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party. During the last twenty years he has prob- ably appeared as frequently before political assen- blages as any other speaker in his district. In 1885 his name was brought before the conven- tion for the office of district attorney, but his nomination was defeated. He was nominated for the office in 1897, elected and served with distinction in the office until 1901. During this time he prosecuted the sheriff and seventy depu- ties for participation in. the Lattimer riots, this being one of the most prominent cases to come before the courts in many years and attracting wide-spread attention and comment. In 1900 he was a candidate for judge, and in 1902 for con- gress. Mr. Martin is a member of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society.
He married, June 28, 1877, Anna A. Stirk, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Stirk, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They had one daughter, Florence Virginia Martin, who married, December, 1904, William A. Aikman, a civil and mining engineer of Charleston, West Virginia, formerly of Potts- ville, Pennsylvania. Isaac Stirk was in the wedgeware or queensware business in Philadel- phia for a number of years, but he engaged later in the leaf tobaeco business in Lancaster, Pennsyl- vania, which he has continued to the present time. His family consisted of six children, among whom were: Anna A., the eldest ; Edward, a resident of Jacksonville, Florida ; and Isaac, who is engaged in business with his father. Mrs. Stirk died May; 1905, aged sixty-eight years.
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DAVID OREN MCCOLLUM. This well- known business man of Wilkes-Barre is de- seended from pioneer settlers in Columbia coun- ty, his grandfathers on both sides, Ephrain Mc- Collum and Hon. Isaac Kline, having located there just prior to the close of the eighteenth cen- tury, and each were prominently identified with the early development of that locality.
Ephraim MeCollum was a native of New Jer- sey and went to Columbia county, Pennsylvania, in 1796. According to tradition he was a land agent. Settling in Derry township he cleared and fertilized a large tract of timber land, and by strenuous toil became one of the most prosperous farmers in that section of the county. The farm buildings, which he erected more than a hundred years ago, are still standing, and their present state of preservation affords an excellent example of the thorough manner of construction in vogue at that time, as well as the superior quality of the material used. Ephraim McCollum was twice married and both he and his second wife,
who was before marriage, Catherine MeFall, lived to a ripe old age. They reared a large family of children, none of whom are now living.
Jacob McCollum, son of Ephraim McCollum, was born in Derry, January 1, 1801. Learning: the tanner's and currier's trade he followed that oceupation in the vicinity of his home until 1826, when he removed to a farm in Benton township, Columbia county, and turned his attention to ag- riculture. After the death of his wife he re- moved to Jerseytown, Pennsylvania, his old home, and resided there for the remainder of his life, which terminated at the age of eighty-five years. Jacob MeCollom married Sarah Kline, a native of Orangeville, Columbia county, daugh- ter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Willet) Kline. Her grandfather, Abraham Kline, came from New Jersey in 1796, settling at Orangeville as a pio- neer, and his original farm house is still stand- ing. He was prominent among the early set- tlers of Orangeville. His son, Isaac, who ac- companied him from New Jersey, became a well- to-do farmer of Orangeville, and was actively identified with political affairs, representing his district in the legislature. Isaac Kline died at the age of sixty-seven years. Elizabeth, his wife, whose parents were also pioneers in Orangeville, lived to a good old age. Isaac and Elizabeth Kline were members of the Presbyter- ion church. Their children were : Charity, Sarah, Hiram, Lovina, Peter, Elizabeth, Aramenta, Ab- raham and Mary. Jacob and Sarah (Kline) McCollum were the parents of twelve children, eleven of whom grew to maturity. Of these Hiram W., John P., Isaac K., Mary A., Cath- erine S., Sarah E., and Abraham H. are dead, the last named having died, 1905. The survivors are: Calvin, who resides in Espy, Columbia county ; Ephraim, a resident of Michigan ; Will- iam Willet, of Newark, New Jersey ; David O., of whom later ; and Charity A., of Orangeville. Mrs. Sarah (Kline) McCollom died, 1872, at the age of sixty-eight years.
