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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29 July 1999

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HISTORY OF OHIO
The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume III, page 228

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