Asher Taylor was born on 3. Nov. 1800 at Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Joseph Taylor and
Martha Dorset. Asher Taylor married
Sarah Coffin on 23. Jun. 1832 at New York City, New York County, New York.
Asher Taylor was shown in the census on 29. Jun. 1860 as the President of an insurance company.
Asher Taylor and
Sarah Coffin appeared on the census of 29. Jun. 1860 at New York City, New York County, New York.
Asher Taylor resided at at New York City, New York County, New York, in 1861. He died on 31. Mar. 1869 at age 68. He was buried at Fair View Cemetery, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
ASHER TAYLOR, son of Joseph Taylor, 154, was born, Nov. 3, 1800, in the old house, at the foot of Ruckman's Hill, in Middletown, the site
of the Osborne House. This estimable man was the pioneer genealogist, I believe, of Monmouth County. His incursions into family history provoked amusement, wonderment and ridicule, but he was steadfast in his pursuit, with the result of accumulating much data. Nothing pleased him more than to meet a kindred spirit and discuss his hobby, especially in his declining years, saddened by the loss of members of his family. His life, though a happy one was a tempestuous one. He started, when less than thirteen years of age, in the store of his uncle, Edward Taylor, in New York City, with whom he became a partner, in 1830, and so continued until 1840. Henceforth he became prominent in fire Insurance matters, becoming the president of several such organizations, which became insolvent, by disastrous fires. At the time of his death, Asher Taylor was Vice-President of the Exchange Fire Insurance Company, of New York City. He resided at various times in New York City, Niagara County, N.Y., Red Bank, N.J., and finally, in Jersey City. He was a man of sterling honor, an ardent supporter of the Government, during the late Rebellion, and excessively severe in his arraignment of all members of the Confederacy. This feeling of hostility also shows itself, in his writings, when reviewing the lives of members of his family, who, during the Revolutionary War, espoused the Royal cause. He was genial, upright and downright. He married, in New York City, June 23, 1832, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Alexander Coffin, Jr., born Sept. 29, 1799, and died Mch. 31, 1869, at 12.30 A.M., and is interred in Fairview Cemetery, Middletown, N.J.
Stillwell's Vol. V.