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• Hij is geboren op 21 mei 1796 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.Bron 2
• Hij is overleden op 25 februari 1868 in Rome, Latium, Italy, hij was toen 71 jaar oud.Bron 2
• Hij is begraven in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York.Bron 2
• Een kind van John Tayloe en Ann Ogle
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Gezin van Benjamin Ogle Tayloe

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Julia Maria Dickinson.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 8 november 1824 te Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, hij was toen 28 jaar oud.Bron 2

Kind(eren):

1. John Dickinson Tayloe  
2. Edward Thornton Tayloe  1829-1881
3. Estelle Frances Tayloe  1833-1867
4. Anna Elizabeth Josephine Tayloe  1834-1836
5. Eugenia Phoebe Tayloe  1835-1913
6. Julia Dickinson Tayloe  1838-1872

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Phoebe Warren.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 17 april 1849 te Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, hij was toen 52 jaar oud.Bron 2

Notities over Benjamin Ogle Tayloe

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!  (1) "The Tayloes of Virginia and Allied Families," by W. Randolph Tayloe (Berryville, VA , 1963), p.26,30-31. FHL #929.273 T211t. Cites: (a) J.S. Skinner's essay on "The Horse in Eng land and America."
  (2) "A Chronicle of Belair," by Shirley V. Baltz (Bowie Heritage Committee, Bowie, MD, 1984 ) Part 2, p.3,9. Cites: (a) "In Memoriam," by Watson. (b) "Tayloes," by Tayloe.
  (3) "The Octagon," by George McCue (American Institute of Architects Foundation, Washingto n D.C., 1976) p.64,67-69,95.
  (4) "Our Neighbors on LaFayette Square," by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, from "In Memorium" (1872) .
  (5) Letters to John Tayloe. Originals in possession of William G. Davidson, Steptoe Ranch , McGill, NV (1992).
  (6) Letters to Benjamin Ogle Tayloe. Originals in possession of William G. Davidson, Stepto e Ranch, McGill, NV (1992).
  (7) Tayloe family records from Mt. Airy, VA, extracted 29 Sep 1927 (by Cabell Gwathmey?).
  (8) "Marriage and Death Notices from the National Intelligencer, Washington D.C., 1800-1850 " (National Genealogical Soc., 1976) p.1303,2503. FHL #929,473, #929,474. Cites: (a) 3 Feb 18 41. (b) 26 Apr 1849.
  (9) "The Washington Post," Sun., 6 Dec 1998, p.CO8, "Windows on History."

!  Birth: (1) 1796. (1,4) At the house of his maternal grandfather in Annapolis, MD. (1,2,3,4 ,7) s/o John Tayloe II/Ann Ogle. (2a,3,4) 21 May 1796, Annapolis. (2a) "Ogle Hall." (7) 2 Ma y 1796.
  Marriage to Julia Maria Dickinson: (1) (2a,3,4,7) 8 Nov 1824. (2a,4) Troy, NY. (8a) m. on e of the daughters of Congressman John D. Dickinson of Troy, NY.
  Marriage to Phoebe Warren: (1,3) (2,4,7,8b) 17 Apr 1849. (2,4,8b) Troy, NY. (4) "At the sea son of Easter." She had been a friend of his first wife's. (8b) By Rev. Mr. Van Keeck.
  Death: (1) 1868. (3,7) 25 Feb 1868. (3,4,7) Rome, Italy. (4) Jan 1868 he suddenly became il l in Rome and died within a few days.
  Burial: (3,4) Troy, NY.

