Husband of Eleanora Hulsart, per death certificate
Son of Nathaniel Terry (b. Deerfield, Mass.) and Laura W. Winchell (b. Saugerfield, NY), per death certificate
Merchant, Taylor Wolfanden Co., per death certificate
***
FRANK DWIGHT TAYLOR. No biographical record in this volume illustrates more clearly the fact that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously than does that of Frank Dwight Taylor. The attainment of prosperity was but one end and aim of his life. Various other interests have benefited equally by his energy, his sound judgment and his contagious enthusiasm. There is no citizen in all Detroit to whom the Young Men’s Christian Association is more largely indebted than to him, and those who knew him from his boyhood to his death recognized the fact that humanitarianism was ever one of the strongest traits of his character.
Michigan is proud to claim him as a native son. He was born at Dryden, this state, June 11, 1842, his parents being Nathaniel T. and Laura N. (Winchell) Taylor. He was descended from English ancestry, the progenitor of the family in America being the Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1662 braved the danger of a long ocean voyage at that period and became a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, afterward removing to Westfield in the same state, where he spent his remaining days. He was a dissenting clergyman in his native land and was one of the first representatives of his denominational faith in the New England colonies, where it is said “be attained to marked prominence and influence and where his name is held in lasting honor.”
The grandfather of Frank D. Taylor was the Rev. John Taylor, who removed from Massachusetts to Michigan, establishing his home in Macomb county in 1832, several years before the state was admitted to the Union. He was one of the pioneer representatives of the Congregational clergy in Michigan and was the founder of the Congregational Academy at Romeo. His son, Nathaniel T. Taylor, removed in 1848 from Dryden, Lapeer county, to Detroit, and in 1850, attracted by conditions brought about in California through the discovery of gold, he made his way to the Pacific coast and in that state established a general store, which he conducted until 1852, when he became a victim of the widespread cholera epidemic. His wife survived him for a number of years. They had a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom have passed away.
Frank Dwight Taylor was a resident of Detroit from the sixth year of his age to the time of his death on March 12, 1920. His educational opportunities were limited to six years’ attendance at the public schools of this city and then at the age of twelve he began providing for his own support by becoming an employe in the tea and coffee house of L. F. Harter. His identification with the dry goods trade began in 1860, when he secured a position with the firm of Farrell & Brother, with whom he remained until 1867. He was next with Newcomb, Endicott & Company until 1880 and associated with J. B. Woolfenden, he then organized the dry goods firm of Taylor, Woolfenden & Company, which in 1894 was incorporated under the name of The Taylor-Woolfenden Company and so conducted until 1909. In the latter year it was consolidated with the house of William H. Elliott & Company and the firm name of Elliott, Taylor & Woolfenden Company was assumed. Mr. Taylor was chosen the president of the new concern and so continued until 1913, when he retired from that office but remained with the house as a director. The firm with which he was connected maintained the highest standards in the personnel of the house, in the treatment accorded patrons and in the line of goods carried.
On the 21st of February, 1866, in Detroit, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe E. Shourds, daughter of James Shourds, of Rochester, New York. She passed away at the summer home of the family at Orchard Lake in 1885 and is survived by three children: Florence G., of Detroit; Harriet, the wife of Bertrand S. Summers, of Port Huron; and Mabel, the wife of Clarence S. Fleming, of Pasadena, California. On the 27th of May, 1890, Mr. Taylor married Mrs. Eleanora H. Snover of Detroit.
