His nickname was 'Cellous' or Selous. Also spelled as Cellous, Selous, Silas, Selons. Jefferson Bee Obituary: Selous Taylor, died on Friday morning, November 1, 1901, by accident. Aged 32 years, six months and 7 days.
No accident could be sadder than the one by which Selous Taylor was snatched from the arms of a loving wife and infant son last Friday. In the morning he set out full of energy and hope to labor for those whom he loved, and in the evening he was brought home to them enshrouded in the dread trappings of death. And the manner of his going--that was the saddest part of all--without the space to say one good by or breathe a little prayer.
He died in the direct line of duty, and no finer requiem than that may be said over any one of us. Employed to dig a trench which should permit the laying of a drain from the new BEE building to connect with the Cherry street sewer, he was caught by the sudden fall of a great piece of the earth which forms the top crust of Cherry street, packed almost as hard as stone, and in the twinkling of an eye the very life and breath were gone from him forever. There was no pain--probably hardly the consciousness of disaster. It was annihilation on the instant, and for this merciful freedom from suffering family and friends and all who knew brave young Selous Taylor are profoundly grateful.
(George Marcellous) Selous Taylor was born 24 April 1869, on the old Kennett farm in Bristol township, his parents being George and Sarah Elizabeth Taylor. He spent his entire life in Greene county. His father died about 20 years ago, and his mother later married Erasmus Hanson of Scranton, but about 4 years ago she went to a better country after long illness and suffering. Two years ago Selous married Edith Tiffany, the loving wife who, with the infant son is left to mourn the kind father gone. He also leaves one sister, Mrs WL (Rosa) Wright, of this city, and a number of half brothers and sisters of the Hanson name, together with many other relatives, to sorrow for him. Selous was an industrious, honorable young man, a staunch friend, and a kind considerate man in his home.
The funeral occured from the Christian church at 2:30 pm on Sunday, and was very largely attended. The members of the Local Labor Union, of which deceased was an honored member, attended in a body, and contributed a handsome floral piece in the the shape of a pillow of white flowers with the letters AF of L in purple thereon. The sermon was by Rev Williams and was a very eloquent and able memorial, full of comfort and sympathy for those bereaved and of counsel to all men to prepare themselves against the day which is surely coming, and which has already come to poor Selous Taylor. This interment was in the city cemetery.
Contributor: Dennis Bell (46924338) •
No accident could be sadder than the one by which Selous Taylor was snatched from the arms of a loving wife and infant son last Friday. In the morning he set out full of energy and hope to labor for those whom he loved, and in the evening he was brought home to them enshrouded in the dread trappings of death. And the manner of his going--that was the saddest part of all--without the space to say one good by or breathe a little prayer.
He died in the direct line of duty, and no finer requiem than that may be said over any one of us. Employed to dig a trench which should permit the laying of a drain from the new BEE building to connect with the Cherry street sewer, he was caught by the sudden fall of a great piece of the earth which forms the top crust of Cherry street, packed almost as hard as stone, and in the twinkling of an eye the very life and breath were gone from him forever. There was no pain--probably hardly the consciousness of disaster. It was annihilation on the instant, and for this merciful freedom from suffering family and friends and all who knew brave young Selous Taylor are profoundly grateful.
(George Marcellous) Selous Taylor was born 24 April 1869, on the old Kennett farm in Bristol township, his parents being George and Sarah Elizabeth Taylor. He spent his entire life in Greene county. His father died about 20 years ago, and his mother later married Erasmus Hanson of Scranton, but about 4 years ago she went to a better country after long illness and suffering. Two years ago Selous married Edith Tiffany, the loving wife who, with the infant son is left to mourn the kind father gone. He also leaves one sister, Mrs WL (Rosa) Wright, of this city, and a number of half brothers and sisters of the Hanson name, together with many other relatives, to sorrow for him. Selous was an industrious, honorable young man, a staunch friend, and a kind considerate man in his home.
The funeral occured from the Christian church at 2:30 pm on Sunday, and was very largely attended. The members of the Local Labor Union, of which deceased was an honored member, attended in a body, and contributed a handsome floral piece in the the shape of a pillow of white flowers with the letters AF of L in purple thereon. The sermon was by Rev Williams and was a very eloquent and able memorial, full of comfort and sympathy for those bereaved and of counsel to all men to prepare themselves against the day which is surely coming, and which has already come to poor Selous Taylor. This interment was in the city cemetery.
