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Tayloe Family Residences
Tayloe may refer to: People in the United States *William Tayloe (the immigrant), High Sheriff of York County, Virginia *William Tayloe (the nephew), of Richmond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia *John Tayloe I (1688–1747), plantation owner and businessman in Virginia * John Tayloe II (1721–1779), plantation owner and horse breeder in Virginia * John Tayloe III (1770-1828), military officer, Virginia state senator, and horse breeder *Benjamin Ogle Tayloe (1796–1868), American businessman, horse breeder, planter, and diplomat in Washington, D.C. * William Henry Tayloe ( 1799–1871) American businessman, horse breeder, planter and land speculator * Henry Augustine Tayloe (1808-1903) American businessman, horse breeder, planter, and land speculator * George Plater Tayloe (1804-1897), American businessman, planter, land speculator, and founder of Hollins University *Edward Thornton Tayloe (1803–1876), American diplomat and planter * John Tayloe Lomax (1781–1862), American juris ...
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William Tayloe (the Immigrant)
Colonel William Tayloe also known as William Teylow, was a British immigrant, colonist, and planter, from Gloucester, England, who emigrated to the British Colony of Virginia and resided in York County. His coat of arms, ''Vert a sword erect Or between two lions rampant addorsed Ermine'', matches those of Teylow in Gloucester, England. Family History The earliest record of the name "Telowe" is from a document dated 1292 during the reign of Edward I regarding a Henry Telowe during an Inquisition of Henry De Dene (de Dene refers to Forest of Dean and later mentioned in de Dene's care is St Briavels Castle, it reads: "Inquisition made on Monday next after the feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 20 Edw. I 292by Richard de Gorstleye, John Geffery, Henry son of Stephen, Henry Telow, Walter son of Nicholas, William de Crickesfend, John de Dene, Nicholas Scharlemayn, Robert son of Genry Glynt, Thomas and Hugh de Biddleslowe, of that land and tenements which Henry de Dene held of the King ...
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William Tayloe (the Nephew)
William Tayloe or Teylow (1645–1710) was the nephew of William Tayloe of King's Creek Plantation and High Sheriff of York County, Virginia, the father of John Tayloe I of The Old House and progenitor of the Tayloes of Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia. His coat of arms, ''Vert a sword erect Or between two lions rampant addorsed Ermine'', matches those of Teylow in Gloucester, England. Family Origins The earliest record of the name "Telowe" is from a document dated 1292 during the reign of Edward I regarding a Henry Telowe during an Inquisition of Henry De Dene (de Dene refers to Forest of Dean and later mentioned in de Dene's care is St Briavels Castle, it reads: "Inquisition made on Monday next after the feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 20 Edw. I 292by Richard de Gorstleye, John Geffery, Henry son of Stephen, Henry Telow, Walter son of Nicholas, William de Crickesfend, John de Dene, Nicholas Scharlemayn, Robert son of Genry Glynt, Thomas and Hugh de Biddleslowe, of tha ...
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John Tayloe I
Col. John Tayloe I (February 15, 1688November 15, 1747) was one of the richest plantation owners and businessmen in Virginia for his generation. Considered to be the chief architect of the family fortune, he was known as the "Hon. Colonel of the Old House". The Tayloe family of Richmond County, Virginia, including John Tayloe I, his son, John Tayloe II, and grandson, John Tayloe III, exemplified gentry entrepreneurship. Early years Born into the third generation of a British Colonial Family, his father was the Colonel William Tayloe (the nephew) (1645–1710) formerly of Gloucester, England; who emigrated to the Colony of Virginia in the 17th century and took up land in Lancaster & Richmond Counties in 1650; he was the progenitor of the Tayloe's of "Mount Airy." In 1685, William married Anne (1664–1694), daughter of Honorable Henry Corbin (colonist) (circa 1629–1676) and Alice ( Eltonhead) Corbin, of "Buckingham House", in Middlesex County. His siblings included Elizabeth (bo ...
