Frederick Southgate Taylor

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Early life

Frederick Southgate Taylor was born in Norfolk, Virginia on December 16, 1847.[1][2] His father was Tazewell Taylor, the bursar of the College of William & Mary and a lawyer in Norfolk.[1][2] Taylor grew up in and around Norfolk.[1]

Taylor attended the College of William & Mary, graduating with an A.B. degree.[1] He then, enrolled in the University of Virginia in the fall of 1867.[1][3] Taylor lived in 47 West Range (part of The Range) until 1869, studying pre-law.[1]

On Sunday evening March 1, 1868, at 47 West Range, Pi Kappa Alpha was founded by Taylor, his cousin and roommate Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford, and four other students.[4] Taylor was behind the founding of Pi Kappa Alpha and gave the fraternity its name, rituals, and motto.[1][4]

Career

After graduating from the university, Taylor practiced law briefly in Norfolk.[2] He engaged in a variety of commercial enterprises and real estate in Norfolk, amassing a small fortune.[1][5][2] He was the treasurer of the Norfolk Draw Bridge Company and the secretary and tresurer of the Norfolk and Ocean View Railroad.[6][7] He served on the board of directors of the City Gas Light Company of Norfolk and the Upshur Guano Company.[8][9] With George R. Wilson, he formed Wilson & Taylor, a wholesaler and retailer of ice they imported from ponds in Boston, Massachusetts.[10] He also was the secretary of the Ocean View Hotel, a 25-room hotel that was on the Chesapeake Bay.[11]

In March 1870, Virginia's Governor Gilbert C. Walker appointed Taylor the notary public for Norfolk.[12] Taylor was elected as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Norfolk from 1874–1875.[13][1] He was elected president of the Select Council of Norfolk on July 1, 1880.[14][2] Later, he became the president of the Common Council of Norfolk, resigning in October 1889 to return to the House of Delegates.[5][1][15]

In January 1888, Taylor and his partners incorporated the Elizabeth River Navigation Company to operate a toll ferry between Norfolk and Portsmouth, VIrginia.[16][17] Taylor was reelected to the Virginia House of Delegates for Norfolk, serving from 1890–1891.[13][1] In May 1892, he was elected president of the Norfolk Real Estate Investment Company.[18]

Personal life

Taylor married Anna Brooke.[2] They had a daughter and four sons—Brooke Taylor, Tazwell Taylor, Southgate Taylor, Anna Taylor, and Seldon Taylor.[2] The family lived in Norfolk and had a cottage at Virginia Beach, Virginia.[19]

Taylor was known as a philanthropist, contributing to community service projects.[1] In 1872, he served on the executive committee of the Virginia and North Carolina Agricultural Society which arranged a fair with a regatta, auction, and sailing boat race.[20] In November 1881, Governor Frederick W. M. Holliday appointed Taylor to the state board of visitors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum.[21] He also served on the board of directors of the Retreat for the Sick.[22]

He was a member of the vestry of Christ Church in Norfolk and served on the Committee of Entertainment and Quarters of the Delegates to the Protestant Episcopal Council of Virginia.[23][24][2] He served on the executive committee of the alumni association of the College of William & Mary.[25] He was also a member of the Owens Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.[2]

Taylor died on February 16, 1896, in front of the Hume & Billsoly store on Main Street in Norfolk.[1][2] He died from heart failure.[2] He was forty-eight years old, and most of his children were still young. He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk.[1]

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