Taylor, Robert Eyre, 1806-1854

Robert Eyre Taylor was born on April 29, 1805, in Norfolk County, Virginia, to General Robert Barroud Taylor and Nancy Ann Ritson. He married Virginia Southgate on November 6, 1832. Robert E. Taylor was a member of the Whig party and practiced law in the city of Norfolk. He was a State Legislator representing Norfolk County in the Virginia Legislature. He served as a Brigadier General in the War of 1812 for the Ninth Brigade, after being elected to that position by the Virginia State Legislature after the death of Gen. Thomas Mathews. He died April 5, 1854, at his home in Norfolk, Virginia.