FREDERICK'S TAYLOR.
The subject of this sketch was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on December
16, 1847. His father, Tazewell Taylor, died October 22, 1875, aged
sixty-six years, was the son of James Taylor, whose father was John
Taylor, merchant of Norfolk, descendant of a Scottish family of Taylors.
His mother, living now in Norfolk, is Anna Robinson Taylor, daughter
of William Dickson. His wife, whom he married in Fauquier county,
Virginia, November 12, 1873, was Bessie P. Taylor, of Fauquier county,
and their children are three sons and one daughter. Tazewell, Brooke,
Southgate, Anna R.
Mr. Taylor was educated in Norfolk and Baltimore up to 1866, when
he entered William and Mary College. After leaving college he went to
the University of Virginia, and in 1870 read law in his father's office,
but has never practiced.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits for a short time, and after his
father's death managed his and other estates. Since 1879 he has been
secretary and treasurer of the Norfolk and Ocean View R. R. In public
life he has been a member of the Council of the City of Norfolk, and president
of both branches of same. In 1873-4-5 he was a member of the
Virginia legislature.
