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Ontario, Canada, July 28, 1883, and came to Nebraska 43 years ago.
His father, William Middleton Taylor, was born in Nassagaweya, Ontario, and is a veterinary surgeon. He is descended from Thomas Middleton Taylor, who was born in Yorkshire, England, February 21, 1820, and who died May 27, 1908, at Eden Mills, Ontario. His wife was Mary Knight Taylor who was born in Ireland, February 3, 1819, and died at Eden Mills, November 13, 1919.
Mary Ann Norrish, wife of William Middleton Taylor, was born at Nassagaweya, January 16, 1857, and now resides at Lincoln. She is past president of the Ladies Aid Society of her church and is prominent in church work. Her father was Nicholas Norrish, of Devonshire, England, who was born April 19, 1823, and died at Guelph, Ontario, June 13, 1901. His wife was Ann Youart Norrish who was born in Yorkshire, England, October 22, 1827, and who died at Nassagoweya, February 25, 1870.
Mr. Taylor attended the public schools of York, and the York High School and attended York College. He was graduated from York Business College in 1907. He played football during high school and at college was captain of the basketball and baseball teams.
On January, 1906, he entered the post office at York, Nebraska as a clerk. He resigned on October 1, 1918 to accept a position as bookkeeper with the First National Bank of Chappell. On February 3, 1922, he was appointed postmaster at Chappell, and is now serving in his third term. He is secretary of the Deuel County Poultry Association, and is a Republican.
He is married to Julia Avis Bryan who was born at Marion, Kansas, September 20, 1883. Four children were born to them, Laurence Bryan, on December 29, 1912, who died January 11, 1913; Phoebe Winifred, born September 22, 1915; Alfred Glenn, born July 22, 1918; and Charles Arthur, born October 21, 1921.
While living at York, Mr. Taylor was a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and afterward held membership in the state organization for a number of years. He is president of the Chappell Golf Club, and president of the Logan-Sedgwick Golf League. In addition to golf, he enjoys skating, while his hobby is raising Rhode Island Red chickens.
For five years he was a member of the school board of Chappell. He is a Mason, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Red Cross, and the Methodist Church. Residence: Chappell.
Asahel Lysander Taylor
Asahel Lysander Taylor, editor of the Republican Leader, a weekly newspaper, was born at Franklinville, New York, August 2, 1861, son of Asahel Lysander and Polly Elizabeth (Rolph) Taylor. The elder Asahel Taylor was born in Franklinville, New York, October 16, 1832, and died there on October 11, 1862. He was a farmer of English descent. His wife, Polly, was born at Randolph, New York, March 16, 1838, and died at Trenton, Nebraska, December 24, 1917. She was of English and French descent.
Mr. Taylor attended the country schools of Michigan and Battle Creek College of Battle Creek, Michigan, for two years, 1877-79. On October 3 of that year he came to Nebraska where he has since resided. He taught country school from 1880 to 1881 and was in the mercantile business the two following years. He homesteaded in 1885 in Hitchock county, and from 1891 until 1902 was the manager of a general store. Since 1895 he has been a newspaper publisher.
His marriage to Amy Illione Livingston was solemnized at Shelton, Nebraska, May 14, 1882. She was born at Lowell, Massachusetts, July 27, 1865, and died at Trenton, July 30, 1895. She was of Mayflower ancestry.
To them were born five children, Nettie, June 19, 1883, who married Henry Owens, and lives in San Francisco; Lucy, October 14, 1884, who married Charles O. Gammon, residing in Omaha; Percy, March 19, 1886, Uunion (sic) Pacific machinist at Salina, Kansas, who married Harriet Cook; Jessie, May 12, 1888, who married Paul F. Bischeld and lives in Denver; Merle, February 10, 1890, who married Henry Kirschke, and resides at Denver. She was widowed in July, 1924, and in August, 1929, married John W. Greenstreet. In April, 1896, Mr. Taylor was married to Belle E. Livingston, sister of his first wife, at Trenton. The following children were born to them, Elbert, June 21, 1897, who married Beulah Henderson, is a newspaper man at Cambridge, Nebraska; Charles, born March 22, 1899, who died November 19, 1906; Wayne, March 15, 1901, who married Pearl Brown, is deputy county clerk of Hitchcock County; Theodore, May 18, 1905, who died June 30, 1918; Amy, June 11, 1909, who is now teaching school; and Amelia Lucille, May 30, 1911, a student at Doane College.
