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E. A. Taylor, M. D., is an Obion County, Tennessean, born July 22, 1845, son of Col. William Taylor, who was born in Stewart County, Tenn., in 1817, and grandson of Frederick Taylor, who was born in Middle Tennessee, and died in Obion County prior to the birth of our subject. The latter’s mother, Elizabeth (Atkins) Taylor, was born in North Carolina, in 1825. William Taylor died May 8, 1875. Our subject is the third of twelve children, eight living. Dr. Taylor attended the country schools in boyhood, and began the study of medicine in 1866. He began taking lectures in the Nashville University, and soon located in his old home neighborhood, and continued the practice of his profession until 1872, when he removed to Kenton, and here has since resided. While studying medicine he was engaged in the drug business. On the 16th of December, 1869, he was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Crittendon, of Obion County, who was born June 3, 1842. They have two children: Alice E., born July 25, 1871, and Edward K., born May 17, 1873. Dr. Taylor is a Democrat, and has served four years as a member of the Kenton council. He has been a Mason since 1874, and is one of the leading physicians of the county. Mrs. Taylor is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.