From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia, and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902.

Typed by Carol Taylor Lanza.

Pages 756 & 757

DR. DAVID H. TAYLOR is a leading member of the medical profession of 
the city of Wheeling. He was born in Indiana, January 25, 1848, and is 
a son of William Penn Taylor.

The grandfather of Dr. Taylor was born in Ireland, and came to the 
United States when twelve years of age.  When thirty years old he 
accepted a position under President Monroe, and retained it during the 
administration of President Adams, but with the rest of the office 
holders was supplanted during the administration of Andrew Jackson.  
Subsequently he and his wife went west to Indiana, where he cleared a 
home out of the wilds, building the first stone house and barn in 
Switzerland County, Indiana.

William Penn Taylor was born in Indiana, February 22, 1824, and 
followed agricultural pursuits until his death in 1892.  He was an 
enterprising and public spirited citizen, and took an earnest interest 
in educational matters.  He and his wife became the parents of five 
children, as follows:  Cecelia, who for a time taught school, married 
D.C. Kern and lives in Switzerland County, Indiana; David H., the 
subject of this sketch; William R., who is practicing medicine at Fort 
Recovery, Ohio; Estella, who also taught school, married Samuel Yates, 
and died in 1897; and Martha, who died in childhood.

Dr. Taylor attended the public schools of Switzerland County, Indiana, 
and also Moorefield Academy.  He taught school a number of years, and 
then began his preparation for the medical profession.  After reading 
medicine four years he entered the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, 
Ohio, in 1875, and received a diploma in March, 1878.  He began 
practice at East Union, Ohio, where he remained three years, and then 
moved to Summerfield, Ohio, and practiced until 1884.  In that year he 
came to Wheeling, West Virginia, and is now located at No. 29 Twentieth 
Street.  He has met with much success in this city, and has established 
a large general practice.  He has taken an active interest in the 
affairs of Wheeling, and served one term in the city council, from the 
fifth ward.  He is now serving his second term as a member of the state 
board of health, and has been president of the Provident Life Insurance 
Company of Wheeling from it's infancy.  He is now supreme master of the 
Shield of Honor, a flourishing fraternal insurance order.  In politics, 
he is a Republican.

In 1883 Dr. Taylor was united in marriage with Margaret A. Muldoon, who 
was born at Steubenville, Ohio, in 1858, and is a daughter of Thomas 
and Mary Muldoon.  They became the parents of five children, as 
follows:  May I., born October 12, 1883, at Summerfield, Ohio; Estella, 
born April 16, 1885; Clyde, who died at the age of three years; Harry, 
born December 1, 1892; and Earl, born August 9, 1894.  Dr and Mrs 
Taylor have many friends in Wheeling, and are held in the highest 
esteem by their numerous acquaintances.