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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY of
BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
and
Its Centennial Celebration
By Rev. Joseph H(enderson) Bausman, A. M.
Member American Historical Society of
Pennsylvania of Western Pennsylvania
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In Two Volumes
VOLUME I
Publ.
The Knickerbocker Press
New York
1904
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LEWIS TAYLOR was
born in the State of New York, Dec. 10, 1818. In his
infancy his father died, and his mother married Ovid Pinney
The latter came early to Rochester, Where he built the house now
owned and occupied by John J. Hoffman. In this
house Mr. Taylor passed his boyhood days. He
pursued a classical course for several years at Yale College,
and later studied law in Beaver with John R. Shannon, Esq.,
and was admitted to the bar there, Sept. 4, 1843. Soon
after his admission to the bar, Mr. Taylor was appointed
to the office of Deputy Attorney General of Beaver County, which
he held for six years. He became one of the ablest
criminal lawyers in the State. Upon the erection of
Lawrence County in 1849, he removed to New Castle, and formed a
partnership with the late Jonathan Ayres of that place,
and the law firm of Ayres & Taylor continued until 1853.
During this period Mr. Taylor became a leader at the bar
of Lawrence County. In 1867 he removed to this county,
residing at the old Pinney residence in which his mother
had then recently died. Here he lived in retirement until
the time of his death, Dec. 15, 1884. He was buried in the
new cemetery at Beaver, where his grave is marked by a splendid
shaft, on which his friend, Samuel B. Wilson, Esq.,
caused the following inscription to be placed: "Doctrina sed
vim promovet insitam, rectique cultus pectora roborant."
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 345 |
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