  (4) As a child he was amiable, affectionate and intelligent.
  (4) Began his education under a private tutor, Mr. Samuel Hoar of MA, a graduate of Harvard .
  (1,4) Attended Phillips Academy in Exeterm NH, then the most celebrated school in the count ry.
  (5) 1813, 21 Dec: L. Ripley of Waltham, MA wrote to his father John Tayloe, "Enclosed you h ave Ogle's acct. with Hilliard for stationary, which I intended to have sent you by him, bu t had it not with me when I last saw him. You will find it to agree with the statement I rend ered you in my acct... Agreeably to your request I gave Ogle to read the letter you last wrot e me, & he retained it several days. It had a powerful effect upon him, if I may judge from a ppearances, & I believe also salutary - for I have evertime found him at his room, when eve r I have called there, which formerly was not the case - and I believe he has been endeavorin g to diminish his acquaintance with young men of leisure, because I have not seen him with an y, not met any at his chamber. All this proves how salutory a word in season may be to the yo ung. Ogle can do very well if he please, all that is wanted, is a little more exertion, whic h I trust he will make. I gave him ten dollars, which he said he (thout?) need in addition t o the fifty he received from you. I have about twenty six doll's in my hands, which I shall a ppropriate immediately to pay his quarterly working bill, bed &c..."
  (1,4) 1815: Was graduated from Harvard at age 19. (4) While he was at school, he formed man y friendships in Boston which lasted throughout his life.
  (4) A few months after leaving the University, he began the study of law in the office of t he Hon. Richard Rush of PA, then Attorney-General of the U.S.
  (5) 1817, 14 Sep: He wrote his father from City Hotel, New York, "It has been highly gratif ying, that I have so frequently, since the commencement of my route homewards, been informe d of your helath & progress;- from Mr. Hay & Mr. Heron, who are in the Hotel with us, I lear n of you most particularly, & from Mr. Andrew Ramsay I have ascertained every thing respectin g our friends in Washington.  Adventitious circumstances will, I fear, render my stay in thi s city longer than I would wish; The Major being extrmemely desirous to become conversant wit h every thing remarkable that would attract the scrutiny of the intelligent visitor, mor part icularly so, as he thinks it dubious whether he may again travel in this direction, &, as hi s companion, I could not think of deserting him, or to prevail upon him to abandon that whic h gives him much pleasure, until necessity would require the step; however we shall probabl y leave this Wednesday, when some small articles, he has making, will be completed. Corbin ha s left us for Philadelphia. - The Equinctial storm appears to be about breaking over our head s, the weather is cold & threatening; should it not prevent, tomorrow I anticipate the pleasu re of visiting Miss Prime, but doubt whether I can persuade the Major to accompany me - he ha s some scruples of propriety. - I am fully aware that Mr. Rush will not embark, until the Equ inoctial gales have passed by, & that it is not altogether consistent with that Diplomatick e iquette from which he never deviates, that he should leave Washington prior to the arrival o f Mr. Adams, into whose hands he will, with due form & ceremony, resign the functions of hi s present office; but wishing to remain with you in Washington as long as possible previous t o my departure from the country, I must beg leave to trouble you, with sending me a circumsta ntial account of Mr. R's arrangements & intentions, which in reply to this, I hope, will mee t me in Phila.... P.S. Tell Mother I have just returned from Trinity Church, but did not hear , such a good sermon as her friend Mr. Hawley usually pronounces."
  (1) 1817: At age 21 he was an attache to the U.S. Legation at the Court of St. James and wa s private secretary to Minister Richard Rush. (4) In 1817, Mr. Rush was appointed by Mr. Monr oe, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James. From Mr. Rush , Benjamin received the appointment of Private Secretary and attache' to the Legation.
  (5) 1818, 15 Sep: Charles Wirgman wrote to his father John Tayloe from London, England, " I arrived in this healthful & busy little Island all well on the 9th of June and in about 4 8 hours afterwards had the pleasure of seeing my old young Friend Ogle who was on a visit t o Clifton on his way to Scotland. He looked remarkable well, quite the Secretary, his hair ha ndsomely bloused and in all Respects Comme il (feout?)... Since we have been in London we hav e seen much of Ogle he has acompanied the Ladies when the City has occupied my Attention, t o several Institutions. to night we go to old Drury."
