CAPT. WASHINGTON TAYLOR. -
After a severe stroke of apoplexy, Capt. Washington Taylor died the following day, February 8, at his home in Norfolk, Va.
He was one of the best known residents of the city, prominent in all circles, and universally esteemed.
Capt. Taylor was born February 22, 1848, and when but fourteen years of age entered the Confederate army, August 3, 1862. He was appointed courier for the Provost Marshal in Petersburg, where he served till 1864, when he was appointed Adjutant of a battalion of local troops with the rank of Lieutenant, and served in Richmond under Maj. H.C.
Scott until paroled April 27, 1865.
After the war he entered the business life of his city, and in 1877 established the wholesale firm of Washington Taylor & Company, with which he was connected till death. He was always prominent in business circles, having been Treasurer of the old Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Trade and Business Men's Association.
He was married in 1879 to Miss Emily Herman Whitehead, who, with three children, survives him.
At the time of his death he was Quartermaster General of the Grand Camp of Virginia Confederate Veterans, having occupied this office continuously since it was created. He had served as Commander of Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Norfolk, and for many years was Chairman of the Executive Committee of that organization, always manifesting great interest in its welfare. He was a member of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues for many years, and acted as Commissary of Subsistence on the staff of the Fourth Virginia Regiment, being retired with the rank of Captain. Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 130.
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After a severe stroke of apoplexy, Capt. Washington Taylor died the following day, February 8, at his home in Norfolk, Va.
He was one of the best known residents of the city, prominent in all circles, and universally esteemed.
Capt. Taylor was born February 22, 1848, and when but fourteen years of age entered the Confederate army, August 3, 1862. He was appointed courier for the Provost Marshal in Petersburg, where he served till 1864, when he was appointed Adjutant of a battalion of local troops with the rank of Lieutenant, and served in Richmond under Maj. H.C.
Scott until paroled April 27, 1865.
After the war he entered the business life of his city, and in 1877 established the wholesale firm of Washington Taylor & Company, with which he was connected till death. He was always prominent in business circles, having been Treasurer of the old Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Trade and Business Men's Association.
He was married in 1879 to Miss Emily Herman Whitehead, who, with three children, survives him.
At the time of his death he was Quartermaster General of the Grand Camp of Virginia Confederate Veterans, having occupied this office continuously since it was created. He had served as Commander of Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Norfolk, and for many years was Chairman of the Executive Committee of that organization, always manifesting great interest in its welfare. He was a member of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues for many years, and acted as Commissary of Subsistence on the staff of the Fourth Virginia Regiment, being retired with the rank of Captain. Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 130.
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CAPT. WASHINGTON TAYLOR. -
After a severe stroke of apoplexy, Capt. Washington Taylor died the following day, February 8, at his home in Norfolk, Va.
He was one of the best known residents of the city, prominent in all circles, and universally esteemed.
Capt. Taylor was born February 22, 1848, and when but fourteen years of age entered the Confederate army, August 3, 1862. He was appointed courier for the Provost Marshal in Petersburg, where he served till 1864, when he was appointed Adjutant of a battalion of local troops with the rank of Lieutenant, and served in Richmond under Maj. H.C.
Scott until paroled April 27, 1865.
After the war he entered the business life of his city, and in 1877 established the wholesale firm of Washington Taylor & Company, with which he was connected till death. He was always prominent in business circles, having been Treasurer of the old Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Trade and Business Men's Association.
He was married in 1879 to Miss Emily Herman Whitehead, who, with three children, survives him.
At the time of his death he was Quartermaster General of the Grand Camp of Virginia Confederate Veterans, having occupied this office continuously since it was created. He had served as Commander of Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Norfolk, and for many years was Chairman of the Executive Committee of that organization, always manifesting great interest in its welfare. He was a member of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues for many years, and acted as Commissary of Subsistence on the staff of the Fourth Virginia Regiment, being retired with the rank of Captain. Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 130.
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After a severe stroke of apoplexy, Capt. Washington Taylor died the following day, February 8, at his home in Norfolk, Va.
He was one of the best known residents of the city, prominent in all circles, and universally esteemed.
Capt. Taylor was born February 22, 1848, and when but fourteen years of age entered the Confederate army, August 3, 1862. He was appointed courier for the Provost Marshal in Petersburg, where he served till 1864, when he was appointed Adjutant of a battalion of local troops with the rank of Lieutenant, and served in Richmond under Maj. H.C.
Scott until paroled April 27, 1865.
After the war he entered the business life of his city, and in 1877 established the wholesale firm of Washington Taylor & Company, with which he was connected till death. He was always prominent in business circles, having been Treasurer of the old Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Trade and Business Men's Association.
He was married in 1879 to Miss Emily Herman Whitehead, who, with three children, survives him.
At the time of his death he was Quartermaster General of the Grand Camp of Virginia Confederate Veterans, having occupied this office continuously since it was created. He had served as Commander of Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Norfolk, and for many years was Chairman of the Executive Committee of that organization, always manifesting great interest in its welfare. He was a member of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues for many years, and acted as Commissary of Subsistence on the staff of the Fourth Virginia Regiment, being retired with the rank of Captain. Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 130.
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