Mr. Taylor is a Republican and active in party polities. Since 1920 he has been county chairman of the Republican party, and was unsuccessful candidate for state representative at two different times. From 1923 until 1925 Mr. Taylor served as secretary of the Trenton Commercial Club. He is a member of the Nebraska Press Association, the Odd Fellows, the Southwest Nebraska Historical Society, and for several years was a member of the School Board. He is the president of the Massacre Canyon Memorial Association, and the originiator of the idea of erecting a monument to cominemorate the Battle of Massacre Canyon. His hobbies are baseball and reading. Mr. Taylor died April 6, 1932.
Charles E. Taylor
Born at Ashton, Illinois, December 9, 1872, Charles E. Taylor has been a leading banker at St. Paul for more than twenty-five years. His father, John P. Taylor, was born in Indiana, June 17, 1839, and served in the Civil War. His death occurred at St. Paul on August 17, 1923. His mother, born in Oregon, Illinois, in 1843, died at St. Paul in January, 1922.
Charles E. Taylor attended country schools in Sherman County, the St. Paul High School, and was graduated from Western Normal College at Lincoln in 1893. For five years thereafter he was cashier of the St. Paul State Bank, and the next five years was cashier of the Citizens State Bank at St. Paul. He has been active vice president of the Citizens National Bank for more than seventeen years.
Of his marriage to Vera I. Force, there are four children: Harriet and Cathryn, twins, born December 1903; and Charles, Jr., and Maydee, twins, born June 2, 1913. Cathryn, who married George J. Armstrong, resides at Grand Island, where her husband is associated with the Nebraska National Bank. Harriet teaches home economies in the Walnut Junior High School at Grand Island. Charles and Maydee are freshmen in Hastings College.
Mr. Taylor is an independent Democrat. He has always been active in local polities, and served two terms as county treasurer of Howard County and two terms St. Paul Chamber of Commerce two terms, and president of the local Lions Club two ters (sic). During the World War he was chairman of Howard County Red Cross Drives.
He is a Presbyterian, but interested in Christian Science, is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Nebraskana Society. An ardent golfer, he is a member of the St. Paul Golf Club. Residence: St. Paul.
Charles William Taylor
One of Nebraska's leading figures in the educational field, Charles William Taylor has been a resident of the
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state thirty-seven years. He was born at Red Oak, Iowa, June 3, 1874, son of James Henry and Tamar Ann (Ratliff) Taylor. James Henry Taylor was born at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, November 8, 1839, and was by occupation a farmer. During the Civil War he served three years and eleven month with the Union Army with Company M, Fourth Iowa Cavalry. He was descended from the Orange County, Virginia, Taylors, Hannahs, Morfitts and Waddels; all of whom were of Colonial stock. After the Civil War James Henry Taylor migrated west, settling in Iowa, where he met and married Tamar Ann Ratliff.
Tamar Ann Ratliff was born at Salem, Iowa, March 2, 1849. Aside from her duties in the home, a Quaker by birth, she was prominent in the Methodist Church, in the missionary society, Women's Relief Corps, and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Before her marriage she was a student at Whittier College. Her ancestry was traced to the North Carolina Ratliffs, Fletchers, Nixons, Hobsons, and Provos, the first families of Virginia as early as 1609.
Charles W. Taylor was educated first in the rural schools of Montgomery County, Iowa, and was graduated from the Red Oak High School in 1893. He attended the University of Nebraska, from which he received his B. A. in 1898, and Columbia University where he took post graduate work. His scholastic honors include Phi Delta Kappa, membership on the Nebraska Intercollegiate Debating Team in 1898, and vice presidency of the State Oratorical Association in 1898. He is a member of Acacia, and of the Palladian Literary Society.
On July 3, 1899, he was united in marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Wert Smith at Lead, South Dakota. Mrs. Taylor was born at Humboldt, Kansas, March 18, 1874, and prior to her marriage was a teacher. She is descended from the Werts, Comptons, Hydes, Letz, Hankins and Runyons of colonial New Jersey, the McLeans of Scotland, and the Nordells of France. To their marriage six children were born: Seth Charles Henry, born April 24, 1900, married Ruth Lenore Hutton, and is the Cincinnati manager of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Montreal, Canada. Marie Provo, who was born May 16, 1902, died May 18, 1913. Hutch Nordell, born March 15, 1904, died October 13, 1918. John William, born December 21, 1906, married Mary Katherine Meier, and is an area traffic engineer for the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company at Omaha. James Ratliff, born February 28, 1909, died February 28, 1909. Beth Elaine, born January 23, 1915, is a student.
