Biographies: Charles A. TAYLOR, Barron, Barron Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Victor Gulickson 20 August 1999 ==================================================================== Charles A. Taylor, attorney, banker and business man, Barron, was born in Barron July 27, 1883, the son of Charles S. and Ann Elizabeth (Crawford) Taylor. He was graduated from the Barron High school in 1899, attended Lawrence University, now Lawrence College, Appleton, in 1899-1901, received his A. B. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1904; and his LL. B. degree from the same University in 1906. He then took up the practice of his profession in Barron. He was justice of the peace in Barron, 1907-8; member of the light and water commission of Barron city, 1913-1921; district attorney of Barron county, 1911-17; first municipal judge of Barron county, 1917-1921; alderman of Barron city, 1908-11; and supervisor for the same period, serving the first year on the county board finance committee, and the second two years on the equalization committee. He is president of the Barron Woolen Mill Co., succeeding his father, Charles S. Taylor; and president of the First National Bank, succeeding his uncle, Jared W. Taylor. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order. He was married May 27, 1908 to Grace L. Grow, the daughter of Charles F. Grow, a prominent Neillsville man. She was born in Neillsville, passed through the schools there, graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1907, and died May 21, 1910. Sept. 11, 1912, Mr. Taylor married Gladys E. Priest. She was born in Reedsburg, Wis., Dec. 25, 1888, the daughter of J. W. and Emily (Wheeler) Priest, of an old Wisconsin family. She graduated from the Madison High school in 1906 and from the University of Wisconsin in 1910, and taught school in Barron two years before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have three children: Stuart F., born Nov. 12, 1913; Ruth A., born April 6, 1916; and Roger C., born March 17, 1919. During the World War, Mr. Taylor had charge of all five government loan drives, in Barron County, and for the first drive in Washburn County, also. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 75-76.