  (4) After his months in London, he went on a grand tour of Europe.
  (4) Soon after his return from Europe, be "became the possessor of" Windsor, a beautiful es tate in King George Co., VA on the Potomac. Here he began life as an "agriculturalist." Winds or was his bachelor residence for the greater part of the year before his marriage, his winte rs being spent at the Octagon in Washington. He gained a high reputation for the breeding o f cattle.
  (4) 1823, fall: Wrote a report, which was printed in all the leading journals of America an d Great Britain, on the match between the horses Eclipse and Henry, the North against the Sou th, which was run over the Long Island Course. Both horses were descended from horses importe d or bred by his father. From this time to the end of his life he wrote voluminously for th e "American Turf Register," the "Spirit of the Times," and the "Turf, Field and Farm," on th e race horse and his performances in England and America. He came to be regarded as the highe st authority on turf matters on this side of the Atlantic. (1) Wrote regularly for the sport s periodicals of the day.
  (1) Bred and raced his own stable of horses.
  (1) Wrote "The History of the American Turf From Eighty Years Since."
  (1) Frequently served as an official at various race meetings.
  (1) His great ambition was to put into the hands of American sportsmen an adequate Stud Boo k, but this desire was never fulfilled. His research on the subject later proved invaluable t o others and upon it is based much of the early part of the American Stud Book. (4) His extra ordinary memory enabled him at any time to give the details of all noted races at home or abr oad, without reference to books or papers, and with unfailing accuracy.
  (3) 1824-1829: Lived in The Octagon.
  (3) 1828: Commissioned for himself a house on LaFayette Square, near the Cutts-Madison Hous e. (1) Had a house just off LaFayette Square in Washington D.C. (4) At his wife's request h e erected a house in Washington on La Fayette Square, which subsequently became his permanen t residence. The house was finished in 1828, number 32 Madison Place.
  (1) 1828: Inherited the Willard's Hotel from his father. (3) After his father's death, he s upervised Fuller's City Hotel for the Tayloe estate.
  (3) 1829: Moved to the Lafayette Square house, which he had leased for a year after its com pletion.
  (6) 1832, 1 Dec: His brother Henry A. Tayloe wrote to him at Washington City from Walnut Gr ove, AL, about Henry's new plantation there. "I hope in two years to make at least 300 bale s of cotton for us which will assist you very much in the payment of your debts... I presum e that you had fine sport in Washington at the Races and hope that the receipts of the meetin g have repaid Oliver for his exertions to please the people. Poor Robin was distanced, was h e in fine condition? Or did he fairly give out after going three miles. Make the best arrange ment you can with Autocrat, any you make will be satisfactory with me."
  (4) 1837, summer: Accompanied by his wife, he left for a trip to Europe. They travelled t o Paris, Switzerland, and "passed by way of the Rhine" through Germany and Belgium. They the n crossed the channel to England.
  (4) 1838, summer: Returned to America.
  (6) 1844, 31 Jan: R.K. Meade wrote him at Washington D.C. from Petersburg about payment o f a debt, and quotes a letter from Benjamin dated 22 Oct 1844 (1843?), "I have made a good cr op of cotton, according to my best advices & shall endeavor to get it to market with all disp atch, in order to discharge the balance due upon my brothers note."
  (6) 1844, 2 Apr: J.T. Lomax Jr. wrote to Benjamin Ogle Tayloe from Demopolis, AL, "A suit i s pending in the Federal Court of this district against Henry A. Tayloe and Robert Beverley o n a joint note for (?) of $4000 which was given in the purchase of a race horse." The defenda nts claimed that the horse was not worth $500 and the plaintiff was not entitled to recover m ore than that sum, if that much. They requested Lomax to write Benjamin and ask him to assis t them in procuring testimony. "Do you wish a bill of forclosure filed to subject the propert y to payment of the two mortgages. The lein which you have now acquired by transfer and assig nment of Glovers mortgage much exceeds the present value of the land and it is not (therefor? ) probable that your (possession?) will ever be disturbed, but (as?) Henry has (heretofor?) c onveyed the quits of (?) and consequently was not (?) to you. To make your complete you woul d be driven to bill in chancery."
