When Virgil Paul Taylor was born on 14 February 1918, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, his father, Wetsel Ray Taylor, was 30 and his mother, Daisy Dell Copas, was 23. He married Dollie May Werner on 10 July 1986, in Clark, Ohio, United States. He lived in Urbana, Urbana Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Ohio, United States in 1996. He died on 12 September 1996, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Urbana, Urbana Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States.