Col. Harvey Clinton Taylor Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: TAYLOR
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

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  COL. HARVEY CLINTON TAYLOR, manager of the Gale Shoe com-
pany's plant at Portsmouth, N. H., was born in the state of 
Massachusetts, May 15, 1875. He was one of three children born to his 
parents, who were Martin and Laura (F1oyd) Taylor. He began his 
education in the public schools and was later a student at Harvard 
College. In 1903 he came to Portsmouth to assume the duties of his 
present position. This factory is one of the largest in the state and 
was formerly operated by the Portsmouth

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Shoe Company, the latter concern being succeeded in 1903 by the Gale 
Shoe Company. The company has a national reputation for the excellence 
of their product, turning out the finest shoes on the market. Some four 
hundred people are employed here, all of whom are under control of Col. 
Taylor.
   The company also has another large factory in Haverhill, Mass.
Col. Taylor married Miss Mary Hobson, a daughter of John L. Hobson.
of Haverhill, Mass. They have a pleasant residence at No.96 Islington
street. The Colonel is independent in politics. As a citizen he is 
progressive and patriotic, taking a warm interest in everything 
calcuiated to promote the good of the community in which he resides.

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