Tell Taylor: Wrote "Down By the Old Mill Stream" by Trav S.D.

Songwriter and performer Tell Taylor (William Tell Taylor/Tell Roberts, 1876-1937) was born this day. Taylor was a farm kid from rural Ohio who sang with church choirs, studied music at Findlay College, and became a professional actor, touring in stock and vaudeville throughout the midwest by age 16. A successful performance at the Pan-American Exposition […]

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