David Oren McCollum, son of Jacob McCol- lum, was born in Benton township, Columbia county, August 21, 1848. Reared upon a farm where labor was strenuous and recreation scarce, his educational opportunities were limited to a few months attendance at the district school dur- ing the winter season. He, however, made good use of these slender advantages, and when eigh- teen years old was able to take a clerkship in a general store at Hazelton, Pennsylvania, which he retained for a period of six years. He then se- cured a position in the county commissioners" office at Wilkes-Barre, where he advanced stic-
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cessively through various county offices, holding the appointment of deputy-sheriff for three years and that of deputy warden in 1892. He acted as private secretary for Brigadier-General Paul A. Oliver, the well-known powder manufacturer of Olivers' Mills from 1880 to 1885. Later he was called to act as auditor for the Peoples' and Lackawanna Telephone Companies, in which capacity he continued until 1902. In the latter year he engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Wilkes-Barre, in company with H. C. Shepherd, under the firm name of McCollum and Shepherd, his partner being a member of the Shepherd family, whose history will be found elsewhere in this work. This enterprise proved successful from the start, and the firm is now transacting a large and constantly increasing business. Mr. McCollum is a thirty-second de- gree Mason, Scottish Rite, member of Caldwell Consistory sitting in the Valley of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and officially connected with some of the local and grand bodies of the state of the York Rite, being past worshipful master of Wyoming Lodge, No. 468, having entered the fraternity as apprentice in 1871 ; past high priest of Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, Royal Arch Masons ; past thrice illustrious grand master of Mount Horeb Council No. 34, Royal and Select Master, also past most puissant grand master of the Royal and Select Masters of the state; past eminent commander of De Le Vieut Commandery, No. 45, Knights Tem- plar, also division commander of the six- teenth division ; an officer of the Lodge of Per- fection ; member and formerly recorder of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Royal Arcanum of Wilkes-Barre, and the Order of the Eastern Star, of Pittston, of which latter his wife and children are members.
Mr. McCollum married (first) 1876, Martha WV. Shoemaker, of Wyoming, daughter of the late William S. and Miria (Tripp) Shoemaker. the former of whom was a prosperous farmer and lifelong resident of that town. William S. and Miria (Tripp) Shoemaker were the parents of seven children. Mrs. Martha W. McCollum died at the age of forty years, leaving two children namely : Edna M., and Victor W. Edna M. Mc- Collum is a graduate of the Atlantic School of Osteopathy and is now practicing osteopathy in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Victor W. McCollum is a mining engineer. connected with the Dela- ware and Hudson Coal Company, with headquar- ters in Scranton. Like his father he is far ad- vanced in Masonry, being a member of all the
York and Scottish Rite bodies. David O. Mc- Collum married (second) Elizabeth Knauss, of Wilkes-Barre, daughter of the late Joseph Knauss, a carpenter by trade and for many years in charge of the woodworking department of the New Jersey Central Railway. Joseph Knauss, whose death occurred in Dayton, Ohio, was well educated, reading and writing both German and English fluently. He was a veteran of the civil war. Among his children are: Clara, wife of William Chapin, of Wyoming ; Anna D., wife of H. M. Montgomery, of Hazelton; Lewis and Frank V. Knauss, of Portsmouth, Ohio, the lat- ter being president and general manager of the Portsmouth Stove and Range Company, and in- terested in several other industrial enterprises, and Mrs. McCollum. H. E. H.