Mr. Taylor's military activities extend over a period of years. He enlisted in Company M, 3rd Iowa National Guard Infantry on October 18, 1893, and was honorably discharged on account of the expiration of his service on October 19, 1896. From September 1894, to June 9, 1898, he was a member of the University of Nebraska Cadet Regiment, and was a member of the Pershing Rifles two years. On October 3, 1902, he enlisted with Company G, First Nebraska National Guard Infantry, and was commissioned 2nd lieutenant on that date. He was honorably discharged on October 3, 1905.
On August 24, 1917, he enlisted in the Second Officers Reserve Training Camp at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and was commissioned captain of Infantry on November 27, 1917. On December 15, 1917, he was assigned to the 88th Division at Camp Dodge and attached to Company F, Second Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade. He was transferred to Machine Gun Training Center at Camp Hancock, Georgia, May 25, 1918, and commanded the 27th, 6th and 15th Companies at the Recruit Receiving Depot, Camp Hancock, and the 67th Company, Group 6, Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Training Center. On December 21, 1918, he was transferred to Officers Section, Machine Gun School and certified as a machine gun officer. He passed his overseas examination on September 13, 1918, and was honorably discharged from the rank of captain in the Army of the United States December 20, 1918. On August 19, 1919, he was commissioned captain of Infantry, Officers Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States, and still holds that commission.
Among his memberships in military and patriotic organizations are the Reserve Officers Association, the American Legion, the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War, Sons of the American Revolution, the Forty and Eight, of which last mentioned organization his membership is in Voiture No. 19.
Entering the teaching profession as a young man, Mr. Taylor taught in the rural schools of Iowa, 1893-94; was principal of the Ohiowa, Nebraska schools 1898-1901; was superintendent of city schools at Geneva 1901-07; superintendent of city schools at McCook 1908-11, and professor of school administration and director of teacher training at the University of Nebraska, 1911-26. In 1907, he was secretary-treasurer and manager of the S. R. Smith Furniture Company of Lead, South Dakota.
A Republican, he was defeated for nomination of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the primaries of 1922; was nominated and elected to that office on the nonpolitical ballot of 1926, and we re-elected in 1930. He is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers Association of which he was vice president one year; life member of the National Education Association.
He is also a member of the Nebraska Parent-Teacher Association, an executive officer of the State Board for Vocational Education, secretary of the State Illiteracy Commission, chairman of the Nebraska Committee on the Enrichment of Adult Life, and a member of the State Library Commission and the State Normal Board.
Since 1929 he has been chairman of the advisory board of the Lincoln Corps of the Salvation Army, and during 1924, was state commander of the American Legion, department of Nebraska. In fraternal organizations his memberships include the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Scottish Rite Masons, the Grange, Royal Neighbors of America and the Eastern Star. He is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraskana Society. His hobbies are fishing and flowers. The Taylor family attends St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church of Lincoln, of which Mr. Taylor is a member of the vestry. Residence: Lincoln.
Clyde Henry Taylor
Clyde Henry Taylor was born at Elm Creek, Nebraska, August 10, 1898, the son of John and Daisy (Losee) Taylor, the oldest son of a family of thirteen children, all living. His father, who was born at Rochester, New York, September 15, 1873, and died at Overton, Nebraska, November 13, 1931, was a farmer. His mother was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, October 8, 1875.
Mr. Taylor, who has been the publisher of the Overton Herald at Overton, Nebraska, for the past 13 years, was graduated from the Overton High School in 1917. He has been active in various community affairs for several years and recently was made Republican precinct chairman at Overton. He was elected to membership on the Overton Board of Education in 1931, and is a member of the Overton Lions Club and the Nebraskana Society. His fraternal organizations are the Masons, Odd Fellows, and Modern Woodmen of America.
He holds membership in the Nebraska Press Association, and has received two important awards for achievement in the newspaper world: a loving cup presented to the best weekly newspaper in the Nebraska Press Contest for 1925; and first place in the "Best Front Page" contests of 1926 and 1927. He is interested in mechanics and gardening, and is fond of basketball and swimming. Mr. Taylor is the owner of the Loomis Sentinel at Loomis, Nebraska.
