Career
He was one of eight men who received the Medal of Honor for "bravery in scouts and actions with indians" while fighting the Apache in the Arizona Territory during 1868 and 1869. Wilbur Nelson Taylor was born in Hampden, Maine on December 2, 1846. He later enlisted in the United States. Army in Boston, Massachusetts and was sent out west to the frontier.
He distinguished himself in battle and, with eight other soldiers, received the Medal of Honor for "bravery in scouts and actions with indians" on September 6, 1869.
Jacob Gunther, Corporal David A. Matthews, Sergeant James McNally, Sergeant John Moriarity, Private
Samuel Richman and Private Otto Smith. Taylor died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 20, 1903, at age 56.
He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery.