Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Benjamin F.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR lumber and coal dealer, P.O. Morrisville, 
was born in Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, December 
22, 1834, and is a son of David H. and Hannah Taylor. 
Benjamin F. was the second of the children and is the oldest 
now living.  His early life was spent in Luzerne county, 
where his father was engaged in the lumber business and also 
kept a saw-mill.  He attended the Baptist school at Abington 
Centre and the Wyoming seminary, at Kingston, Luzerne 
county, and early in life embarked in mercantile pursuits, 
being a salesman for two and a half years.  He is now a 
member of the firm of David H. Taylor & Sons, wholesale and 
retail dealers in lumber, coal and wood at Morrisville.  He 
came to this place in 1871 and has been here since that 
time.  He was married in 1858 to Theresa B., daughter of 
Richard and Maria (Jacobs) Fancher, and a native of 
Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania.  In politics Mr. Taylor is 
a republican.