William Benjamin Taylor, Sr. was born in Fishkill, New York on Christmas day in 1822 to Benjamin Foster and Harriet (Barnaby) Taylor.
In 1849, one year after his mother died, William headed west and settled in Portland, Oregon, where he began a career as a newspaper printer.
On March 5, 1859, he marred Miss Lucretia Jane McKenzie of Kentucky by the Reverend W.S. Lewis, in Portland.
A month after his marriage, William, along with his business partner, S.A. English, started the first daily newspaper in the Pacific Northwest, The Portland Daily News.
On October 11, 1859, William and Lucretia welcomed their first child, a son, James Augustus Taylor.
Over the next six years, three additional children were born; Jennie Emroy Taylor (1862), William Benjamin Taylor, Jr. (1864), and Edgar Alonzo Taylor (1865).
In 1866, William moved his family to Eureka, Nevada, where he began a newspaper called "The Cupel". At the time the newspaper was started, mining was the economic mainstay in Eureka. A cupel, as the paper was named after, was a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
Over the next decade, William was involved in the following newspapers; The Elko Independent, The Elko Chronicle, The Pioche Review, The Reno Gazette, and the Tybo Sun.
In 1878, he was elected to the Nevada State Legislature where he served the people of Nye County.
In addition to his legislative work, William began investing in the mining industry and made frequent trips to the mining town of Bodie, California. In May of 1880, he traveled to New York where he negotiated the sale of the N. Bulwer section of the mine at Bodie. The deal proved to be a lucrative one; netting Taylor a profit of $50,000.
Following his legislative term, Taylor and his family left Nevada and briefly lived in San Francisco before settling in the northern Sonoma County community of Cloverdale.
In Cloverdale, William, Lucretia, and their family moved into a farm style home on Main Street. He worked as a correspondent for the Cloverdale Reveille newspaper, while two of his sons, James, and William, Jr., both worked at the same paper as printers.
After 31 years in Cloverdale, William B. Taylor, Sr. passed away on October 11, 1911 at the age of 88.
He is buried on a beautiful hillside in the Cloverdale Cemetery.
William Benjamin Taylor, Sr. was born in Fishkill, New York on Christmas day in 1822 to Benjamin Foster and Harriet (Barnaby) Taylor.
In 1849, one year after his mother died, William headed west and settled in Portland, Oregon, where he began a career as a newspaper printer.
On March 5, 1859, he marred Miss Lucretia Jane McKenzie of Kentucky by the Reverend W.S. Lewis, in Portland.
A month after his marriage, William, along with his business partner, S.A. English, started the first daily newspaper in the Pacific Northwest, The Portland Daily News.
On October 11, 1859, William and Lucretia welcomed their first child, a son, James Augustus Taylor.
Over the next six years, three additional children were born; Jennie Emroy Taylor (1862), William Benjamin Taylor, Jr. (1864), and Edgar Alonzo Taylor (1865).
In 1866, William moved his family to Eureka, Nevada, where he began a newspaper called "The Cupel". At the time the newspaper was started, mining was the economic mainstay in Eureka. A cupel, as the paper was named after, was a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
Over the next decade, William was involved in the following newspapers; The Elko Independent, The Elko Chronicle, The Pioche Review, The Reno Gazette, and the Tybo Sun.
In 1878, he was elected to the Nevada State Legislature where he served the people of Nye County.
In addition to his legislative work, William began investing in the mining industry and made frequent trips to the mining town of Bodie, California. In May of 1880, he traveled to New York where he negotiated the sale of the N. Bulwer section of the mine at Bodie. The deal proved to be a lucrative one; netting Taylor a profit of $50,000.
Following his legislative term, Taylor and his family left Nevada and briefly lived in San Francisco before settling in the northern Sonoma County community of Cloverdale.
In Cloverdale, William, Lucretia, and their family moved into a farm style home on Main Street. He worked as a correspondent for the Cloverdale Reveille newspaper, while two of his sons, James, and William, Jr., both worked at the same paper as printers.
After 31 years in Cloverdale, William B. Taylor, Sr. passed away on October 11, 1911 at the age of 88.
He is buried on a beautiful hillside in the Cloverdale Cemetery.
