and Lectures upon Select Topics in Revealed The- ology " (1859). See " Memorial of Nathaniel W. Taylor" (New Haven, 1858).
TAYLOR, Nelson, soldier, b. in South Norwalk,
Conn., 8 June, 1821. He received a common-school
education. At the beginning of the war with Mexi-
co he joined the army as captain of the 1st New
York volunteers on 1 Aug., 1846, served through
the war, and at its close settled in Stockton, San
Joaquin co., Cal., where he was elected a state
senator in 1849 and sheriff in 1855. He was also
president of the board of trustees of the State in-
sane asylum from 1850 till 1856. Returning to
New York city, he studied law, taking his degree
at the Harvard law-school in 1860. He was an
unsuccessful Democratic candidate for congress in
1860. At the beginning of the civil war he en-
tered the volunteer service as colonel of the 72d
New York infantry. He commanded this regiment,
which formed a part of Gen. Daniel E. Sicklos's
brigade, during the Chickahominy campaign. He
had command of the brigade at Williamsburg and
in Gen. John Pope's Virginia campaign, and was
appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, in recog-
nition of his services, on 7 Sept., 1862. He resigned
on 19 Jan., 1863, resumed practice in New York
city, and was elected as a Democrat to congress,
serving from 4 Dec, 1865, till 3 March, 1867. He
was a member of the select committees on freed-
men and invalid pensions.
TAYLOR, Oliver Alden, clergyman, b. in Yar-
mouth, Mass., 18 Aug., 1801 ; d. in Manchester,
Mass., 18 Dec, 1851. He was graduated at Union
in 1825, and at Andover theological seminary in
1829, made German translations, and assisted Prof.
Moses Stuart in teaching Hebrew at Andover for
several years, and on 18 Sept., 1839, was installed
as pastor of the Congregational church in Man-
chester. He published many articles in the " Biblical Repository " and other periodicals, and was a
frequent contributor of poetry to magazines be-
tween 1820 and 1828. He translated Franz V.
Reinhard's " Plan of the Founder of Christianity "
(New York, 1831), and his " Memoirs and Confes-
sions" (Boston, 1832), wrote two books for the young,
entitled " Brief Views of the Saviour " (Andover,
1835) and "Life of Jesus " (1840), made a catalogue
of the library of Andover seminary (1838), and pub-
lished a memoir of Andrew Lee under the title of
" Piety in Humble Life " (Boston, 1844) and a ser-
mon on " The Ministerial Office " (Andover, 1848).
See a " Memoir " of him by his brother, Rev. Timo-
thy Alden Taylor (Boston, 1853).— His brother,
Riifns. clergyman, b. in Hawley, Mass., 24 March,
1811, was graduated at Amherst in 1837, and at
Princeton theological seminary in 1840. He was
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Shrewsbury,
N. J., till 1852, when he went to Manchester, Mass.,
as his brother's successor, remaining six years. Af-
ter a pastorate of four years more at Hightstown,
N. J., he became district secretary of the American
and foreign Christian union. This office he held
for a period of ten years, after which he preached
in New Jersey and Massachusetts till 1878, and
afterward confined himself to literary work, resid-
ing at Beverly, N. J. He received the degree of
D. D. from Lafayette college in 1863. Dr. Taylor is
the author of " Union to Christ " (New York, 1846) ;
" Love to God " (New York, 1848) : " Thoughts on
Prayer " (Boston, 1854) ; and " Cottage Piety Ex-
emplified" (Philadelphia, 1869): also of a series
of interesting letters from northern Europe, and
numerous pamphlets.
TAYLOR, Oliver Swalne, educator, b. near
New Ipswich, N. H., 17 Dec, 1784; d. in Auburn,
N. Y., 19 April, 1885. He prepared himself for
college in the intervals of farm-work, was gradu-
ated at Dartmouth in 1809, taught for some time,
then studied medicine, received the degree of M. D.
from Dartmouth in 1813, and practised till 1817,
when he resumed teaching. For a brief period he
was associated with Jeremiah Evarts in editing tho
"Panoplist." In 1826 he took charge of the
academy at Homer, N. Y., and in 1830 removed
to Auburn, which has since been his home. He
taught there and elsewhere, numbering among his
pupils many who attained eminence. He engaged
earnestly in Sunday-school work, teaching the
prisoners in Auburn penitentiary for seventeen
years, and at the age of ninety still conducting
three classes each Sunday. He also preached fre-
quently, being licensed on 17 June, 1840, and
ordained as an evangelist on 8 Dec, 1848. His
hundredth birthday was publicly celebrated at
Auburn. — His son, Charles, missionary, b. in
Boston, Mass., 15 Sept., 1819, was educated at the
academy of his father and at the University of
the city of New York, where he was graduated in
1840. He taught ancient languages in the high-
school of the South Carolina conference, and,
after joining the conference in 1844, studied medi-
cine in Philadelphia, preparatory to engaging in
missionary work in China, obtaining his degree in
1848. He departed for his field of Tabor the same
year, being the first missionary to China that was
appointed by the Methodist Episcopal church,
south. He returned to the United States in 1854
on account of the failure of his wife's health, be-
came a professor in Spartanburg female college, and
in 1857 was its president. In 1858 he was elected
feneral Sunday-school secretary of the Methodist
Ipiscopal church, south, for four years. In 1866
he was elected president of Kentucky Wesleyan
college at Millersburg, which post he resigned in
1870, in order to resume the active work of the
ministry. The degree di D. D. was conferred on
him by the University of the city of New York in
1869. Dr. Taylor, while in China, with the assist-
ance of a native teacher, prepared several tracts,
a catechism, and a " Harmony of the Gospels " in
the Shanghai dialect. He has published "Five
Years in China" (New York, 1860) and "Baptism
in a Nutshell " (Nashville, 1874).
TAYLOR, Richard Cowling, geologist, b. in Hinton, Suffolk, England, 18 Jan., 1789; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 26 Nov., 1851. He was educated as a mining engineer and geologist, partly under
the direction of William Smith, the " father of British geology," and in the early part of his career was engaged in the ordnance survey of England. Subsequently he devoted his attention to investigating and reporting on mining property in various parts of England, including that of the British iron company in Wales, his plaster model of which received the Isis medal of the Society of arts. In 1830 he removed to the United States, and, after surveying the Blossburg coal region in Pennsylvania, gave three years to the exploration of the coal- and iron-veins of Dauphin county in the same state, concerning which he published an elaborate report with maps. He continued occupied with similar work in the United States, and also made surveys of mining lands in Cuba and the British
provinces. Mr. Taylor's knowledge of theoretical geology led him to refer the old red sandstone that underlies the Pennsylvania coal-fields to its true place, corresponding with its location in the series of European rocks. He was the first to point out this fact. Prior to his arrival in this country he devoted much attention to archaeology, and pub-
