Albert Rhett Taber was a physician and surgeon.
Philadelphia Inquirer
November 24, 1879William Crumby Claghorn, a well-known citizen, died yesterday at his residence on North Fifteenth street after an illness of six weeks of congestion of the brain, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.
He was the oldest son of the late John W. Claghorn, and a brother of James L. Claghorn.
He was brought up to the mercantile profession with the house of Caleb Cope & Co. Subsequently for many years he was in the dry goods business. The latter part of his life he devoted to the accountant profession, in which he had a particular talent for unraveling the most complicated and intricate accounts. In this respect he had very few equals. He was an active and consistent member of Dr. William Suddard's Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he was a warden. He was connected with many charities. He was Past Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of Pennsylvania. He was courteous and gentlemanly to all, and was ever ready to do an act of kindness to the needy. His character was that of an honest upright, high toned merchant, and a thorough Christian.