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John Tayloe II
Colonel John Tayloe II (28 May 172118 April 1779) was a planter and politician, among the richest planters in colonial Virginia. He served in public office including the Virginia Governor's Council, also known as the Virginia Council of State. He has been described as a "model Virginia planter, planting tobacco, wheat and corn and raising livestock", what were known as mixed crops. A fifth-generation planter from the Tayloe Family, he took over the management of the Neabsco Iron Works during the 1740s, likely after his father's death in 1747. Later Tayloe built Mount Airy, the Neo-Palladian villa overlooking the Rappahannock River. It is still held and occupied by the Tayloe family in the 21st century. Tayloe, his father and namesake son were said to exemplify gentry entrepreneurship. Early years Tayloe was born in Richmond County at Old House, located along the Rappahannock River, a mile west of Mount Airy. The latter plantation had been purchased by his grandfather, who c ...
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John Tayloe III
John Tayloe III (September 2, 1770March 23, 1828), of Richmond County, Virginia, was a planter, politician, businessman, and tidewater gentry scion. He was prominent in elite social circles. A highly successful planter and thoroughbred horse breeder, he was considered the "wealthiest man of his day". A military officer, he also served in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia for nine years. The Tayloe family of Richmond County, including his father, John Tayloe II, and grandfather, John Tayloe I, exemplified gentry entrepreneurship. Early years Tayloe was born September 2, or September 13, 1770. the son of John Tayloe II and Rebecca (née Plater) Tayloe, herself from a long-established Maryland gentry family. Her brother was George Plater and brother-in-law was Edward Lloyd III. His paternal grandfather was Col. John Tayloe I of the Old House; and great grandfather was Col William Tayloe, the nephew of the original settler Col William Tayloe of Kingsmill Pla ...
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Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
Benjamin "Ogle" Tayloe (May 21, 1796 — February 25, 1868) was an American businessman, bon vivant, diplomat, scion of colonial tidewater gentry, and influential political activist in Washington, D.C. during the first half of the 19th century. Although he never held elective office, he was a prominent Whig and influential in presidential electoral politics in the 1840s and 1850s. His home, the Tayloe House, became a salon for politically powerful people in the federal government and socially influential individuals in the United States and abroad. Tayloe was also a party in the important 1869 contract law case, ''Willard v. Tayloe'', 75 U.S. 557. Birth, schooling and diplomatic career Tayloe was born on May 21, 1796, at Ogle Hall in Annapolis, Maryland, a home belonging to his maternal grandfather, Benjamin Ogle, the ninth governor of Maryland. His maternal great-grandfather was former provincial governor Samuel Ogle, descended from an ancient Northern English Family, the Bar ...
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William Henry Tayloe
William Henry Tayloe (January 29, 1799 – January 7, 1871) was an American plantation owner, Horse breeding, horse breeder, businessman and Speculator, land speculator during the first half of the 19th century. He inherited a vast estate from his father and expanded his holdings, pioneering new territory in the Canebrake (region of Alabama), Canebrake region of Alabama. Birth and parentage Tayloe was born on January 29, 1799, at Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia, the grand colonial estate built by his grandfather Colonel John Tayloe II and then current residence of his father Colonel John Tayloe III, arguably the wealthiest plantation owner in the country. A year after William's birth his father built The Octagon House in Washington, DC at the behest of George Washington. His maternal grandfather was Benjamin Ogle, List of Governors of Maryland, ninth Governor of Maryland, and great-grandfather was former Province of Maryland, Provincial governor, Samuel Ogle. Career After ...
