,
1918, in the old Carroll property,
where the Redempto~ist Fathers first
had their home. lie was the son of
the late James and Alice Taylor. His
only home vas in Annapolis, having
spent nearly the entire four-score and
nine years here, and being away only
at brief intervals he established n
home nowhere else. lie was educated
first at the private school of Alexan-
der Cowen, on Prince George street,
and later at the public school for
boys on Green street, n small build
ing long since destroyed, that was
built Of bricks burnt on the lot back
of st. Johns College, the old Pres
byterian Church, formerly the second
theatre in America, being built of
the same kind of brick.
From this school Mr.. Taylor gradu-
ated into McNier's printing Office,
where he served his apprenticeship.
AT eigteen years of age he was fore
man. Later he reported on the Balti-
more American, and in 1912 he and
Mr.. Frank Daley established the
Democratic Star, a weekly, in an
Office where the Arundel Building is
now. The politics of tthe paper was
Democratic. After the paper was
suspended. Mr.. Taylor returned to
journalism, which he accepted as
profession, reporting and acting as
correspondent for many out-of-town
newspapers.
Among the out-of-town papers for
which he acted as Correspondent was
the Baltimore Clipper, published by
Bull q Tuttle. He also reported for
the Sun, American and county pa
pers.
He was made justice of the peace
by Governor Francis Thomas, of Fred
erick county. In 1874 Mr.. Taylor
married Miss Helen Cowan, daughter
of his schoolmaster. She died six
years after marriage, and in 1852 he
married Miss Mary Lueretia Hoyt
Wilcox, of Connecticut, whose death
occurred in this city some years ago.
BY this union there were three
daughters Mrs. Annie Carr, of Balti-
more; Mary Alice and Marcia, who
died while principal of the Annapolis
Female Public School. There were
also three sons, John r. Taylor. of
this city, with whom Mr.. Taylor re-
sided; Louis A. Taylor, of Baltimore,
and William Taylor, deceased. Mr..
Taylor has hsld several public offices,
among them clerk to the Corporation
from 1858 whenever his party was
in power until within recent date.
Mr.. Taylor was also clerk to the
County School Board, and for a num-
ber of years trustee of the Annapo
lis public schools. From 1866 to 1878
he was Collector of Customs for the
district of Annapolis, which position
he resigned in the latter year. From
1888 to 1887 he was a clerk in the
Internal Revenue Office under Collec-
tor /. Henry SelIman. In 1889 he
was appointed a police justice for
the City of Annapolis, and served
therein during the last two years of
Governor Lowndes' administration.
Prior to the Civil War Mr.. Taylor was
a Democrat, but when the telegram
came announcing that Fort Sumpter
had been fired upon, he changed his
political complexion. lie had staunch
and influential friends in both polit-
ical parties.
Mr.. Taylor "reminiscences were
many and interesting. He was a re-
porter in the House Of Delegates when
the public reception was rendered
Louis Kossuth, the great Polish lead
er. He also vividly recalled the visit
of General Lafayette to Annapolis in
1926, when he was a boy of six or
seven years, and the magnificent page
ant of the distinguished officers en-
try into the city by way of West
street, the parade from there to the
old State House and the exercises at
st. Johns College green.
Mr.. Taylor numbered among his
personal friends the most prominent
and learned men of this day, as well
as those who have long since passed
TO the Great Beyond. lie possessed n
bright mind, a splendid memory
and was an interesting and entertain
ing conversationalist. He was sub.