Mr. Taylor belonged to the Detroit Boat Club. In hi political views he was independent and the nature and extent of his interests were further indicated in the fact that he was a member of the Pioneer Society, a member of the Archaeological Society, of which he was president at the time of his demise, the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he was an ex-president, and of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of which he was honorary president. He was also a member of the New England Society of Detroit, and the Detroit Chamber of Commerce. His religious faith was that of the Congregational church and he was always untiring in his activity to promote the principles of Christianity. His chief work, perhaps, was in connection with the Detroit Young Men’s Christian Association, of which he was a member for fifty-five years and of which for many years he was president. He has written a comprehensive history of the Association in Detroit and there is no one in the city who was more closely associated with the work_of the organization or for a longer period. A most interesting article was published in October, 1919, concerning the thirteenth international convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association, which was held in Detroit in 1868, and over which Frank D. Taylor presided at the opening session as the president of the Detroit organization. He assisted in founding the Association in the city in 1864 and four years later war work was a large feature of the international convention here. Again this subject was the prominent one at the convention in 1919. Starting out in life for himself with but limited educational opportunities and no financial advantages, yet with an ancestry back of him that gave to him strong intellectual powers and a natural refinement, Frank Dwight Taylor steadily progressed along the lines that build character. Without thought of fame or position he used his opportunities to assist his fellowmen and aid in the upbuilding of the city. His position in public regard was indicated when on the evening of April 12, 1910, the most prominent business men of Detroit gathered at the Hotel Ponchartrain and extended to Mr. Taylor a complimentary dinner "marking his successful completion of a half century in business.” When he passed away on March 12, 1920, his loss was mourned by a host of friends and a large circle of acquaintances.
The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. 4, pp 712-715
Son of Nathaniel Terry (b. Deerfield, Mass.) and Laura W. Winchell (b. Saugerfield, NY), per death certificate
Merchant, Taylor Wolfanden Co., per death certificate
***
FRANK DWIGHT TAYLOR. No biographical record in this volume illustrates more clearly the fact that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously than does that of Frank Dwight Taylor. The attainment of prosperity was but one end and aim of his life. Various other interests have benefited equally by his energy, his sound judgment and his contagious enthusiasm. There is no citizen in all Detroit to whom the Young Men’s Christian Association is more largely indebted than to him, and those who knew him from his boyhood to his death recognized the fact that humanitarianism was ever one of the strongest traits of his character.
Michigan is proud to claim him as a native son. He was born at Dryden, this state, June 11, 1842, his parents being Nathaniel T. and Laura N. (Winchell) Taylor. He was descended from English ancestry, the progenitor of the family in America being the Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1662 braved the danger of a long ocean voyage at that period and became a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, afterward removing to Westfield in the same state, where he spent his remaining days. He was a dissenting clergyman in his native land and was one of the first representatives of his denominational faith in the New England colonies, where it is said “be attained to marked prominence and influence and where his name is held in lasting honor.”
The grandfather of Frank D. Taylor was the Rev. John Taylor, who removed from Massachusetts to Michigan, establishing his home in Macomb county in 1832, several years before the state was admitted to the Union. He was one of the pioneer representatives of the Congregational clergy in Michigan and was the founder of the Congregational Academy at Romeo. His son, Nathaniel T. Taylor, removed in 1848 from Dryden, Lapeer county, to Detroit, and in 1850, attracted by conditions brought about in California through the discovery of gold, he made his way to the Pacific coast and in that state established a general store, which he conducted until 1852, when he became a victim of the widespread cholera epidemic. His wife survived him for a number of years. They had a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom have passed away.
Frank Dwight Taylor was a resident of Detroit from the sixth year of his age to the time of his death on March 12, 1920. His educational opportunities were limited to six years’ attendance at the public schools of this city and then at the age of twelve he began providing for his own support by becoming an employe in the tea and coffee house of L. F. Harter. His identification with the dry goods trade began in 1860, when he secured a position with the firm of Farrell & Brother, with whom he remained until 1867. He was next with Newcomb, Endicott & Company until 1880 and associated with J. B. Woolfenden, he then organized the dry goods firm of Taylor, Woolfenden & Company, which in 1894 was incorporated under the name of The Taylor-Woolfenden Company and so conducted until 1909. In the latter year it was consolidated with the house of William H. Elliott & Company and the firm name of Elliott, Taylor & Woolfenden Company was assumed. Mr. Taylor was chosen the president of the new concern and so continued until 1913, when he retired from that office but remained with the house as a director. The firm with which he was connected maintained the highest standards in the personnel of the house, in the treatment accorded patrons and in the line of goods carried.
