Arthur B.
Taylor
ARTHUR B.
TAYLOR. Among the men of large financial importance in Lorain County,
Ohio, none stand higher in the confidence and esteem of the public than Arthur
B. Taylor, president of the Lorain County Savings & Trust Company, of Elyria,
and additionally identified with numerous other enterprises of substantial
business value here.
Mr. Taylor is a native of
Ohio, and like many another of Ohio's representative men, he was born on a farm
and has never lost interest in agricultural pursuits. His birth took place in
New London Township, Huron County, Ohio, in April, 1874, a son of John B. and
Clara (Crawford) Taylor, and a grandson of Conrad and Clara (Conklin) Taylor,
and of Jacob and Lucy (Hull) Crawford. The Crawfords were early settlers near
Wooster, Ohio, farming people and estimable in life and character. The
grandparents on the Taylor side were New York State people, who came to Lorain
County in 1845 and became prosperous and respected in the farming community in
which their subsequent lives were spent.
John B. Taylor,
father of Arthur B., was born in New York and accompanied his parents to Lorain
County and grew to manhood on the home farm. He served in the Federal army
during the Civil war, as a member of the One Hundred Third Ohio Cavalry, and in
the charge of Stony Ridge was so severely wounded that he never entirely
recovered from his injuries, although he survived for many years afterward. His
death occurred in September, 1921. He married Clara Crawford, who was born near
Lodi, Ohio, and now resides at Elyria. They were married at Rochester, Ohio,
and afterward, until 1883, Mr. Taylor engaged in farming and had other
interests and in that year moved to New London, in order to give his children
educational advantages.
Arthur B. Taylor
attended the public schools at New London and was graduated from the high
school at the head of his class, and then, through his own efforts, took a
course in the Ohio State University. In 1893 he went to Oberlin, Ohio, and accepted
employment with the Oberlin Bank Company, serving first as collector, then as
bookkeeper and finally as teller, building up a reputation for efficiency and
trustworthiness that three years later brought him to Elyria as teller in the
Lorain County banking Company, and three years later was elected cashier and
executive officer of the bank. He so continued until 1914 when he was elected
president of the Lorain County Savings & Trust Company. The other officers
of the Lorain County Savings & Trust Company are: S.W. Squire, first vice
president; W.H. Stark, secretary; H.A. Daniels, treasurer. The bank's capital
stock is $500,000; surplus, $500,000; resources, $8,000,000. Mr. Taylor is a
director in other solid enterprises here, including the Perry-Fay Company and
the Thaw Shovel Company, has served as treasurer of the Ohio Bankers
Association, and founded and has been president of the Lorain County Bankers
Association.
In October, 1906, Mr.
Taylor was married to Miss Clara Smith, of Elyria, a daughter of Judge Larkin
and Margaret Smith, the latter of whom was born in New York, but Judge Smith is
a native of Elyria. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have three daughters; Gertrude
Crawford, Elizabeth, and Helen Smith. Mrs. Taylor is a member of the Roman
Catholic Church. In political life Mr. Taylor is a republican. He is a
thirty-second degree Mason, belongs also to the Elks and to the Eagles, and is
a member of the Elyria County Club, in which he has held all the offices. His
favorite recreation is to personally look after his farm and orchards and for
some years he has been president of the Home Garden Association.
HURON COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: TAYLOR, Arthur B. (published 1925)
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HISTORY OF OHIO
The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
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