Taylor Family papers

Albert J. Edmunds (1857-1941) was a British-born archivist, member of the Society of Friends, mystic, pupil, and disciple of J. Rendel Harris. He spent many years at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947), the son of Elizabeth Savery and Thomas B. Taylor, graduated from Haverford College in 1906, and then the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1909. He became a practicing attorney in Philadelphia. He became a recorded minister of Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in 1922, was a founding member of Cheltenham Meeting, and was clerk of his monthly, quarterly and yearly meetings. He founded the Cheltenham National Bank and was its president from 1924 until his death; he was also treasurer of Savery Realty Corporation. He married Elizabeth Richie in 1911. Information primarily from the Dictionary of Quaker Biography

Elizabeth Richie Taylor (1883-1970), wife of Francis R. Taylor, was a member of Cheltenham Monthly Meeting, which she and her husband founded in their home in 1915, as well as starting the Joint Committee of Montgomery and Bucks Country Friends in the late 1930s, to bring members of the two branches together. She was active in the Women's Christian Temperance union, the William Forster Home and committees of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Information from Friends Journal 16 1970, p. 636

George Washington Taylor (1803-1891) was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Richards Taylor. In his Recollections of My Life Time, he remarked that his parents "were not in communion with any religious society," but attended Friends Meeting at New Garden. When George Washington Taylor was 12, he was received into membership of the meeting. In boyhood, he became anti-slavery, having read John Woolman's Testimony. He was great-uncle to Francis Taylor and was "connected all his life with the evangelical group in Philadelphia, an early admirer of Joseph John Gurney, an ardent abolitionist and, for many years, proprietor of the Free Produce Store in Philadelphia. Much of his correspondence with Elihu Burritt on the Free Produce Movement is still extant. He suffered with Whittier in the burning of Pennsylvania Hall in Philadelphia in 1838, their desks being side by side." Taylor was the publisher of the journal The Non-Slaveholder and a peace paper The Citizen of the World. He was married three times, first to Ruth Leeds, then to Elizabeth Burton, and then to Elizabeth Sykes. Information primarily from the Dictionary of Quaker Biography

Hubert Richie Taylor (1916-1998) was the son of Francis Taylor and Elizabeth Richie Taylor. He attended Westtown School and graduated from Haverford College in 1938; he received a law degree from Temple University. He was a conscientious objector during World War II, spending three and a half years in Civilian Public Service as a road builder, attendant in a psychiatric hospital, and smokejumper in Montana. He served on several boards, including that of the William Penn Charter School, and supported many organizations. He was a member of Cheltenham (PA) Meeting and later Southampton (PA) Meeting. He was married to Dorothy Plaisted. Information from Friends Journal 45 1999 (March), p. 35

Thomas B. Taylor (1853 -1911) was a Philadelphia-based attorney and member of Birmingham Monthly Meeting. Information from The Friend 84 (1911), p. 368

Elizabeth Savery Taylor (1853-1936) was the wife of Thomas B. Taylor and mother of Francis R. Taylor. Information from The Friend 109 (1936), p. 361