Background
Taylor, Francis Matthew Sill was born on March 19, 1851 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Matthew and Sarah H. (Sill) Taylor.
Taylor, Francis Matthew Sill was born on March 19, 1851 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Matthew and Sarah H. (Sill) Taylor.
Student Cornell Univercity, 1868. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1872, A.M., 1875. Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1875.
(Doctor of Divinity, Western Theological Seminary, 1905).
Deacon, 1875, priest, 1876, Protestant Episcopal Church. In charge St. Thomas Church, Pittsburgh, 1875-1878, Church of the Holy Spirit, Rondout, New York, 1878-1881. Dean St. Paul’s Cathedral, Indianapolis, 1881-1883.
Rector St. Paul’s Church, Alton, Illinois, and archdeacon Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, 1883-1889. Rector Grace Church, Paducah. Kentucky, 1889-1890, Church of the Ascension, Mount Vernon, New York, 1890-1907 (rector emeritus).
Rector St. Paul’s Church, E. St. Louis, October 18, 1908-1913. Archdeacon, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, since 1913.
Author: An American Hierarchy, 1896. America’s Mission, 1900. Dionysius the Areopagite, 1901.
Married Adele C. Seymour, April.