Edward Neufville Tailer

Edward Neufville Tailer (July 20, 1830 – February 15, 1917) who was a New York merchant and banker, and a prominent member of New York Society during the Gilded Age. Early life Tailer was born on July 20, 1830, in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. He was the son of New York merchant Edward Neufville Tailer (1797–1873) and Ann Amelia (née Bogert) Tailer (1802–1883). His younger brothers included lawyer Henry Austin Tailer, who was born in 1833, and William Hallett Tailer, who was born in 1842. His father "retired with a fortune in 1837." His grandfather was Edward Neufville Tailer, Sr. and they were all descendants of Sir William Tailer, a colonial governor of Massachusetts. Tailer was educated at the well known "Penquest's French school" located on Bank street.