On the 21st of February, 1866, in Detroit, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe E. Shourds, daughter of James Shourds, of Rochester, New York. She passed away at the summer home of the family at Orchard Lake in 1885 and is survived by three children: Florence G., of Detroit; Harriet, the wife of Bertrand S. Summers, of Port Huron; and Mabel, the wife of Clarence S. Fleming, of Pasadena, California. On the 27th of May, 1890, Mr. Taylor married Mrs. Eleanora H. Snover of Detroit.
Mr. Taylor belonged to the Detroit Boat Club. In hi political views he was independent and the nature and extent of his interests were further indicated in the fact that he was a member of the Pioneer Society, a member of the Archaeological Society, of which he was president at the time of his demise, the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he was an ex-president, and of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of which he was honorary president. He was also a member of the New England Society of Detroit, and the Detroit Chamber of Commerce. His religious faith was that of the Congregational church and he was always untiring in his activity to promote the principles of Christianity. His chief work, perhaps, was in connection with the Detroit Young Men’s Christian Association, of which he was a member for fifty-five years and of which for many years he was president. He has written a comprehensive history of the Association in Detroit and there is no one in the city who was more closely associated with the work_of the organization or for a longer period. A most interesting article was published in October, 1919, concerning the thirteenth international convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association, which was held in Detroit in 1868, and over which Frank D. Taylor presided at the opening session as the president of the Detroit organization. He assisted in founding the Association in the city in 1864 and four years later war work was a large feature of the international convention here. Again this subject was the prominent one at the convention in 1919. Starting out in life for himself with but limited educational opportunities and no financial advantages, yet with an ancestry back of him that gave to him strong intellectual powers and a natural refinement, Frank Dwight Taylor steadily progressed along the lines that build character. Without thought of fame or position he used his opportunities to assist his fellowmen and aid in the upbuilding of the city. His position in public regard was indicated when on the evening of April 12, 1910, the most prominent business men of Detroit gathered at the Hotel Ponchartrain and extended to Mr. Taylor a complimentary dinner "marking his successful completion of a half century in business.” When he passed away on March 12, 1920, his loss was mourned by a host of friends and a large circle of acquaintances.
The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. 4, pp 712-715
Husband of Eleanora Hulsart, per death certificate
Son of Nathaniel Terry (b. Deerfield, Mass.) and Laura W. Winchell (b. Saugerfield, NY), per death certificate
Merchant, Taylor Wolfanden Co., per death certificate
***
FRANK DWIGHT TAYLOR. No biographical record in this volume illustrates more clearly the fact that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously than does that of Frank Dwight Taylor. The attainment of prosperity was but one end and aim of his life. Various other interests have benefited equally by his energy, his sound judgment and his contagious enthusiasm. There is no citizen in all Detroit to whom the Young Men’s Christian Association is more largely indebted than to him, and those who knew him from his boyhood to his death recognized the fact that humanitarianism was ever one of the strongest traits of his character.
Michigan is proud to claim him as a native son. He was born at Dryden, this state, June 11, 1842, his parents being Nathaniel T. and Laura N. (Winchell) Taylor. He was descended from English ancestry, the progenitor of the family in America being the Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1662 braved the danger of a long ocean voyage at that period and became a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, afterward removing to Westfield in the same state, where he spent his remaining days. He was a dissenting clergyman in his native land and was one of the first representatives of his denominational faith in the New England colonies, where it is said “be attained to marked prominence and influence and where his name is held in lasting honor.”
The grandfather of Frank D. Taylor was the Rev. John Taylor, who removed from Massachusetts to Michigan, establishing his home in Macomb county in 1832, several years before the state was admitted to the Union. He was one of the pioneer representatives of the Congregational clergy in Michigan and was the founder of the Congregational Academy at Romeo. His son, Nathaniel T. Taylor, removed in 1848 from Dryden, Lapeer county, to Detroit, and in 1850, attracted by conditions brought about in California through the discovery of gold, he made his way to the Pacific coast and in that state established a general store, which he conducted until 1852, when he became a victim of the widespread cholera epidemic. His wife survived him for a number of years. They had a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom have passed away.
