Born on May 21, 1873 to John D Taylor and Martha Ann Hill Taylor. William Edmund Taylor passed away on Sep 15, 1936, at the age of 63 and was buried in Hill Cemetery in Union County, North Carolina, United States. William Edmund Taylor was married to Susan Malona Benton Taylor and had 5 children: Florence Taylor Pressley, Howard Dewey Taylor, Horace Clayton Taylor, Virginia Ann Taylor Deese, Margie Taylor High.