George Sylvester Taylor

For George Sam Taylor, see Socialist Labor Party of America.
George Sylvester Taylor
1st Mayor of
Chicopee, Massachusetts
In office
January 5, 1891 – January 1892
Preceded by Board of Selectmen
Succeeded by William W. McClench
Massachusetts State Senate[1]
In office
1869–1869
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1860–1861
Board of Selectmen
of the Town of
Chicopee, Massachusetts[1]
Personal details
Born March 2, 1822
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Died January 3, 1910(1910-01-03) (aged 87)
Chicopee, Massachusetts
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Asenath Boylston Cobb
Religion Congregational
Signature

George Sylvester Taylor (March 2, 1822 – January 3, 1910) became the first mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts on January 5, 1891.

Personal life

He was born March 2, 1822 in South Hadley, Massachusetts,[2] one of ten children of Sylvester Taylor, a butcher (1793–1881) and Sarah Eaton (1793–1870). The family moved to Chicopee Falls in 1828, which was then a part of Springfield, Massachusetts.

He married Asenath Boylston Cobb (1826–1898) on November 25, 1845, with whom he had six children. Taylor died in Chicopee.

Business and political life

Starting in 1864, Taylor ran the Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Company in Springfield.[2]

As a member of the Republican Party, Taylor served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1860 to 1861 and the Massachusetts Senate in 1869.[1] Prior to becoming Mayor, he was president of Chicopee Falls Savings Bank.

When Chicopee, Massachusetts was first incorporated as a city in 1891, Taylor was elected mayor without opposition.[2]

Taylor was a deacon of the Congregational Church of Chicopee for 45 years, and president of the local YMCA.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Boston, Massachusetts: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 431.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Davis, William T. (1897). The New England States (Vol 1 ed.). Boston: D.H. Hurd & Co. pp. 429–432. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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