His marriage to Marguerite Gullion occurred at Lexington, Nebraska, May 19, 1917; she was born at Greenwood, December 31, 1898. To them two children were born: Dale, born April 19, 1918; and Clyde, born April 6, 1921. Residence: Overton.
Earl John Taylor
Earl John Taylor was born at Tobias, Nebraska, September 20, 1890, the son of William Henry and Lauretta Jane (Baker) Taylor. His father, who was born at Fort Edward, New York, May 19, 1855, was a grain dealer at Tobias and is now a resident of York, Nebraska. His ancestry is English and Irish. His mother was born at Odell, Livingston County, Illinois, June 6, 1859; her ancestry is English.
Mr. Taylor was graduated from the Tobias High School in 1907, and in 1913 was awarded the B. S. degree at the University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture. He was elected to membership in Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University. During 1914 and 1915 he was instructor in agriculture at the O'Neill High School, and from 1915 to 1918 was agriculture teacher at York High School, York, Nebraska. He was connected with the Keystone Creamery Company at York, 1918-29, and since 1929 has been manager of the Fairmont Creamery Company at York.
He is a member of the board of education at York, is president of the Nebraska Ice Cream Manufacturers Credit Association, and holds membership in the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His social clubs are the Lincoln University Club and the York Country Club, while his favorite sport is golf.
On August 19, 1914, he was united in marriage with Bess Manon Stimson at Pawnee City, Nebraska, Mrs. Taylor, who is of English descent, was born at Pawnee City, October 6, 1891. They have three children: William, born May 20, 1915; Edwin, born January 1, 1917; and Barbara, born July 19, 1922. Residence: York.
Earl Sylvester Taylor
Earl Sylvester Taylor, leading merchant at Scottsbluff, was born at Holton, Kansas, July 14, 1883, son of George and Flora Ellen (Huff) Taylor. He is of English descent.
On June 12, 1910, he was married to Sarah Ellen Barrand at Horton, Kansas. Mrs. Taylor was born at Denton, Kansas, October 12, 1887. There are three children, Helen, born November 13, 1912; Billy, born December 26, 1919; and Bobby, born July 2, 1923.
Mr. Taylor is a Republican. He is a member of the Lions Club, the Elks and the Masons. He enjoys fishing, hunting and golf. Residence: Scottsbluff.
Elbert Lloyd Taylor
Elbert Lloyd Taylor, prominent in the educational world in Nebraska, was born in Gage County, Nebraska, November 13, 1882, the son of Lewis and Hannah Frances (Russell) Taylor. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Ohio, September 17, 1854, of English and Welsh parentage. His mother, whose ancestry is Irish and English, was born at Vandalia, Illinois, June 15, 1854, and died at Belvidere, Thayer County, Nebraska, February 6, 1903.
Mr. Taylor was graduated from the Belvidere High School in 1903, was a student at Cotner College, 1905-06, and attended Peru State Normal School, 1906-07. He was awarded the B. S. and A. M. degrees at the University of Nebraska, 1915, where he was affiliated with Alpha Zeta and Gamma Sigma Delta.
From 1918 to 1920 he was a member of the faculty of the University of Nebraska. He served as federal land appraiser for the Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank, 1921-25 and from 1925 to 1928 was head of the schools at Alexandria, Bethany, and Belvidere, Nebraska. He is a member of the Christian Church at Belvidere, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. His favorite sport is football, while his hobby is the study of economics.
He was united in marriage with Mary Edna Hill at Lincoln, June 28, 1916. They have one daughter, Harriet Louise, born May 8, 1923. Residence: Belvidere.
Ellen Smoot Taylor
Ellen Smoot Taylor, daughter of William Harrison and Martha Sawyer (Bunnell) Smoot, was born in Lexington, Kentucky, April 5, 1852. For more than 62 years she has been a resident of Nebraska.
Her father was born at Huntsville, Alabama, of English and Irish descent. He was a southern planter, a member of a distinguished family of landowners and slaveholders. He died at Lexington, in 1852. His wife, Martha, was born in Lexington, and died at Shubert, Nebraska, in 1909. Her grandfather came from France and helped to survey the state of Connecticut. Martha Bunnell was also descended from the May family, who came to Virginia 150 years ago from Ireland. She was extremely active in church work.
Ellen Smoot attended school in Louisville, Kentucky and Nebraska. She was a teacher for five years, one term in Indiana and four in Nebraska, and at the present time, manages her Nebraska and Colorado real estate holdings. She is a Democrat.