Contributor: Dennis Bell (46924338) •
His nickname was 'Cellous' or Selous. Also spelled as Cellous, Selous, Silas, Selons. Jefferson Bee Obituary: Selous Taylor, died on Friday morning, November 1, 1901, by accident. Aged 32 years, six months and 7 days.
No accident could be sadder than the one by which Selous Taylor was snatched from the arms of a loving wife and infant son last Friday. In the morning he set out full of energy and hope to labor for those whom he loved, and in the evening he was brought home to them enshrouded in the dread trappings of death. And the manner of his going--that was the saddest part of all--without the space to say one good by or breathe a little prayer.
He died in the direct line of duty, and no finer requiem than that may be said over any one of us. Employed to dig a trench which should permit the laying of a drain from the new BEE building to connect with the Cherry street sewer, he was caught by the sudden fall of a great piece of the earth which forms the top crust of Cherry street, packed almost as hard as stone, and in the twinkling of an eye the very life and breath were gone from him forever. There was no pain--probably hardly the consciousness of disaster. It was annihilation on the instant, and for this merciful freedom from suffering family and friends and all who knew brave young Selous Taylor are profoundly grateful.
(George Marcellous) Selous Taylor was born 24 April 1869, on the old Kennett farm in Bristol township, his parents being George and Sarah Elizabeth Taylor. He spent his entire life in Greene county. His father died about 20 years ago, and his mother later married Erasmus Hanson of Scranton, but about 4 years ago she went to a better country after long illness and suffering. Two years ago Selous married Edith Tiffany, the loving wife who, with the infant son is left to mourn the kind father gone. He also leaves one sister, Mrs WL (Rosa) Wright, of this city, and a number of half brothers and sisters of the Hanson name, together with many other relatives, to sorrow for him. Selous was an industrious, honorable young man, a staunch friend, and a kind considerate man in his home.
The funeral occured from the Christian church at 2:30 pm on Sunday, and was very largely attended. The members of the Local Labor Union, of which deceased was an honored member, attended in a body, and contributed a handsome floral piece in the the shape of a pillow of white flowers with the letters AF of L in purple thereon. The sermon was by Rev Williams and was a very eloquent and able memorial, full of comfort and sympathy for those bereaved and of counsel to all men to prepare themselves against the day which is surely coming, and which has already come to poor Selous Taylor. This interment was in the city cemetery.
Contributor: Dennis Bell (46924338) •
No accident could be sadder than the one by which Selous Taylor was snatched from the arms of a loving wife and infant son last Friday. In the morning he set out full of energy and hope to labor for those whom he loved, and in the evening he was brought home to them enshrouded in the dread trappings of death. And the manner of his going--that was the saddest part of all--without the space to say one good by or breathe a little prayer.
He died in the direct line of duty, and no finer requiem than that may be said over any one of us. Employed to dig a trench which should permit the laying of a drain from the new BEE building to connect with the Cherry street sewer, he was caught by the sudden fall of a great piece of the earth which forms the top crust of Cherry street, packed almost as hard as stone, and in the twinkling of an eye the very life and breath were gone from him forever. There was no pain--probably hardly the consciousness of disaster. It was annihilation on the instant, and for this merciful freedom from suffering family and friends and all who knew brave young Selous Taylor are profoundly grateful.
(George Marcellous) Selous Taylor was born 24 April 1869, on the old Kennett farm in Bristol township, his parents being George and Sarah Elizabeth Taylor. He spent his entire life in Greene county. His father died about 20 years ago, and his mother later married Erasmus Hanson of Scranton, but about 4 years ago she went to a better country after long illness and suffering. Two years ago Selous married Edith Tiffany, the loving wife who, with the infant son is left to mourn the kind father gone. He also leaves one sister, Mrs WL (Rosa) Wright, of this city, and a number of half brothers and sisters of the Hanson name, together with many other relatives, to sorrow for him. Selous was an industrious, honorable young man, a staunch friend, and a kind considerate man in his home.
The funeral occured from the Christian church at 2:30 pm on Sunday, and was very largely attended. The members of the Local Labor Union, of which deceased was an honored member, attended in a body, and contributed a handsome floral piece in the the shape of a pillow of white flowers with the letters AF of L in purple thereon. The sermon was by Rev Williams and was a very eloquent and able memorial, full of comfort and sympathy for those bereaved and of counsel to all men to prepare themselves against the day which is surely coming, and which has already come to poor Selous Taylor. This interment was in the city cemetery.
Contributor: Dennis Bell (46924338) •
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