  (6) 1844, 11 Apr: R.K. Meade wrote to Benjamin Ogle Tayloe from Petersburg, "I have directe d my counsel Mr. Syon to endorse a credit of ten thousand dollars on the judgt I recovered ag ainst your brother Henry A. Tayloe of Maringo, Ala. the credit to be endorsed as of the 1st F ebruary 1844. The judgt was rendered for $14,504 with interest from the 20th November 1843. T he costs will not exceed ten dollars. Mr. Glover did not pay me any money except a private de bt of about $4000 nothing towards the judgt. I did not know the exact day on which my draft s on you were paid, but suppose it to have been about the time stated above." Correspondenc e concerning the payment of this debt is carried on for another year.
  (3) 1847: On a business trip to Troy, NY, he took the steamboat "Niagara" up the Hudson Riv er from New York City and met Henry A. Willard, a steward who attracted business to the boa t by resourceful attentions to the passengers' comfort. Tayloe invited Willard to manage wha t was then known as the City Hotel. Willard took over management in 1847 under a lease and wa s joined by his two brothers, Edwin D. and Joseph C. Willard. They changed the name to Willar d's City Hotel. Under Benjamin, the Tayloe estate expanded the row of houses to 40 rooms.
  (6) 1849, 9 Apr: His brother Edward T. Tayloe wrote to him at Washington D.C. from Powhata n Hill, "George leaves with me a draft on Mr. Schroeder in your favor payable 1st March 185 0 for $1737.25, with interest in blank, which I am to fill up when you inform me from what da te it begins. He says that he requested Tayloe Lomax to send you a deed of release, on the ex ecution of which I am to forward you the draft... He did not receive your letter of the 17t h March until our last mail, it being sent back from Alabama... With our love to yourself & t he circle at the Octagon..." (NOTE: Sale of Henry A. Tayloe's land in Alabama?)
  (6) 1849, 16 Aug: H.H. Lewis wrote him at Lenox, MA, from Washington about recent illnesse s in the Lewis family from some unnamed disease. "I am happy to say that all those who have b een attacked are convalescent, and that none of your relatives have had a single case on thei r plantations. We have had very recent letters from Mount Airy, Sabine Hall & Powhatan as wel l as from Buena Vista."
  (6) 1852, 11 Sep: Wrote his wife c/o Mr. H. Willard, City Hotel, Washington D.C., from Troy , NY, "No letter from you since my last - hope to meet accts from you at Lenox. I go there th is aftn. Unless something, now unforseen, accelerates or retards me, I shall probably go to N .Y. with the (chd.?) on Wed. - Thornton, Estelle & Elizb. to come to Troy. I have sold the mo rtgage $12.247.94 & deposited the amt. to your Bro's credit to invest for me. He & May are a t Cooperstown. Mrs. P. is well, as also the other of the family. Geo. T. promised to send yo u today's Troy Whig, in wh. you will find E.T.T.'s letter, & fuss & feathers from the (Tombig bee?) Gazette. All goes well for Scott in his quarter. He is to have N.Y. & (Mass.?), as ou r friends say "beyond doubt" - & so I am told about Penna & Ohio, by those who profess to kno w. With the votes of the 3 great States, there seems to me every reasonable prospect of (Geo . S.?) Election. Perhaps you have seen Geo. W., now in W. - I have visited Mr. W. & made th e other calls you desired. I shall direct Dr. H. to send off the Congress Water by his (?) bo at. There was good cause for my not buying at (Tar.?)"
  (3) 1853: Sold the row of houses operated as the Willard City Hotel to the Willard brothers .
  (4) 1855: Elected President of the Board of Trustees of the Washington Orphan Asylum to suc ceed Mr. Corcoran, who had resigned.
  (3) 1856, 10 Mar: Benj. Ogle Tayloe and William H. Tayloe placed an ad in the "Daily Nation al Intelligencer," "For Sale or Rent, The House corner of New York Avenue, and 18th Street, c ommonly called 'The Octagon'. For terms apply Joseph C. Willard, Willard's Hotel." The neighb orhood had deteriorated, and so had the house.
  (3) Niece Virginia Tayloe Lewis wrote, "Soon after my dear old grandmother, Mrs. Tayloe, di ed, in her 83rd year, we left "The Octagon." It belonged to the two eldest sons, and all th e silver, according to English law, went also to the sons."
  (3) Benjamin wrote later, "About the Octagon the ladies refused to accept my repeated offer s to them & those since made by W.H.T. at the Virg'a Springs- They rented another house- & af ter I had rented The Octagon I only heard elsewhere they wished to continue at The Octagon- n ever from them. They were only duly notified by me of having a tenant engaged and when he wa s to take possession." (NOTE: W.H.T. is his brother William Henry Tayloe. The ladies were hi s sisters still living at the Octagon.) Benjamin offered his sisters several items of silve r "needed for their use."
  (3) 1856, 22 Aug: He bought out his brother William H. Tayloe's half interest in the Taylo e properties in Washington D.C., including the Octagon and its two lots, for $15,954.
