John Taylor, founder of Taylor and Son's Brewing Co., was born. As a beer baron in a beer town he was well known and well liked.  He was elected mayor of Albany, New York three times.  He was known for his business acumen and general good character.

Fidler and Taylor, Brewers of Albany New York, benefited from an article distributed widely in Newspapers across the United States.

John Taylor, founder of John Taylor and Son's, passes away at 73 years of age. This poem is published posthumously about John Taylor, by Barry Gray and John Savage and A. F. J. Brown. “A Runlet of Ale Among the ales most famed in story, From Adam’s down or old or new There’s none possessing half the glory Or half the life of Taylor’s brew. Their amber brand is light and cheery, Their XX is strong though pale, But give to me, when dull and weary, Their cream, imperial Astor ale”

The John Taylor & Sons brewery of Albany New York reorganized upon the death of Edmund B. Taylor.