The Bromley Genealogy

463 MARY ELIZABETH7 BROMLEY (Isaac6), born Oct. 19, 1822; married
Benjamin Franklin Taylor, Sept. 2, 1839, in Brooklyn, Mich. Benjamin was
a son of Stephen W. Taylor, President


Page 132

of Madison University, and Eunice Scranton, and was born July 19, 1819,
in Lowville, N. Y. Shedied July 2, 1848, in Chicago, Ill. He died Feb.
24, 1887, in Cleveland, O. Mr. Taylor was an author and writer of
considerable note.

It is said that President Taylor's presence inspired a feeling of awe,
for no one approached himwithout removing his hat, and all the students
when passing his residence, whether in storm or sunshine, kept their
heads uncovered until the grounds werecleared. He governed his children
and the pupils under his care by a word or alook, not by the rod.
Scranton, Pa., was founded by one of Mrs. Taylor's family. Taylor is a
suburb of that town, and Bromley avenue is one of the city's
thoroughfares.

"Had Benj. F. Taylor been willing to put the requisite laboron his
productions--which breathe the soul of poetry, combining brilliant
imagery with wonderful conceits--his name would rank high among the poets
of theage. My acquaintance with Taylor began before he was associated
with the Journal, when he was teaching school, on La Salle street. I
assisted the boys in stage work for an exhibition that was held in the
saloon building at the close of school; upon which service he placed a
higher value than he should have done. He and Dr. J. H. Bird were
intimate; the office of the doctor, over J. H. Reed & Co.'s drug store,
being used during one of the cholera seasons as a bed-room for the two.
Taylor was very much afraid of the epidemic, and frequently ran up to the
doctor's office during the day to consult him upon some imaginarysymptom
of the disease, which one of Bird's harmless charcoal and sulphur pills,
aided by faith in the doctor and the vivid imagination of the poet,
invariably relieved. He had many of the characteristics which we are
accustomed toassociate with genius, being improvident, procrastinating,
and a brilliant conversationalist. As an instance of his procrastination,
Shurman once told me that he promised the carriers of three papers a New
Year's address, and on the evening of the last day in the year, he had
not written a line. The messengerswere frantic, but B. T. smilingly
requested the boys to be seated, and in a few minutes he handed one of
them a stanza with an order to hurry back and he would have another ready
for him. Then beginning another poem for his nervous news-slinger, he
soon had him rushing to his paper with a single verse, and thushe wrote
alternately parts of two different poems in his best vein, winding up
with a third for the Journal. He lived a number of years at Winfield, on
the Galena division of the Northwestern, and we frequently sat together
on the cars. Once upon my struggling in with a large turkey, he commenced
decrying theprize fowl of the banquet table, winding up with the remark
that it owed itsreputation exclusively to the herbs and care taken in
its preparation, that without those concomitants it would be no better
than crow. His laugh rang through the car when I replied, I never thought
he had gone so far into politics asto be obliged to ascertain the flavor
of crow.

"It was a remark of his that he could always determine a man's financial
standing by the train he took. If his income depended on his own
exertions he took the eight o'clock; if uponthe labor of others, the ten
thirty; if independent of both, the afternoon train; while if quite
wealthy, he waited till the next day." (Reminiscences of Early Chicago,
by E. O. Gale.)

Children (Taylor):
1242 * John Bromley Franklin8, born Feb. 26, 1843, in Hamilton,
N. Y.
1243 * Porter H. Wood, born Oct.26, 1844, in Norwich, Conn.



[scrnt.ftw]

The Bromley Genealogy

463MARY ELIZABETH7 BROMLEY (Isaac6), born Oct. 19, 1

1. 2. John Bromley Franklin TAYLOR   b. 26 Feb 1843, Hamilton Ny.
2. 3. Porter H. Wood TAYLOR   b. 26 Oct 1844, Norwich,Ct.

The Bromley Genealogy

Page 229

1242 JOHN BROMLEY FRANKLIN8 TAYLOR (Mary E.7), born Feb. 26, 1843, at
Hamilton, N. Y.; married, by Rev. Samuel J. Liggon, Rosabelle Aeolian
Davis, Oct. 16, 1869, at Lynchburg, Va. Rosabelle was a daughter of
Thomas R. Davis, an extensive planter of Appamattox Co., Va. Mr. Taylor
married (second) Mrs. Margaret (Jones) Daniell (widow of a Confederate
officer), Sept. 11, 1883, in St. Louis, Mo. Married by Rev. J. P. T.
Ingraham, brother of the author of "The Prince of the House of David."
Margaret was a daughter of Welsh parents, Thomas and Hannah Jones, and
was born March 14, 1847,in Carbondale, Pa. Mrs. Taylor died June 7,
1905, in Baltimore, Md. Mr. Taylorlearned the printer's trade; has been
a journalist and proof-reader, studiedmedicine, pharmacy and law; was in
the class of '69 of Chicago University, butdid not graduate because of
ill health, caused by the hardships of army life.Was in the Civil War
from the fall of Fort Sumter.

Child (Taylor), by first marriage:
2229 Benjamin Franklin9, born May 6, 1871, in Richmond, Va.;
died Jan. 30, 1893, in Chicago, Ill.



[scrnt.ftw]

The Bromley Genealogy

Page 229

1242 JOHN BROMLEY FRANKLIN8 TAYLOR (Mary E.7), born Feb. 26, 1843, at
Hamilton, N. Y.; married, by Rev. Samuel J. Liggon, Rosabelle Aeolian
Davis, Oct. 16, 1869, at Lynchburg, Va. Rosabelle was a daughter of
Thomas R. Davis, an extensive planter of Appamattox Co., Va. Mr. Taylor
married (second)Mrs. Margaret (Jones) Daniell (widow of a Confederate
officer), Sept. 11, 1883, in St. Louis, Mo. Married by Rev. J. P. T.
Ingraham, brother of the author of "The Prince of the House of David."
Margaret was a daughter of Welsh parents, Thomas and Hannah Jones, and
was born March 14, 1847, in Carbondale, Pa. Mrs. Taylor died June 7,
1905, in Baltimore, Md. Mr. Taylor learned the printer'strade; has been
a journalist and proof-reader, studied medicine, pharmacy andlaw; was in
the class of '69 of Chicago University, but did not graduate because of
ill health, caused by the hardships of army life. Was in the Civil War
from the fall of Fort Sumter.

Child (Taylor), by first marriage:
2229 Benjamin Franklin9, born May 6, 1871, in Richmond, Va.;
died Jan. 30, 1893, in Chicago, Ill.

1. 4. Benjamin Franklin TAYLOR   b. 6 May 1871, Richmond,Virginia; d. 30 Jan 1893, Chicago,Illinois.

The Bromley Genealogy

Page 229

1243 DOCTOR PORTER H. WOOD8 TAYLOR (Mary E.7), born Oct. 26, 1844, in
Norwich, Conn.; married (???); wife's name unknown. P. H. W. Taylor is a
practicing physician in Cleveland, O.

Children (Taylor):
2230 George9.
2231 Francis.


[scrnt.ftw]

The Bromley Genealogy

Page 229

1243 DOCTOR PORTER H. WOOD8 TAYLOR (Mary E.7), born Oct. 26, 1844, in
Norwich, Conn.; married (???); wife's name unknown. P. H. W. Taylor isa
practicing physician in Cleveland, O.

Children (Taylor):
2230 George9.
2231 Francis.

1. 5. George TAYLOR  
2. 6. Francis TAYLOR