DR. LEWIS HARLOW TAYLOR. DR. ERNEST USTICK BUCKMAN. Philip Tay- lor, of Oxford township, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, and his wife, Julianna Taylor, members of the Society of Friends, and early settlers of the present site of Tacony, Pennsylvania, were the ancestors of Dr. Lewis Harlow Taylor and his medical associate, Dr. Ernest Ustick Buckman, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Taylor, son of Philip and Julianna Taylor, born Oxford township, Philadelphia, 1695, died Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1780, aged eighty-five, will proved 1781, married, 1719, Hannah Towne, born 1697, died December 25, 1780, aged eighty-three, daughter of John and Deborah (Booth) Towne. Benjamin was a farmer and blacksmith in Newtown and Upper Makefield townships, Bucks county, for nearly sixty years. He purchased 430 acres of land in Newtown township 1730, and this he conveyed to his sons Timothy and Bernard in 1747. . He be- came a large land owner in both Upper and Lower Makefield and Newtown townships, and was one of the prominent men of his time in that locality. He was a taxpayer in Newtown township, owning 250 acres of land in 1779, taxes £100.15.0. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and the meetings of the Society were frequently held at his house. He was one of the committee of four appointed, 1752, to erect a meeting house for the Society; this was 25x30 feet, and one story high, enlarged. 1764. by twenty feet, and was used as a hospital for the
(In the first four generations of this Taylor family the editor is especially indebted to Mr. Warren S. Ely, genealogist, Doylestown, Pennsylvania .- H. E. H.)
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patriot troops when Washington held the Dela- ware river, December, 1776. Taylorville, named for the Taylor family, was called "McConkey's Ferry" during the Revolution, from Captain William McConkey, who then operated the ferry for many years, where Washington and his army crossed the river to attack the British at Trenton, December 25, 1776. Benjamin Taylor's will names his children and also his grandchildren, Sarah Conrad, Hannah Williams and Esther Jones. It also recites having conveyed land to his son, Bernard, as shown under Bernard. Ben- jamin and Hannah Taylor had: I. Ursula, born 12 mo. 17, 1719-20. 2. Benjamin, born II 1110. IO, 1720-21. Died 10 mo. 23, 1749. 3. Hannah, born I mo. 15, 1722, married 4 mo. 8, 1749. Joseph White. 4. Bernard, born 12 mo. 21, 1724, of whom later. 5. Peter, born 4 mo. II, 1727, died II mo. 1748. 6. Timothy, born 6 mo. 6, 1729, of whom later. 7. Philip, born I mo. 19, 1731, died 10 mo. 18, 1748. 8. Sarah, born I mo. 25. 1734, died 8 mo. 6, 1757. 9. John, born 10 mo. 12, 1737, died ; mar- ried 5 mo. 21, 1760, Hannah Lucas. 10. Jacob, born 3 mo. 15, 1739, died 4 mo. 3. 1749.
Bernard Taylor, son of Benjamin and Han- nah (Towne) Taylor, born in Newtown town- ship. 12 mo. 21, 1724, died Newtown township, November, 1789, married at Falls Meeting, Bucks county, December 31, 1746, Mary Kirk- bride, daughter of Mahlon and Mary (Sotcher) Kirkbride. By will dated 10 mo. 17. 1789, pro- bated, Bucks county, November 21, 1789, Barnard devised to his Benjamin, "all my plantation where- on I dwell with all the buildings, appurtenances, utensils, Horses, Cows, Sheep, etc." To his nephew, Bernard Taylor, son of brother Timothy, his farm in Upper Makefield township, and to his son Mahlon, £500 which he owes. He made his son Benjamin Taylor executor. In the will of Benjamin, son of Bernard, 1831, conveying to his son Benjamin Taylor, Jr., (Deed Book 53, ing the same tract of land which Benjamin Tay- lor and Hannah, his wife by Indenture the 22 day of 2nd mo .. 1747, conveyed to their son Ber- nard and which the son Bernard Taylor by his last will and testament devised to his son Ben- jamin party hereto who now conveys the same to his son Benjamin Taylor, Jr., (Deed Book 53, page 76). Benjamin and Mary Taylor had: I. Mahlon, born 7 mo. 8, 1747, died 4 mo. 26, 1799 ; probably married 5th mo. 21, 1784, Mary Stokes. 2. Benjamin, born 10 mo., 24. 1751, of whom later. 3. Mary, born II mo. 7. 1755, died 2 mo. 19, 1781.
