Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....TAYLOR, William B. 
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  WILLIAM B. TAYLOR, one of the bright and energetic young business men of the
  town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, who is proprietor of the largest bottling
  establishment in the county, was born in Roaring Creek township, Columbia
  County, in the old log house which stood at the foot of Cinder Tip of Esther
  Furnace, and is a son of Franklin and Elizabeth (Bonawitz) Taylor, and a
  grandson of George and Mary (Giger) Taylor.
  
    George Taylor, the grandfather of our subject, was of sturdy Scotch-Irish
  descent, born in Virginia, and was a veteran in the War of 1812. He learned the
  trade of a miller at Brandywine, Chester County, Pa., and later moved to
  Columbia County, where he was employed for seven years by John J. Bowman of
  Catawissa. He followed the trade of a miller all his active days, and was
  considered among the best in his line of business. He was joined in wedlock to
  Mary Giger, a daughter of Conrad Giger, and a family of ten children was the
  result of this union, namely: Washington; Franklin, the father of our subject;
  Maria; John; Caroline; Harriet; Sarah; Martha; Margaret J.; and Martin. Mr.
  Taylor died at the age of fifty-five years; his wife lived to the age of
  eighty-four years.
  
    Franklin Taylor, the father of our subject, was born at Bowman's Mills, now
  Ash Mills, in Briarcreek township, Columbia County, Pa., January 27, 1823, and
  during his boyhood days he worked with his father learning the trade of a
  miller, and remained in his employ until his father's death. He then worked for
  the Esther Charcoal & Iron Furnace Company for eighteen years, and later became
  keeper of the same works. In 1863 he removed to Bloomsburg, where he found
  employment in the foundry works for twenty years. In 1887 Mr. Taylor was
  appointed janitor of the Fifth Street Public School, a position he holds at the
  present time. He purchased a home at No. 147 Fourth street, where he is spending
  the remainder of his active days. He was wedded to Elizabeth Bonawitz, who was
  born in Dauphin County, Pa., August 3, 1828. They are the parents of the
  following children: Jennie, deceased; Charles, a molder residing in Bloomsburg;
  George, deceased; William B., whose name heads this sketch; Annie and Margaret,
  deceased; Harry, a merchant by profession; Franklin, deceased; and Clarence,
  deceased.
  
    William B. Taylor received his schooling in the public schools of Bloomsburg.
  During vacations he worked in a brickyard, carrying brick and later at scraping
  castings for B. F. Sharpless; and next at mixing mortar and carrying a hod.
  Later he served an apprenticeship with J. H. Sterner for several years at the
  carpenter's trade. For a year he worked at car building; then was bartender for
  his father-in-law for three years, after which he engaged in contracting with W.
  H. Rhodomoyer as partner. Subsequently our subject bought W. H. Gilmore's
  bottling works, the largest of the kind in Columbia County. He has added two
  buildings, 45 by 80 feet and 25 by 80 feet respectively, to the works. Three
  teams are kept constantly busy delivering. Our subject makes a specialty of
  bottling ale, porter, carbonated drinks and Bartholomay lager beer.
  
    Our subject resides in a neat little residence located at No. 128 Iron street.
  He formed a matrimonial alliance with Lillie M. Gilmore, a daughter of W. H.
  Gilmore, and granddaughter of William and Hester (Quiger) Gilmore, both natives
  of Connecticut.
  
    W. H. Gilmore came to Columbia County in 1852 and followed farming until 1862,
  when he enlisted in Company E., I32d Reg. Pa. Vol. Inf., and served gallantly
  throughout the war. The most notable battles in which Mr. Gilmore participated
  were Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. After the close of the war
  he conducted a saloon for thirty-three years, and in 1883 he started the
  bottling business now owned by our subject. He wedded Emma Wicht, a daughter of
  William Wicht, and they reared the following children: Lillian, William,
  Charles, Mary and Harry.
  
    Our subject and wife are the parents of eight children, namely: Emma E.;
  Charles H.; George F.; Jennie M.; Lillian M.; Hattie B., deceased; Annia K.; and
  Willie D. Mr. Taylor is a stanch Democrat in his political views; socially he is
  a member of the O. U. A. M. of Bloomsburg.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
    Extracted from:
      
      Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
      Published by 
      Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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