Frank Dwight Taylor was a resident of Detroit from the sixth year of his age to the time of his death on March 12, 1920. His educational opportunities were limited to six years’ attendance at the public schools of this city and then at the age of twelve he began providing for his own support by becoming an employe in the tea and coffee house of L. F. Harter. His identification with the dry goods trade began in 1860, when he secured a position with the firm of Farrell & Brother, with whom he remained until 1867. He was next with Newcomb, Endicott & Company until 1880 and associated with J. B. Woolfenden, he then organized the dry goods firm of Taylor, Woolfenden & Company, which in 1894 was incorporated under the name of The Taylor-Woolfenden Company and so conducted until 1909. In the latter year it was consolidated with the house of William H. Elliott & Company and the firm name of Elliott, Taylor & Woolfenden Company was assumed. Mr. Taylor was chosen the president of the new concern and so continued until 1913, when he retired from that office but remained with the house as a director. The firm with which he was connected maintained the highest standards in the personnel of the house, in the treatment accorded patrons and in the line of goods carried.
On the 21st of February, 1866, in Detroit, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe E. Shourds, daughter of James Shourds, of Rochester, New York. She passed away at the summer home of the family at Orchard Lake in 1885 and is survived by three children: Florence G., of Detroit; Harriet, the wife of Bertrand S. Summers, of Port Huron; and Mabel, the wife of Clarence S. Fleming, of Pasadena, California. On the 27th of May, 1890, Mr. Taylor married Mrs. Eleanora H. Snover of Detroit.
Mr. Taylor belonged to the Detroit Boat Club. In hi political views he was independent and the nature and extent of his interests were further indicated in the fact that he was a member of the Pioneer Society, a member of the Archaeological Society, of which he was president at the time of his demise, the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he was an ex-president, and of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of which he was honorary president. He was also a member of the New England Society of Detroit, and the Detroit Chamber of Commerce. His religious faith was that of the Congregational church and he was always untiring in his activity to promote the principles of Christianity. His chief work, perhaps, was in connection with the Detroit Young Men’s Christian Association, of which he was a member for fifty-five years and of which for many years he was president. He has written a comprehensive history of the Association in Detroit and there is no one in the city who was more closely associated with the work_of the organization or for a longer period. A most interesting article was published in October, 1919, concerning the thirteenth international convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association, which was held in Detroit in 1868, and over which Frank D. Taylor presided at the opening session as the president of the Detroit organization. He assisted in founding the Association in the city in 1864 and four years later war work was a large feature of the international convention here. Again this subject was the prominent one at the convention in 1919. Starting out in life for himself with but limited educational opportunities and no financial advantages, yet with an ancestry back of him that gave to him strong intellectual powers and a natural refinement, Frank Dwight Taylor steadily progressed along the lines that build character. Without thought of fame or position he used his opportunities to assist his fellowmen and aid in the upbuilding of the city. His position in public regard was indicated when on the evening of April 12, 1910, the most prominent business men of Detroit gathered at the Hotel Ponchartrain and extended to Mr. Taylor a complimentary dinner "marking his successful completion of a half century in business.” When he passed away on March 12, 1920, his loss was mourned by a host of friends and a large circle of acquaintances.
The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. 4, pp 712-715
Son of Nathaniel Terry (b. Deerfield, Mass.) and Laura W. Winchell (b. Saugerfield, NY), per death certificate
Merchant, Taylor Wolfanden Co., per death certificate
***
FRANK DWIGHT TAYLOR. No biographical record in this volume illustrates more clearly the fact that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously than does that of Frank Dwight Taylor. The attainment of prosperity was but one end and aim of his life. Various other interests have benefited equally by his energy, his sound judgment and his contagious enthusiasm. There is no citizen in all Detroit to whom the Young Men’s Christian Association is more largely indebted than to him, and those who knew him from his boyhood to his death recognized the fact that humanitarianism was ever one of the strongest traits of his character.
Michigan is proud to claim him as a native son. He was born at Dryden, this state, June 11, 1842, his parents being Nathaniel T. and Laura N. (Winchell) Taylor. He was descended from English ancestry, the progenitor of the family in America being the Rev. Edward Taylor, who in 1662 braved the danger of a long ocean voyage at that period and became a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, afterward removing to Westfield in the same state, where he spent his remaining days. He was a dissenting clergyman in his native land and was one of the first representatives of his denominational faith in the New England colonies, where it is said “be attained to marked prominence and influence and where his name is held in lasting honor.”