  (6) 1859, 5 Sep: James H.M. Burroughs wrote him from Baltimore, "I see that I cannot make a nything by sailing your vessel either for myself or you so I will resign the birth to some on e else. I will be over to Washington some time this week to have a settlement with you. I arr ived here Saturday evening all safe & all well on board with a 92$ freight on board."
  (3) 1860: Leased the Octagon to Rev. Charles White, pastor of St. Matthews, for use by St . Rose's Technical Institute, a girls' school, with an agreement that Tayloe "repair such pla ster as may have fallen, such roofs as require it, sash chords where they have failed, window s where broken, and restore such woodwork as may have become decayed."
  (4) 1860: Wrote a letter to Lincoln, enclosing it with a note to a friend in Springfield, s aying, "Mr. Lincoln, as we learn, is elected President. I trust he is not only conservative , intending to look to the interests of the whole country, as bound to do under his officia l oath on being inaugurated, but, to allay the feverish state of the Cotton States, that he w ill lose no time to make some public declaration of such intention. Otherwise, from my own ad vices, I do not know what may not ensue in the madness of the hour."
  (4) Remained in Washington during the Civil War, and his strict neutrality is reflected i n his many letters to influential people on both sides.
  (8) He wrote, "While I write, President Lincoln is passing my window followed by a cavalr y excort with drawn swords."
  (4) After the war, he sent a contribution to Gen. Lee for "suffering Virginians." In thanki ng him, Lee wrote, "I am glad to recall the friendship of our fathers, and their resistance i n their day to political fanaticism. There is surely no hereditary cause of separation betwee n us."
  (3) 1864: Offered the Octagon to St. Matthews church for $20,000, "excepting only certain a rticles of furniture as understood between the parties, especially statues and mirrors." Th e sale did not occur.
  (3) 1866: Rented the Octagon to the government for the Hydrographic Office.
  (3) Wrote his "Memoirs." (8) He wrote his book, "Our Neighbors on Lafayette Square," on a t able that once belonged to George WASHINGTON. He recorded the hearsay, anecdotes and scandal s of his day. He gives some frank and unflattering opinions about some of his neighbors. Andr ew JACKSON "required subservience form his friends." John TYLER was "intoxicated by vanity, s uccess and power." James POLK was a "man of mediocrity." Franklin PIERCE "might do for a gent leman usher."
  (1) One of the incorporators of the Washington Monument Association.
  (4) Was frequently asked by his friends to accept a nomination for the Mayor of Washington , but he always delcined.
  (4) On the formation of the "Society of the Oldest Inhabitants" of Washington, he was elect ed President, and held the office at the time of his death.
  (4) 1867: Left for Europe with his wife on a long-planned tour. They were in England for th e Derby and went on to the Continent, visiting friends. He continued his voluminous correspon dence and articles for racing magazines.
  (4) 1867, 29 Apr: Wrote from Arcachon, France, "Although this goes from France, my theme i s entirely American. Your late notice of the Washington City Race-course recalls many long-fo rgotten associations... there were giants in those days, as names and achievements testify.. . the Washington City Race-course was the arena of these renowned champions, owned and run b y gentlemen of education, position, and opulence, whose coaches and four, as those of other m agnates, gave splendor to that course, which was often graced by several Presidents, from Jef ferson down to Van Buren. There I saw John Quincy Adams on foot, he having walked from "the P resident's house," and he walked back again. General Jackson took the liveliest interest in t he races... This was the scene, too, of the turf eccentricities of Dr. Thornton, remarkable f or his humor, his benevolence, and accomplishments..." While abroad, he observed with a caref ul eye the agriculture of Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
  (1) Had no children by his 2nd wife.
  (1) At his death, left a large bequest to the Corcoran Art Gallery. (3) Left all his Washin gton D.C. property, except his house on Lafayette Square, to his daughters with the conditio n "that none of them live in Washington." The Octagon received little maintenance after that.
  (8) ca. 1968: His house on Madison Place overlooking Lafayette Square became part of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which was built around the house. In 1998, the T ayloe Cafe was operating on the second floor of the house.

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