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Last updated on November 21, 2024
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Queen Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 18, 1874, to formerly enslaved parents in Buckingham County. While Taylor lived in New York, she witnessed an accident that killed the mother of an eight-year-old girl. The tragedy propelled Taylor to return to Virginia to seek a way to care for orphaned children. Taylor graduated at the top of her class. From the Lynchburg, Virginia Seminary with a ministry degree. After graduation, she worked as an itinerant preacher. Taylor met her husband, William Miller, and the couple opened the Hayes Memorial Industrial School and Orphans Home at Franklin Hill, near the present-day Food Lion. Later known as the Queen Miller Orphanage, the facility began in 1925 to help and recuse helpless children from all over the state. These children were deserted, born out of wedlock, orphaned, or mistreated. The Miller couple cared for over 200 children over 30 years whose parents could not care for them. The orphanage provided using and essential care, religious training, domestic and farm duties, education, and piano and vocal lessons. Local Doctor Stuart L. Scott gave medical service free of charge at the home.
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Queen Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 18, 1874, to formerly enslaved parents in Buckingham County. While Taylor lived in New York, she witnessed an accident that killed the mother of an eight-year-old girl. The tragedy propelled Taylor to return to Virginia to seek a way to care for orphaned children. Taylor graduated at the top of her class. From the Lynchburg, Virginia Seminary with a ministry degree. After graduation, she worked as an itinerant preacher. Taylor met her husband, William Miller, and the couple opened the Hayes Memorial Industrial School and Orphans Home at Franklin Hill, near the present-day Food Lion. Later known as the Queen Miller Orphanage, the facility began in 1925 to help and recuse helpless children from all over the state. These children were deserted, born out of wedlock, orphaned, or mistreated. The Miller couple cared for over 200 children over 30 years whose parents could not care for them. The orphanage provided using and essential care, religious training, domestic and farm duties, education, and piano and vocal lessons. Local Doctor Stuart L. Scott gave medical service free of charge at the home.
