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Village:New Lebanon, NY Source:bios:287Search: Full Last First
id 287 firstname Leila Sarah lastname Taylor birthyr 1854 deathyr 1923 bio Taylor, Leila Sarah (1854-1923), of Mt. Lebanon, NY, associate eldress, was born in Westfield, MA; she was the daughter of an homeopathic physician, and had one brother. She went to Boston University, taught school in Springfield and other Connecticut River valley towns for over twenty five years. She first visited the Enfield, CT, Shakers with a friend, Alice Mary Simpson, and upon visiting Mt. Lebanon Shakers in 1900 she immediately applied for membership, along with her friend. She signed the covenant in 1900 and 1903. She helped Eldress Anna White to write the book: Shakerism: Its Meaning and Message, which appeared in 1904, and was a correspondent to the CHATHAM COURIER and SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN. In'1907, a writing of hers "A Remarkable Statement" appeared in CHRISTIAN SCIENCE JOURNAL, describing Eldress Anna White's interest in Christian Science. She taught school in 1905, was book-keeper in 1910, 2nd eldress in 1911, and assistant trustee in 1918. In 1912, she wrote "A Memorial to Eldress Anna White, and Elder Daniel Offord," published by the North F. Shakers. She died of a paralytic stroke, thus leaving the North F. without its own set of elders for the first time. villageplus Mt. Lebanon. NY
Village:New Lebanon, NY Source:shakerdic:73Search: Full Last First
id 73 firstname Leila sarah lastname Taylor birthyr 1854 deathyr 1923 sourceid 212 sourceurl https://books.google.com/books?id=oQhY03JJvTAC&hl=en&pg=PA212
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