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Taylor, Joseph Hancock

soldier, was born Jan. 26, 1836, in Kentucky. In 1863 he was assigned to duty as assistant adjutant-general of the department at Washington. He was appointed a major on the staff in 1866; and was brevetted colonel for faithful services during the war. He died March 13, 1885, in Omaha, Neb.

Taylor, Joseph Pannel

soldier, was born May 4, 1796, in Louisville, Ky.

He entered the army in 1813; passed through all grades; and was commissioned a brigadier-general in 1863. He died June 29, 1864, in Washington, D. C.

TAYLOR, MRS. MARIE HANSEN, translator, was born June 2, 1829, in Germany. She zealously promoted her husband's, Bayard Taylor, literary career, and translated into German his Greece; Hannah Thurston (Hamburg); Story of Kennett (Gotha, 1868); Tales of Home; and Studies in German Literature.

Taylor, Marshall William

clergyman, author, was born July 1, 1846, in Lexington, Ky. He was a methodist clergyman of African descent in Kentucky; and the author of Handbook for Schools; and The Negro in Methodism. He died Sept. 11, 1887, in Louisville, Ky.

Taylor, Miles

congressman, was born in New York. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the thirtyfourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses; and withdrew in February, 1861.

Taylor, Moses

merchant, philanthropist, was born Jan. 11, 1806, in New York city. He was one of the originators of submarine telegraphy, and has been an active promoter of important railway lines. Among his charitable gifts was one of $250,000 in 1882 for a hospital for employes of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, and coal and iron companies at Scranton, Pa.

Taylor, Nelson

soldier, state senator, congressman, was born June 8, 1821, in South Norwalk, Conn. In 1849 he was elected to the state senate of California.

In 1861 he was mustered into military service as colonel of the seventy-second regiment of New York volunteers; and was promoted to the rank of brigadiergeneral in 1862. In 1864 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-ninth congress.

Taylor, Oliver Alden

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 18, 1801, in Yarmouth, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of Manchester, Mass.; and the author of Brief Views of the Savior; and Life of Jesus. He died Dec. 18, 1851, in Manchester, Mass.

Taylor, Richard

soldier, author, was born Jan. 27, 1826, in New Orleans, La. He was a confederate officer; and the author of Destruction and Reconstruction. He died April 12, 1879, in New York city.

Taylor, Richard Cowling

geologist, author, was born Jan. 18, 1789, in England. He was an English geologist who came to America in 1830, among whose publications are, Geology and Natural History of the Northeast Extremity of the Alleghany Mountains; History and Description of Fossil Fuel; and Statistics of Coal. He died Nov. 26, 1851, in England.

Taylor, Robert

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1825 to 1827.

Taylor, Robert Barraud

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born March 24, 1774, in Norfolk, Va. He was a member of the Virginia assembly in 1798-99. As a brigadier-general of Virginia militia he served in the defense of Norfolk in 1813-14. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1829-30, and judge of the general court of Virginia from 1831 till his death. He died April 13, 1834, in Norfolk, Va.

Taylor, Robert L

lawyer, congressman, was born July 31, 1850, in Hap-- py Valley, Tenn. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the fortysixth congress as a democrat.