Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
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Benjamin "Ogle" Tayloe was an American businessman, bon vivant, diplomat, scion of colonial tidewater gentry, and influential political activist in Washington, D.C. during the first half of the 19th c
Bust of Benjamin Ogle Tayloe by Powers
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe of Washington DC
The Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House in 1886.
"Uncle" Jim Lawson, an African American born into slavery and enslaved by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe. He was moved from Maryland to the Windsor plantation in Alabama around 1845. This photo depicts him at age 94 in 1915, still working on the Tayloe estate.
Henry Augustine Tayloe
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Henry Augustine Tayloe of Oakley Plantation, Essex County, Virginia, later Gallion, Canebrake, Alabama, was an American planter, slaveholder, horse breeder and racer, and land speculator in the 19th c
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
…of his capital in the plantation. The Tayloes spent the following year traveling in Europe. The plantation was managed by Tayloe's younger brother, Henry Augustine Tayloe, who proved a less than capable manager and was relieved of his position in 1843. The Tayloe property flourished afterward, and by 1851 Benjamin and…
Henry Augustine Tayloe I, son of John Tayloe III
The Octagon House
Henry A. Tayloe, Travel Announcement to New York City, New York, 1887
Fairfield Race Track Richmond Fall Meeting 1832 Virginia Richmond Enquirer Tue Sep 11 1832