Esther W. Taylor

Eight children were born to those parents, of whom two survived, Dr. Esther and a sister, Dr. Sarah A. Colby, of Boston, Massachusetts.

After devoting some time to teaching in the public schools, she paid a visit to her brother in Boston, and there made the acquaintance of N. F. Taylor, whom she married on January 25, 1846, who was in the life insurance business.

[2] She enjoyed a large practice in Freeport, Illinois, until October 1880, at which time she removed to Boston to join her sister.

[5] After giving up her practice in 1903, Taylor made her home with her daughter, Vashti (Mrs. Charles F. Goodhue) of Brookline, Massachusetts.

She was at the Goodhues' summer home at Wells, Maine when Taylor was stricken with paralysis on August 5, 1904, and only lived four days.