Timothy Taylor, son of Benjamin and Han-
nah (Towne) Taylor, born Newtown township, 6 mo. 6, 1728, died 8 mo. 26, 1780, married ( first ) 12 mno. 27, 1752, Letitia Kirkbride, daughter of Mahlon and Mary (Sotcher) Kirkbride ; she died about 1770. He married (second) II mo. 19, 1772, Sarah Yardley, born 2 mo. 17, 1751, daugh- ter of William and Ann (Budd) Yardley and granddaughter of Thomas and Ann ( Biles) Yardley. Timothy Taylor was a carpenter, liv- ing all his life near Newtown, his father convey- ing to him, 1754, 150 acres of his Newtown plan- tation. He was a justice of the peace, June 7, 1784, and justice of the court of common pleas, Bucks county, September 29, 1784. He and his brother Bernard were two of the trustees ap- pointed by Falls Monthly meeting, 1753. to pur- chase land and erect Makefield meeting house. His first wife, Letitia, was granddaughter of Joseph and Sarah (Stacy) Kirkbride, and great- granddaughter of Mahlon and Rebecca (Ely) Stacy, who were married at Cinder Hill, York- shire, England, 1668. Joseph Kirkbride was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly 1712-20, and justice of Bucks county, 1708-26. Mahlon Kirkbride was member of Pennsylvania Assem- bly 1740-56, and justice 1749-52. They were among the largest land owners in Bucks county.
Timothy Taylor, had by his first marriage: Joseph, of whom later; Hannah, who married 5mo. 19, 1774, William Field : Stacy-Timothy -Mahlon-David-Jonathan K .- and Bernard. By his second marriage he had : Ann. married IImo. I, 1792, Jacob Cadwallader-William ; Deborah, married Samuel Cary; Sarah, married 12mo. 22, 1798, Phineas Briggs.
Benjamin Taylor, son of Bernard and Mary (Kirkbride) Taylor, born 10 mo. 24, 1751, died Newtown township, August or September, 1832, married (first) Falls Meeting. Smo. 22, 1772, Elizabeth Borroughs, born 3mo. 27, 1751, died January 14, 18II. He married (second) 12mo. 17, 1812, Ann Beans, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Paxson) Beans of Solebury, who died without issue. The will of Benjamin Taylor. "the elder, far advanced in years," was dated 4mo. I, 1831, proved September 11, 1832. He devised to his wife Ann the household goods she brought with her at the time of her marriage; to his daughter Nancy the use and profits of the plan- tation conveyed to his son Benjamin in accord- ance with articles of agreement bearing date 4mo. I, 1826. "To Eliza Taylor, widow of my son Samuel, the house and lot where she lives during her life, then to be sold by my Executors and the proceeds to be paid to her children." He wills ten dollars to the estate of his son Charles,
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and with land also to sons Bernard, Mahlon, Benjamin and David B. "To my grandsons Jacob Cadwallader and Charles Cadwallader and granddaughter Elizabeth Sellers, an affectionate remembrance, and I am happy in believing that they are blessed with a competence without my feeble aid," names daughters Lydia Yardley and Elizabeth Warren, and gives 700 acres of land in Fairfield township, Huron county, Ohio, to his daughters Mary Cadwallader and Lydia Yardley and their heirs : Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bor- roughs) Taylor had :
Mary, born 7 mo. 29, 1773: died 5mo. 20, 1798, married Iomo. 21, 1790, Cyrus Cadwalla- der, born 4mo. 6, 1763 (of Jacob, Jacob, Jolin). who married (second) February 20, 1800. Mary Taylor, daughter of Joseph Taylor, and grand- daughter of Timothy Taylor. By his first wife Cyrus C. had Jacob, Charles and Elizabeth.
Samuel, born IImo. 15, 1776, of whom later.
John, born 12mo. 12, 1774, died 8 mo. 19, 1776.
Charles, born 7mo. 17, 1779.
Lydia, born 5mno. II, 1781 ; married Samuel Yardley.
Ann (Nancy), born 12mo. 23, 1783; died single.
Bernard, born gmo. 27, 1786; married Lydia Hoff, daughter of John.
Elizabeth, born IImo. 25, 1788 ; married 2mo. 15, 1810, Joseph Warner.
Mahlon K., born 6mo. 4, 1791 ; died 2mo. 23. 1870; married Elizabeth Hoff.
Benjamin, born 3mo. 7, 1793; married 2mo. 15, 1816, Rebecca Knowles.
David Barton, born 2mo. 9, 1795; married Elizabeth Field.
Joseph Taylor, eldest son of Timothy and Letitia (Kirkbride) Taylor, born Newtown, Bucks county, 1753, died Lower Makefield, 1832. He married, 12mo. II, 1777, Mercy Knowles, daughter of John and Mary (Sotcher) Knowles. Joseph Taylor was a farmer in Lower Make- field, and also a member of the Society of Friends. Mrs. Taylor was granddaughter of Robert and Mercy (Brown) Sotcher, and great- granddaughter of John and Mary (Lofter) Sotcher. Joseph and Mercy Taylor had nine children : Letitia, born 1773, married 12mo. 12, 1779, Samuel Bunting; Mary. born 1780, mar- ried 2mo. 20, 1880, as his second wife, Cyrus Cadwallader ; Sarah, born 1783. married John Comfort : Rachel, born 1789, died 1879, married Mathew Cunningham ; Ann, born 1794, married Richard Janney ; Susanna, born 1797, married
John Palmer ; Joseph, born 1799, married Anna Betts.
Samuel Taylor, son of Benjamin and Eliza- beth (Burroughs) Taylor, born IImo. 5, 1776, at Taylorville, Pennsylvania, died before 1831; married, 1799, Eliza Hutchinson. He was at one time a large land owner in Bucks county. Sam- uel and Eliza Taylor had nine children: Joseph, married Anna Maria Armstrong : Charles ; Amos, married Phebe Cadwallader, daughter of Cyrus and Mary (Taylor) Cadwallader : James, married Mary Johnson; Samuel Buell, born May 7, 1809, of whom later; Mary, married twice, each time a Howell; Benjamin, died un- married ; Mahlon, married Phebe Bennett.
Samuel Buell Taylor, son of Samuel and Eliza (Hutchinson ) Taylor, born May 7, 1809, died February 25, 1870, married March 29, 1833, Margaret Head Baker, born January 19, 1812, died May 23, 1880, daughter of Henry and Mary Brown (Ustick) Baker, descended from Henry Baker, of Bucks county, 1784. Mary Brown U'stick was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Ustick, M. A., and his wife, Hannah Whitear, son of Stephen and Jane (Ruland) Ustick, and grand- son of Thomas Ustick, of Cornwall, England, and his wife Elizabeth Shackerly, of New York. Jane Ruland was sister of Rev. Luke Ruland, for many years pastor of the Baptist church, Patchogue, Long Island. Samuel B. and Mar- garet H. (Baker) Taylor had :
Henry Baker Taylor, born July 21, 1835, died July 9, 1858.
Mary Baker Taylor, born June 8, 1837, of whom later.
Hutchinson Taylor, born November 4, 1838, married March 20, 1866, Mary Frances Taylor, daughter of Marshall and Mary P. Taylor of Taylorville, and had : Marshall, Eldredge T., Justin H., and Lillian.
Sarah B. Taylor, born July 25, 1840.
Frederick Taylor, born November 17, 1842, married April 6, 1869, Ruth Anna Snyder, daughter of Samuel and Mary Snyder, and had Mary S. and Margaret T.
Susan Ustick Taylor, born March 25, 1845. died April 5, 1845.
Samuel B. Taylor, born November 13, 1847. died Mound City, Kansas, April 30, 1873.
Lewis Harlow Taylor, born July 29, 1850, of whom later.
Mary Baker Taylor, second child of Samuel Buell and Margaret Head (Baker) Taylor, born June 8, 1837, married November 1, 1860, Micaijah Speakman Buckman, born September 5,
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1838, died June 16, 1904, son of Stacy C. and Sarah Ann (Briggs) Buckman, of Newtown township, Bucks county, descended from Sarah Taylor and Phineas Briggs, IImo. 22, 1798. Micaijah Speakman Buckman was a step-grand- son of Micaijah Speakman, a land owner of Con- cord township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, 1767. Micaijah S. and Mary B. (Taylor) Buck- man had : I. Elmer Ellsworth Buckman, born August II, 1861, married October 5, 1893, Bertha M. Bannister, daughter of Rev. Edward Bannister of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Buckman is a teller of the Wyoming National Bank, Wilkes-Barre ,and a member of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. They have three children : Helen. Alice, Henry Taylor.
