[p. 975] who is numbered with the reliable business men of New Castle, is one of the proprietors of the Acme Lumber Company, which owns a planing mill and does a large manufacturing business at No. 69 Pittsburg Street. Mr. Taylor was born in 1870, in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He is a son of the late William Taylor, also a native of Lawrence County, who was born in 1851, and who died at his home in Slippery Rock Township in 1903. William was a farmer all through his active life. His father, Samuel Taylor, was one of the early settlers in Slippery Rock Township.
W. S. Taylor learned the carpenter's trade after leaving school, and worked as carpenter and contractor for ten years. He then went into the lumber business, becoming a member of the Acme Lumber Company, with which he has been identified ever since.
In 1895 Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Mary Houk, who was born and reared in Slippery Rock Township. Her father, Eli Houk, was one of the early settlers in this section. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have one son, Kenneth. They belong to the Third United Presbyterian Church, at New Castle. Mr. Taylor is a member of the order of Knights of the Maccabees, but he takes no very active interest in politics, devoting his time and attention closely to his business, church and family.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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