[1] On Sunday evening March 1, 1868, at 47 West Range, Pi Kappa Alpha was founded by Taylor, his cousin and roommate Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford, and four other students.
[2] He engaged in a variety of commercial enterprises and real estate in Norfolk, amassing a small fortune.
[11] In March 1870, Virginia's Governor Gilbert C. Walker appointed Taylor the notary public for Norfolk.
[5][1][15] In January 1888, Taylor and his partners incorporated the Elizabeth River Navigation Company to operate a toll ferry between Norfolk and Portsmouth, VIrginia.
[1] In 1872, he served on the executive committee of the Virginia and North Carolina Agricultural Society which arranged a fair with a regatta, auction, and sailing boat race.
[20] In November 1881, Governor Frederick W. M. Holliday appointed Taylor to the state board of visitors of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum.
[22] He was a member of the vestry of Christ Church in Norfolk and served on the Committee of Entertainment and Quarters of the Delegates to the Protestant Episcopal Council of Virginia.
[2] Taylor died on February 16, 1896, in front of the Hume & Billsoly store on Main Street in Norfolk.