William Taylor (1834-1884) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Troy, New York. He trained as a doctor in Philadelphia, and during the Civil War, he served as an assistant surgeon, first in the 41st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and then in the 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. After the war, he devoted himself to the study of theology and he was ordained as a Universalist minister in 1868. Over his career, he ministered in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Troy. At the time of his passing, he was secretary of the Universalist Convention of the State of New York.

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