Background
Traylor, Robert Lee was born on September 23, 1864 in Midway Mills, Nelson Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Albert Washington and Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Traylor.
insurance banking bookcollector
Traylor, Robert Lee was born on September 23, 1864 in Midway Mills, Nelson Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Albert Washington and Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Traylor.
Educated Richmond College, 1881.
Merchant, Memphis, Tennessee In railway service, construction, operating and executive departments, Atlanta, Georgia., 1881-1883, Birmingham, Alabama, 1883-1885, Memphis, Tennessee, 1885-1888, Richmond, 1888-1894. Since 1894 in banking and insurance. Manager insurance department Virginia Trust Company Life member American History Association, Southern History Association, Virginia History Society, Association for Preservation Virginia Antiquities, Virginia Baptist History Society.
Member Virginia Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa. Has library of about 6,000 vols. relating chiefly to Southeastern States, including probably largest collection in private hands anywhere of books to illustrate literature and history of Virginia Wrote monograph: “Some Notes on the First Recorded Visit (May 23, 24, 1607) of White Men to the Site of the Present City of Richmond, Virginia,” 1899 X1. Residence: 806 E. Marshall St.
Married November 16, 1887, Annie, d.