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REV. THOMAS WATERS TAYLOR is
kindly remembered by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance as a
talented evangelist and preacher, a tireless worker and large hearted,
genial gentleman. He was born November 14TH, 1854, at Thirlestane,
Berwickshire, Scotland, and educated the public schools at Lauderdale,
Scotland, taking a theological course. On the 14th
of November, 1881, Mr. Taylor was
joined in marriage with Margaret McAllister Greig, who survives him. The
family came to Fort Collins (Larimer Co, Colorado, USA) March 3rd,
1893, and lived for two year on South Howes street. During this time Mr.
Taylor occupied the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church for a period of
nine months. In 1895, he moved to Estes Park and was the found of the First
Presbyterian church there, later moving on to a farm near Fort Collins where
he died March 26, 1901, aged a little more than 46 years, leaving no
children, save an adopted son named Thomas Waters Taylor. In his native
country, Mr. Taylor was widely known in Evangelistic circles as an able and
zealous expounder of the Bible and as a sincere and earnest preacher of the
gospel. Of his life and character too much cannot be said in praise. Though
afflicted with an incurable malady, consumption, coming to Colorado for his
health, he was a faithful and energetic worker for the Master until his
strength finally gave out, a man of great piety and deep faith in the
Christian religion; also of unusual executive ability, and determination of
will. His life, though short as measured by the term of man’s allotted
years, was filled with kindly deeds towards all with whom he came in contact
and his death at a period of his greatest usefulness, was deeply lamented. |
