James B. Taylor was born on this day in 1896 in Stokes County. He spent his early life in Stoneville.
Taylor worked as a tobacco warehouseman and a tobacco buyer.
He was a World War I veteran, a Shriner, a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the American Legion and the Moose Lodge.
Taylor was also a member of Calvary Moravian Church.
He passed away in 1962.