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Author: Will T. Hale

   GEORGE C. TAYLOR. A representative member of the younger generation of his

profession in his native state, Colonel Taylor is not only known as a well

fortified trial lawyer and effective counselor, but also has the distinction of

being at the present time, February, 1913, secretary to Hon. Ben W. Hooper, the

governor of the state, on whose staff he holds the rank of colonel. Colonel

Taylor has been a most zealous worker in the Tennessee contingent of the

Republican party, and his present official preferment came to him through the

governor's recognition of his special eligibility as well as effective service

in behalf of the party cause, unsought.



   Col. George Caldwell Taylor was born at Greenville, the judicial center of

Greene county, Tennessee, on the 29th of May, 1885, and is a son of Col.

Alexander William Taylor and Alvira (Williams) Taylor, the former of whom was

born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ohio, their marriage having been

solemnized in the old Buckeye state. Col. Alexander W. Taylor was graduated in

Mount Union College, Ohio, and after devoting his attention to the pedagogic

profession for a number of years he prepared himself for and entered upon the

practice of law, in which he gained success and precedence. He was a valiant

soldier and officer in the Union service during the Civil war. He organized

Company H, First Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, of which he became captain,

and later he received promotion to the rank of major and finally that of

lieutenant colonel of his regiment, of which ?he was acting colonel during the

latter part of the war. He participated in many important engagements and was a

most gallant commanding officer, held in unqualified esteem by all of his

comrades in arms. In later years he perpetuated the more gracious associations

and memories of his military service through his active affiliation with the

Grand Army of the Republic. For a number of years after the close of the war he

was in the employ of the government, in the city of Washington, D. C., and he

finally removed from the national capital to Bristol, Tennessee, where he became

pastor of the Baptist church. Later he held a pastoral charge at Greeneville,

Greene county, and he passed the closing period of his life at Tusculum, that

county, where he was summoned to the life eternal in 1909, at the venerable age

of seventy-eight years and secure in the affectionate regard of all who knew

him. His life was one of exalted consecration, and as lawyer, soldier and

clergyman he did all in his power to aid and uplift his fellow men. The mother

also died at Tusculum.



   Col. George C. Taylor gained his early education at Greeneville and Tusculum

College, this state, and in 1912 he was graduated in Tusculum College, from

which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In preparation for his chosen

profession he entered the law department of the University of Tennessee, and in

this institution he was graduated in 1908, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.

He was president of his class during his senior year. After his admission to the

bar of his native state Colonel Taylor engaged in the practice of his profession

at Rockwood, Roane county, where he remained two years and proved successful in

his work at the bar. A zealous and enthusiastic advocate of the principles and

policies of the Republican party, Colonel Taylor became specially active in the

campaign of 1910, when Governor Hooper was elected chief executive of the state,

on the Republican ticket. At that time the governor and Colonel Taylor had no

personal acquaintance, but when the latter visited the new executive for the

purpose of advocating the appointment of a friend to a position in the state

service, the governor recognized the eligibility of the young lawyer and

voluntarily tendered him the position of secretary, which he accepted. He proved

a most efficient assistant to the governor and became the latter's campaign

manager incidental to the national election of November, 1912. He showed marked

discrimination and ability in manoeuvering the political forces at his command

and did much to effect the re-election of Governor Hooper, by whom he is still

retained in the office of secretary and member of staff, with the rank of

colonel. Colonel Taylor is affiliated with the time-honored Masonic fraternity,

he also holds membership in the Knights of Pythias. His religious faith is that

of the Presbyterian church, in which he was reared, and he is popular and

prominent in the social activities of the capital city. After May 1, 1913, he

will be engaged in the practice of law at Greeneville, Tennessee.



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A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in

commerce, industry and modern activities

by Will T. Hale

Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co.,  1913

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