Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana ArchivesMain MenuIntroduction to the CollectionBishops of the Diocese of IndianaBishops of the Diocese of Northern IndianaParishes and MissionsConventionsOrdinations and PostulantsCamps and YouthEcumenical ServicesDiocesan Officers and GovernanceWomen's Auxiliary - Episcopal Church WomenMiscellaneousJohn David Beatty85388be94808daa88b6f1a0c89beb70cd0fac252
Rev. Thomas Jefferson Taylor
12020-09-24T09:48:00-07:00John David Beatty85388be94808daa88b6f1a0c89beb70cd0fac252327161plain2020-09-24T09:48:01-07:00John David Beatty85388be94808daa88b6f1a0c89beb70cd0fac252The Rev. Thomas J. Taylor was born in Philadelphia on 29 November 1825, the son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Vickers) Taylor. He married Caroline Stoops in 1847. His educational background is unknown, but he was ordained a deacon in 1858 and a priest in 1860. That year he served a church in Freehold, New Jersey. He came to Indiana after the Civil War and was stationed at Delphi from 1867 to 1869. During his tenure there he helped organize Grace Church in Lafayette. By 1870 he had moved to Sedalia, Missouri, and from 1876 to 1878, he was at the Church of the Holy Comforter in Hartland, Vermont. By 1880 he had moved to Randolph, Vermont, and in 1900 he lived in Philadelphia while serving a mission nearby in Franklinville. By 1910 he had retired from the ministry and moved to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In his last years he went blind but was able to recite verses from the prayerbook from memory. He served briefly at St. John's, Lansdowne, before dying in East Lansdowne on 24 January 1919, aged 93.