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


DAVID TAYLOR retired, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Bucks 
county, January 16, 1829, and is a son of William and Mary 
(Crozer) Taylor.  His maternal ancestors were among the 
earliest settlers of Bucks county.  His father was born in 
Philadelphia, and was of English and French origin.  He was 
a shoemaker in early life, but later on followed farming.  
David was the third in a family of seven children.  He was 
reared on the farm until eleven years old, attending school 
in his native county, principally at the academy.  His first 
business was clerking, which he followed for five years.  He 
next embarked in the lumber trade, dealing in lumber, and at 
the same time running a saw-mill.  This he followed with 
signal success for eighteen years, after which he retired.  
In 1853 he married Huldah, daughter of Elisha Reeves.  They 
had but one child, Francis, who died in infancy.  Mr. Taylor 
is a republican in politics, and has been borough burgess of 
Morrisville.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and 
is a Sir Knight Templar.  He was not a regular soldier, but 
went to Harrisburg with the emergency men at the time of the 
battle of Antietam.