On July 8, 1875, she was married to John Wray Taylor at Brownville. Mr. Taylor, who was born at Bethany, Missouri, September 14, 1848, died at Auburn, Nebraska, February 13, 1907. He was a pharmacist, a descendant of early Virginia settlers from England. To Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, one son was born, Guy H., on December 16, 1877. He received his medical degree from Creightou Medical College in 1902, and is a leading physician at Hebron.
For more than 35 years, Mrs. Taylor has been a member of the Order of Eastern Star, and is still an active worker. She devotes much time to reading, is a profound student, and is keenly interested in the economic and political issues of the world. Her religious affiliation is with the First Presbyterian Church. Residence: Hebron.
Floyd Chesterfield Taylor
Floyd Chesterfield Taylor, county treasurer of Scotts Bluff bounty, was born at Merna, Nebraska, January 27, 1895, son of Frank Thomas and Mayme (Kitchen) Taylor. His ancestry is English and Dutch.
Mr. Taylor attended public and high school and was a student at business college for one year. Hhe (sic) has been a merchant, deputy county clerk, county assessor, abstractor, and is now serving as county treasurer elected on the Republican ticket. He is a Scottish Rite Mason. His favorite sport is fishing.
On April 27, 1917, he was married to Verle Opal Ray at Broken Bow. Mrs. Taylor was born at Anselmo, October 31, 1897. She is the daughter of George M. and Eva (Filley) Williams. She was graduated from Anselmo high school and is a member of the Eastern Star. He has a stepdaughter, Eva Jean, born January 6, 1915. Residence: Scottsbluff.
Frank James Taylor
A distinguished lawyer at St. Paul, Nebraska, is Frank James Taylor, who has lived in this state for over half a century. He was born at Ashton, Illinois, February 12, 1866, the son of John P. and Susan K. (Bridge) Taylor. His father, who was a stock and grain dealer, was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, June 17, 1838, and died at St. Paul, August 17, 1923. His mother, who was born at Oregon, Illinois, May 27, 1843, was of Irish and Dutch descent, and died at St. Paul, January 22, 1922.
Mr. Taylor attended the St. Paul High School and in 1891, received the LL. B. degree at the University of Michigan. He was engaged in the practice of law for two years with the firm Kendall & Taylor at St. Paul, 1891-93; practiced alone from 1893 until 1917; and since that time has been a member of the firm of Taylor & Spikes. He is also president of the Citizens National Bank. He served as county attorney of Howard County for 12 years,
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was a candidate for congress in 1914, on the Democratic ticket, and is now serving his second term as regent of the University of Nebraska.
He holds membership in the Community Club, the Red Cross, the Royal Highlanders and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of St. Paul, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society.
He was married to Byrdie West, at St. Paul, June 27, 1895. Mrs. Taylor, who was formerly a teacher, was born at St. Paul, May 17, 1876. They have two children: Harold W., born July 23, 1899, who married Velma Hubbartt; and Burdette F., born February 7, 1903, who married Wayne O. Stoehr. Residence: Omaha. (Photograph in Album).
Harry Allen Taylor
Harry Allen Taylor, physician and surgeon, was born at Burr Oak, Kansas, January 9, 1883, son of William Allen and Martha Alice (Mitchell) Taylor. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1905; his Bachelor of Arts degree from the same institution in 1908. In 1905 he was a major in the Nebraska Wesleyan Cadet Battalion.
On May 1, 1913, he was married to Ruth Mary Maris at Newcastle, Wyoming. Admitted to the practice of medicine in 1908, he was pathologist to the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, and has engaged in general practice since that date. He is a member of the American, Nebraska State and Lancaster County Medical Associations, the Hiram Club, and the First Methodist Church. He is a member of the board of trustees of Nebraske Wesleyan University, also. Residence: Lincoln.
James Taylor
Born at Lyons, County Kildare, Ireland, June 29, 1861, James Taylor, who died at Auburn, October 12, 1930, had been a leading citizen of his community for forty-three years. He was the son of Robert and Marcelia (Doyle) Taylor. Robert Taylor, a miller by trade was born in Scotland. He died in 1892. Mareella, his wife was born in Ireland, and died in Newark, New York, 1904. James Taylor received his early education in Lyons, Ireland.
