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(2) and Abigail (Warren) Taylor, was
bom April 8, 1810, in Norwalk, Connecticut,
and died December 29, 1876, in West-
port, Connecticut. Until he was fifteen
years of age he attended the public
schools and also was a student at the Norwalk
Academy. Until 1832 he was in-
structor in a school in Norwalk. In 1834
he purchased a small stock of drugs from
Dr. Nash, of Westport, and entered into
the drug business, to which he later added
books and stationery supplies, continuing
this business until his death. Mr. Taylor
was one of the most prominent men of
Westport; was an old line Whig; served
in many public offices ; for thirty-seven
consecutive years was town clerk, and
also served as postmaster and justice of
the peace. He married, March 20, 1832,
Mary Jerusha Hoyt, born in Norwalk,
Connecticut, October 29, 1812, daughter
of Uriah Hoyt.
(VII) Henry F. Taylor, son of John
Warren and Mary Jerusha (Hoyt) Tay-
lor, was born in Westport, Connecticut,
where he grew to manhood. For a number
of years he was associated with
"Scribner's Magazine." Subsequently he
was advertising manager of "The Churchman."
In October, 1863, Mr. Taylor married,
in Stamford, Mary E. Clark, daughter
of Austin Griswold Clark, of Stamford.
Their children were : Emily Louise,
Frederick Clark, of further mention
Francis Gilbert, Sarah Howe. Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor were members of St. An-
drew's Episcopal Church, of Stamford, of
which for many years he was senior war-
den. Mr. Taylor now resides in Seattle,
Washington.
(VIII) Frederick Clark Taylor, son of
Henry F. and Mary E. (Clark) Taylor,
began his education in Stamford, attend-
ing the common and high schools there.
In 1883 he left school temporarily and
entered the employ of the Continental
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Insurance Company, of New York City,
continuing with them for about five years.
In 1888 he entered the real estate and insurance
brokerage business in New York
on his own account. Two years later he
came to Stamford and engaged in the real
estate business there. This continued
for several years. In the meanwhile Mr.
Taylor took up once more the pursuit of
his studies. In 1893 he began the study
of law, preparing himself for the law
school of Yale University. In 1894 he
entered the law school, from which he
was graduated in 1896. While there he
was chairman of the editorial board of the
"Yale Law Journal." In February, 1897,
he formed a law partnership with James
S. Jenkins, under the firm name of Taylor
& Jenkins. Mr. Taylor has always taken
an active interest in public affairs, yet is
not a politician in the commonly accepted
sense of that term. He was elected in
November, 1897, to the office of judge of
the Court of Probate for the District of
Stamford, Fairfield county, on the Repub-
lican ticket, and was reelected for four con-
secutive terms of two years each, and de-
clined to be a candidate to succeed him-
self in 1907. He was chosen the last time
as the candidate of both the Republican
and Democratic parties, being the first
man in the history of the court to be thus
honored with a unanimous election. In
1907 he resumed the active practice of
his profession, specializing in corporation,
estate, trusts and family practice. I
Mr. Taylor is a director of the newly
consolidated First-Stamford National
Bank, and a member of its executive com-
mittee, having been one of the vice-presi-
dents of the Stamford National Bank at
the time of the consolidation. He is an
incorporator and director of the Stamford
Savings Bank, a director of the Stamford
Gas & Electric Company, the Stamford
Hospital, the Ferguson Library of Stam-