The grandfather of Frank D. Taylor was the Rev. John Taylor, who removed from Massachusetts to Michigan, establishing his home in Macomb county in 1832, several years before the state was admitted to the Union. He was one of the pioneer representatives of the Congregational clergy in Michigan and was the founder of the Congregational Academy at Romeo. His son, Nathaniel T. Taylor, removed in 1848 from Dryden, Lapeer county, to Detroit, and in 1850, attracted by conditions brought about in California through the discovery of gold, he made his way to the Pacific coast and in that state established a general store, which he conducted until 1852, when he became a victim of the widespread cholera epidemic. His wife survived him for a number of years. They had a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom have passed away.
Frank Dwight Taylor was a resident of Detroit from the sixth year of his age to the time of his death on March 12, 1920. His educational opportunities were limited to six years’ attendance at the public schools of this city and then at the age of twelve he began providing for his own support by becoming an employe in the tea and coffee house of L. F. Harter. His identification with the dry goods trade began in 1860, when he secured a position with the firm of Farrell & Brother, with whom he remained until 1867. He was next with Newcomb, Endicott & Company until 1880 and associated with J. B. Woolfenden, he then organized the dry goods firm of Taylor, Woolfenden & Company, which in 1894 was incorporated under the name of The Taylor-Woolfenden Company and so conducted until 1909. In the latter year it was consolidated with the house of William H. Elliott & Company and the firm name of Elliott, Taylor & Woolfenden Company was assumed. Mr. Taylor was chosen the president of the new concern and so continued until 1913, when he retired from that office but remained with the house as a director. The firm with which he was connected maintained the highest standards in the personnel of the house, in the treatment accorded patrons and in the line of goods carried.
On the 21st of February, 1866, in Detroit, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe E. Shourds, daughter of James Shourds, of Rochester, New York. She passed away at the summer home of the family at Orchard Lake in 1885 and is survived by three children: Florence G., of Detroit; Harriet, the wife of Bertrand S. Summers, of Port Huron; and Mabel, the wife of Clarence S. Fleming, of Pasadena, California. On the 27th of May, 1890, Mr. Taylor married Mrs. Eleanora H. Snover of Detroit.
Mr. Taylor belonged to the Detroit Boat Club. In hi political views he was independent and the nature and extent of his interests were further indicated in the fact that he was a member of the Pioneer Society, a member of the Archaeological Society, of which he was president at the time of his demise, the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he was an ex-president, and of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of which he was honorary president. He was also a member of the New England Society of Detroit, and the Detroit Chamber of Commerce. His religious faith was that of the Congregational church and he was always untiring in his activity to promote the principles of Christianity. His chief work, perhaps, was in connection with the Detroit Young Men’s Christian Association, of which he was a member for fifty-five years and of which for many years he was president. He has written a comprehensive history of the Association in Detroit and there is no one in the city who was more closely associated with the work_of the organization or for a longer period. A most interesting article was published in October, 1919, concerning the thirteenth international convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association, which was held in Detroit in 1868, and over which Frank D. Taylor presided at the opening session as the president of the Detroit organization. He assisted in founding the Association in the city in 1864 and four years later war work was a large feature of the international convention here. Again this subject was the prominent one at the convention in 1919. Starting out in life for himself with but limited educational opportunities and no financial advantages, yet with an ancestry back of him that gave to him strong intellectual powers and a natural refinement, Frank Dwight Taylor steadily progressed along the lines that build character. Without thought of fame or position he used his opportunities to assist his fellowmen and aid in the upbuilding of the city. His position in public regard was indicated when on the evening of April 12, 1910, the most prominent business men of Detroit gathered at the Hotel Ponchartrain and extended to Mr. Taylor a complimentary dinner "marking his successful completion of a half century in business.” When he passed away on March 12, 1920, his loss was mourned by a host of friends and a large circle of acquaintances.
The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. 4, pp 712-715
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