Facts: - party: democratic - predecessor: none - birth date: october 18 , 1804 - branch: united states , illinois militia - resting place: rosehill cemetery , chicago - order: vice illinois house of representatives of the illinois state senate member of the - death date: december 4 , 1891 - spouse: margaret taylor - office: u.s. receiver of public moneys at chicago - term end: 1839 1835 - name: edmund dick taylor - death place: chicago , illinois - birth place: lunenburg , virginia - term: 1832 -- 1834 1830 -- 1832 - successor: eli s. prescott job fletcher - thumb||caption: '' father of the greenback '' - occupation: entrepreneur - battles: black hawk war winnebago war - children: john , elizabeth j. taylor , ella f. taylor , margaret taylor taylor , and others . , charles taylor , william w. taylor - term start: 1835 1834 - image: edmunddicktaylor.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edmund dick taylor .
colonel edmund dick taylor -lrb- october 18 , 1804 - december 4 , 1891 -rrb- was an american businessman , politician , and soldier from illinois .he is remembered as the first person to suggest that the united states should issue paper currency -lrb- '' greenbacks '' -rrb- during the american civil war .