Veteran of the Civil War. He was the Postmaster in Cincinatti for 4 years in the 1830s. His first wife as his second cousin , who was a daughter of President William Henry Harrison. Prior to his death he spent 17 years as State Librarian in Minnesota

William Henry Harrison Taylor.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 30. -

Colonel William Henry Harrison Taylor, for the past seventeen years State Librarian of Minnesota, died this morning after an illness of five or six months. His first wife was his second cousin, a daughter of President William Henry Harrison, whose private secretary while President was Colonel Taylor. In the '30s he was for four years postmaster at Cincinnati. His wife died in 1865. In 1879 he married Miss Cecilia C. Anderson, a daughter of Benjamin Cilley, of Ohio. Colonel Taylor was one of the oldest State Librarians in the United States.

Daily Inter Ocean; Chicago, Illinois.
January 31, 1894; Page Eight.nnesota.∼COL.W. H. H. TAYLOR DEAD.
THE VETERAN LIBRARIAN PASSES AWAY AT HIS HOME
AFTER AN ILLNESS OF MONTHS
His Death a Great Loss to the State—Related to the Distinguished Harrison Family—Honored by Gen. Grant— His Career Since He Has Lived in Minnesota.
Col. William Henry Harrison Taylor, for the past seventeen years state librarian of Minnesota, died at his home, 71 Iglehart street, at a few minutes after 1 o'clock this morning. Col. Taylor had been ill for the past five or six months, his illness resulting from a general breaking down because of old age. The veteran librarian was one of Minnesota's brightest men, and was an authority on all matters of a historical nature. Col. Taylor was related to the famous Harrison family, two members of which have occupied the president's chair. He was born at Richmond, Va., Nov. 28, 1813, and was educated in his native city, where his father, Thomas Taylor, was a prosperous merchant. He was for a while after leaving school clerk in a store, and then was interested in coal mining. While still a young man, in 1835, we went to Cincinnati, where he was postmaster for four years. Afterward he spent some years on a farm at North Bend, 0., the home of his uncle, Gen. William Henry Harrison. At the beginning, of the war he raised the Fifth regiment, Ohio volunteer cavalry, of which he was made colonel. The regiment became one of the finest in the service. President Grant made him president of the Tennessee military commission, and later on Gen. W. T. Sherman, who was his warm personal friend, offered Col. Taylor the position of judge advocate on his staff. The appointment was declined.
Coming to Minnesota in 1867, in search of health, Col. Taylor followed the occupation of a farmer in Hennepin county until 1877. In that year Gov. Pillsbury appointed him as state librarian, and in that position he continued till the time of his death. During the years of his service as librarian the state library had a steady and a healthy growth. By his uniform courtesy and gentlemanly bearing Col. Taylor won the respect and love of the entire bench and bar. Stehhen [sic] B. Griswold, of New York, shared with Minnesota's librarian the distinction of being the oldest in the United States.
In 1836 Col. Taylor was married to his second cousin, Miss Anna T. Harrison, daughter of Gen. William Henry Harrison. Twelve children were born to them; ten of these survive, and most of them were present at their father's death bed. His first wife died in 1865, and in November, 1879, he married Mrs. Cecelia C. Anderson, a daughter of Benjamin Cilley, of Ohio, and widow of Samuel K. Anderson, of St. Louis. Col. Taylor was for years a member of the House of Hope Presbyterian church.
Source: The Saint Paul Globe, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 30 Jan 1894, Page 1

TAYLOR FAREWELL.
Buried With Distinguished Honors.
The funeral of the late Col. W. H. H. Taylor was held at the House of Hope church yesterday afternoon. The funeral was of a military character, and under the auspices of Acker post, G. A. R., assisted by the three other G. A. R. organizations. Company H, of the National Guard, under command of Capt. Monfort, acted as an escort of honor and accompanied the remains to Oakland cemetery, where the usual military salute was fired over the grave. Rev. Dr. Egbert read the funeral service to a gathering of friends and acquaintances which completely filled the church.
The active pallbearers, selected from the members of Camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, were: E. H. Milham, E. S. Oakes, J. P. Porter, A.T. Spicer, A. L. Bowker and G. W. Harding.
The honorary pallbearers were: Gen. R. W. Johnson, H. Knox Taylor, Judge William Mitchell, Gov. Knute Nelson, Col. J. H. Davidson, and T. W. Teasdale.
Source: The Saint Paul Globe, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2 Feb 1894, Page 2

William H. H. Taylor, was joined the Union Army on 8/26/1861 as a Colonel. On 10/17/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff OH 5th Cavalry. He Resigned on 8/11/1863.
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