2. Ernest Ustick Buckman, M. D., born August 1, 1863, married June 21, 1893, Elizabeth Thompson, granddaughter of Thomas Wambold, of Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Buckman is a graduate of Millersville Pennsylvania State Normal School, and taught school for five years, and then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating M. D., 1892. He is associated in his profession with his uncle, Dr. Lewis Harlow Taylor. Dr. Buckman is a member of the Luzerne County Medical Society, vice-president 1903, and secre- tary for three years; member of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, the Le- high Valley Medical Society, the American Med- ical Association, and the American Otological Society, also a member of the Wyoming Histor- ical and Geological Society, and of the staff of the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Buckman had six children : Mary. Lewis Taylor, Edgar Thompson, Ruth, Elizabeth and Samuel Thompson.
3. Margaret Taylor Buckman, born June 8, I865.
4. Lizzie Baker Buckman, born November 3. 1868. died September 23, 1879.
5. Sarah Ann Buckman, born October 6, 1870.
6. Eleanor Brooks Buckman, born Decem- ber 22, 1873.
LEWIS HARLOW TAYLOR, A. M. M. D., youngest child of Samuel Buell and Margaret Head (Baker) Taylor, was born in Taylorville, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1850. Married, Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania. June 4, 1884. Emily Beard Hollenback, daughter of John Welles and Anna Elizabeth (Beard) Hollenback, granddaughter of Charles F. Welles and his wife Eleanor Jane Hollenback, the daughter of Colonel Matthias
Hollenback, of Wilkes-Barre. (See Hollenback family). Dr. Taylor received his early educa- tion in the common schools of Taylorville, and then entered the State Normal School at Mil- lersville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated July, 1871. He removed in the autumn of that year to Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, and was elected principal of the Franklin Street Grammar School of that town. After serving in this position for three years he was elected principal of the Wilkes- Barre High School, which he filled also for three years-1875 to 1877-when he resigned to enter upon the study of medicine. In 1877 he entered the Medical School of the University of Penn- sylvania, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1880, the subject of his graduat- ing thesis being "The Microscope and the Busy Practitioner." During the summer of 1880 he took a post-graduate course of study on Diseases of the Eye and Ear, and returned to Wilkes- Barre to begin the practice of his profession. Later in 1883 and 1884, he pursued his special studies in the famous schools of Vienna, Austria, returning home in 1884. He was appointed med- ical inspector of the Pennsylvania State Board of Health, serving for nine years. 1885-94, when the growing duties of his profession made it necessary to resign this office. Dr. Taylor is a member of the Luzerne County Medical Society. was president in 1885, and is now librarian and historian. He is also a member of the Lehigh Valley Medical Society of which he was presi- dent. 1891 ; of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, of which he has twice been elected vice- president : he is also a member of the American Medical Association, the American Ophthalmo- logical Society, the Philadelphia Pathological So- ciety, one of the attending physicians of the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital since 1884, now twenty-one years ; he is now the ophthalmologist of this institution. He has also served as sec- retary of the hospital staff : member of the con- sulting staff; of the board of trustees: of the executive committee of the Hospital Training School for Nurses. In 1891 Dr. Taylor re- ceived from Lafayette College the honorary de- gree of Master of Arts. He is a trustee of the Osterhout Free Library of Wilkes-Barre; of the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania ; member and trustee of the First Methodist Epis- copal Church of Wilkes-Barre ; and of the Young Men's Christian Association of that city. He is a life member of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society of Wilkes-Barre, of which Mrs. Taylor is also a life member. He served
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as a member of the board of trustees, 1890-93. and is now one of the vice-presidents of the society. Although a very busy man. he has found time to use his pen, and has written num- erous medical papers which have been published in the proceedings of various societies. Dr. Taylor has associated with him in his practice his nephew. Dr. Ernest Ustick Buckman.
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