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Obituary notes Eliza W B Taylor died in Brooklyn at 93
Miss Eliza W B Taylor longtime Brooklyn resident died Tuesday morning at her nephew Percy F Phillips 921 Madison Avenue Brooklyn age ninety three she remained active and commanded all faculties until death funeral at Church of the Messiah Brooklyn burial in Greenwood Cemetery She was born January 9 1824 to Samuel Priestly Taylor a noted musician and originator of chanting in Episcopal services She supported colored causes antebellum and world events and was the oldest communicant at the Church of the Messiah Her survivors include several nephews and nieces.
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Eliza W. B. Taylor
Percy F. Phillips
Madison Avenue
Church of the Messiah
Brooklyn
Yestero
Sinclair Hester
Buring
Greenwood Cemetery
Miss Taylor
Samuel Priestly Taylor
Old South Church of Revolutionary Fame
Boston
Trinity Church
New York
Church Yard
Broadway
Taylor
MES
Charles K. Lake
Sarah E Lake
East Second Street
B. C. Conover
Temple Baptist Church
Burda
Elmwood Cemetery
Lebanon
Mrs. Lake
Washington Crossing
Mercer County
Bloomsbury
Hunterdon County
St Lebanon
Plainfield
Trinity Reformed Church
Dn Thin
Besidre
Jesse J. Lake