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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Taylor , George 1716 -1781 (search)
Taylor, George 1716-1781
A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Ireland in 1716; arrived in the United States at the age of twenty years, but, having a good education, rose from the position of a day laborer in an iron foundry to the station of clerk, and finally married his employer's widow and acquired a handsome fortune.
For five consecutive years he was a prominent member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, and in 1770 was made judge of the Northumberland county court.
He was elected to Congress July 20, 1776, and signed the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2.
He died in Easton, Pa., Feb. 23, 1781.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)