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Henry Augustine Tayloe
Henry Augustine Tayloe (April 8, 1808 – July 15, 1903) was an American planter, slaveholder, horse breeder and racer, and land speculator in Alabama during the 19th century. A younger son of John Tayloe III, a wealthy planter in Washington, D.C.; Virginia; and Maryland, the young Tayloe went to Alabama in 1834, where he was among the pioneers in developing forced-labor cotton plantations in the Canebrake region, using enslaved workers. He also acted as a land agent, acquiring numerous plantations in the area for investment by his four older brothers, who were also extremely wealthy. A committed breeder and racer of horses, in 1838 he founded the Fair Grounds Race Course near New Orleans with Bernard de Marigny. He had St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1853) built in Prairieville with enslaved labor. He later founded the town of Faunsdale, Alabama, named after a nearby plantation. Birth, schooling and career Tayloe was born on April 8, 1808, at The Octagon House, the youngest ...
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George Plater Tayloe
George Plater Tayloe ( October 15, 1804 – Apr 18, 1897) was a Virginia businessman, soldier and legislator who also served as one of the original trustees of Hollins University. Early life George Tayloe was born October 15, 1804, at Mount Airy in Richmond County, Virginia, the ninth of fifteen children of Hon. John Tayloe III. He was born into a large aristocratic family of great wealth that had accumulated over three generations, beginning with John Tayloe I, son of the immigrant, one of the richest plantation owners and businessmen in Virginia for his generation. Considered to be the chief architect of the family fortune, he was known as the "Hon. Colonel of the Old House". The Tayloe family of Richmond County, including John Tayloe I, his son, John Tayloe II, and grandson, John Tayloe III, exemplified gentry entrepreneurshipbr> George Tayloe attended Princeton University. Following his graduation he moved to the western part of the state to manage a source of the family inco ...
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Edward Thornton Tayloe
Edward "Thornton" Tayloe (January 21, 1803 – November 26, 1876) was an American Diplomat, planter and scion of colonial tidewater gentry. He was named after his godfather, Edward Thornton a friend and fellow student of his father's at Eton College and His Majesty's ambassador to Washington D.C. He owned estates in King George County, Virginia and the Canebrake (region of Alabama). He was the private secretary to Joel Roberts Poinsett during his time as the first minister to Mexico. He married his first cousin, Mary Ogle, at Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland) Prince George's Co., Maryland during Christmas in 1830. Birth and Schooling Tayloe was born on January 21, 1803, at The Octagon House, the city residence built by his father John Tayloe III, who inherited the grand colonial estate Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia built by his father Colonel John Tayloe II, whom were respectively arguably each the wealthiest plantation owner in the country for their generations. His ...
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John Tayloe Lomax
John Tayloe Lomax (January 1781 – 10 October 1862) was an Virginia lawyer and jurist. Early life and education Lomax was born in Portobago, Virginia, Port Tobago, Caroline County, Virginia to the former Anne Corbin Tayloe (1753–1835) of Mount Airy Plantation, Mount Airy in Richmond County, Virginia, and her husband, Major Thomas Lomax (1746-1811). The family included an older daughter who never married, Judith Lomax (1774–1828), and sons Thomas Lunsford Lomax (1778–1805) and Mann Page Lomax (1787–1842; who would join the U.S. Army and retire with the rank of Major). John Lomax received a private education suitable to his class and graduated from St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis in 1797. Upon returning to Virginia, Lomax read law. Decades later, in 1847, Harvard Law School awarded him an honorary LL.D. Career Admitted to the Virginia bar, Lomax began practicing law at Port Royal, Virginia, the Caroline Count ...
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Nellie Tayloe Ross
Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state, and remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. Ross was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, to James Wynns Tayloe, a native of Tennessee, and Elizabeth Blair Green, who owned a plantation on the Missouri River. Her family moved to Miltonvale, Kansas in 1884, and she graduated from Miltonvale High School in 1892. She attended a teacher-training college for two years and taught kindergarten for four years. On September 11, 1902, Ross married William B. Ross, whom she had met when visiting relatives in Tennessee in 1900. William B. Ross was governor of Wyoming from 1923 to his death on October 2, 1924. Ross succeeded her late husband's successor Frank Luc ...
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