Coming to America while still a youth, he shortly afterward settled in Nemaha County. Here he married Lizzie E. Hughes, in 1895. Mrs. Taylor is the daughter of Peter and Mary Ann (Meath) Engles. Her father, a cabinet-maker, pre-empted a section of land in Nemaha County in 1860; prior to coming to America from Germany, he served three years in the German Army. Mrs. Taylor was born on the family homestead in 1865.
Mr. Taylor was active in the Democratic party, and in educational and civic organizations. He was a member of the Red Cross, and a trustee of the Knights of Columbus. From 1890 to 1896 he was a member of the local school board. He attended St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
At the time of his death he had owned and operated the Auburn Flour Mills for forty-two years, and had established an enviable reputation for integrity and honesty. His death was a distinct loss to his community and he is mourned by all who knew him.
Jay R. Taylor
Born at Wells, Minnesota, Jay R. Taylor is the son of Edward Henry and Elisa (O'Brien) Taylor. His father, who was a stockraiser and farmer, was born in New York, February 20, 1842, and died at Taylor, Nebraska, in 1907. His mother, whose ancestry was Irish, was born in New York, October 30, 1843, and died at Taylor in 1901.
Mr. Taylor has been a rancher and farmer for many years in Grant County, Nebraska, holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Whitman, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. He is a member of the Republican party.
He is married to Lois Montas Bump who was born at Ackley, Iowa, August 5, 1883, of English parentage. By a former marriage the following children were born: Felix, April 10, 1889, who married Ruth Bolinger; Saide, April 22, 1890, who married Frank Dolin; Martha, February 22, 1893, who married Joe Francis; Bessie, 1892, who died December 1, 1911; William, 1894, who married Myrtle Castenson; Elias, 1901, who married Olive Lindburg; and Nelle, 1904, who married Herbert Cook. Residence: Whitman.
Mary L. Taylor
Mary L. Taylor, daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Sara Evelyn (Smith) Dill, was born in Cicero, Indiana, November 3, 1869. Her father was born in Cicero, March 24, 1844, a clergyman, and a descendant of Colonel George Matthew Dill, of the Revolutionary War, who came from Ireland about 1732. He died at Rector, Arkansas, December 23, 1929.
Sara Evelyn Smith was born in Cicero, May 7, 1851, and died at Thedford, Nebraska, March 31, 1910. She was of Irish descent, her maternal grandfather was killed at Lundy's Lane in 1812. They went to Indiana on their bridal trip about 1840.
Mrs. Taylor attended public and high school at Van Wert, Ohio, graduating in 1881. She thereafter attended business college and Fremont Normal School, and taught in the public schools of Nebraska fourteen years, in Blaine, Thomas, Hooker, Grant, Cherry, Rock and Brown Counties. For the past fifteen years she has been postmaster at Raymond. She is also the editor of the Raymond Review. She is eligible to the Daughters of the American Revolution, and is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Red Cross, and the Parent-Teachers' Association.
Mrs. Taylor has one daughter, Mrs. Jay Q. Williams, whose husband is supervisor of music at Appleton, Wisconsin, where they reside. They have four children: Robert F., born June 22, 1922; Stanley L., born October 19, 1924; Donald E., Born August 17, 1926; and Rawleigh J., born July 10, 1928.
A member of the publicity committee of the Raymond Woman's Club, Mrs. Taylor is also a member of the Nebraska Children's Home Society. Her hobbies are reading, history and psychology. Residence: Raymond.
Sherman Taylor, Jr.
Sherman J. Taylor was born at Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, November 9, 1892, the son of Sherman and Helena Swick Taylor. His father, who was a farmer and banker, was born at Stark, Illinois, September 3, 1865, and died at Wymore, January 13, 1928. His mother was born at Lear, Germany, September 17, 1870.
Mr. Taylor was graduated from the Wymore High School in 1902, and later was a student at Nebraska Wesleyan University. From 1914 to 1928 he was engaged in the wholesale ice business, and since that date has been a farmer in Gage County. He is affiliated with the Methodist Church and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. During the World War he was a member of Company C, Eighth Ammunition Train of the United States Army.
His marriage to Gladys Kara McMaken was solemnized at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, February 6, 1918. Mrs. Taylor was born at Plattsmouth, August 29, 1896, of Irish parentage. Three children were born to them: Margaret, born January 2, 1919; Edith, born January 4, 1920, who died September 9, 1920; and Joe, born September 5, 1922. Residence: Wymore.
