Taylor, Marshall William

D.D. (Central Tenne ee College, Nashville, Tenn., 1878), Methodist; b. of free parents at Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., July 1, 1846; taught by white children at Ghent. Ky., 1851-53; by colored and white Methodist preachers, 1853-55; in school for free negroes at Louisville, Ky., 1855-58; was me enger for a law-firm in Louisville, Ky., 1853-55 steamboat cook, 1858-61; in the Army of the Cumber land, 1862-65; teacher at Hard ins burg, Ky., 1866-70; at Midway and Wittsburg, Ark., 18'70-71; entered the ministry of the Methodist- Episcopal Church in the Lexington (Ky.) Conference, 1872; was supply at Litchfield, Ky. (1871), pastor at Louisville (1872-74), at Indianapolis, Ind. (1875-76), at Cincinnati, O. (1877-7S); presiding elder, O., 1878-83; at Louisville, Ky., 1883-84; since 1884, editor of the South-western Christian Advocate, New Orleans, La. He was appointed a delegate to the Pan Methodist Conference in London, Eng., and to the Centennial Conference in Baltimore, Md.; and is a founder of the Colored Secret Society of United Brothers of Friendship at Louisville, Ky., 1861. He is the author of Handbook for Schools in South-ivestern Kentucky, Louisville, Ky., 1871; Life of Rev. George W. Downing, 1878, 3d ed. 18—; Plantation Melodies and Revival Songs of the Negroes, 1882, 4th ed. 18—; The Universal Reign of Jesus (a sermon), 1872; numerous pamphlets, etc.