1830 – born Paris, Bourbon County, KY
graduate of Hanover College, Indiana
1850 – Census Montgomery Co, IN with parents Rev. Samuel & Hannah (Crawford) Taylor
1853 – Accepted at Princeton on certificate from New Albany Theological Seminary,
1854 – Batesville, Arkansas
1855 – ordained in Texas; father dies
1857 – Constantine, Michigan
1858 – Vernon, IN – Presbyterian Minister
1859 – Vernon, IN
1859 – Synod of Texas w/father & b-in-law Wm. C. Rice
1860 – June 25 – stated supply for Macomb, Illinois; resigned by end of year for health reasons
1861 – Scipio Church, Indiana
1862 – Sept 1 – mustered in as Chaplain of 78th Illinois Infantry; single
1863 – counsel for 2 men hanged as spies
1863 – July 8 – resigned from Infantry
1866 – 19 Dec died in Vernon, IL or IN?
widow’s CW pension suggests he married between 1862-1866