George Sylvester Taylor
George Sylvester Taylor | |
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| 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 (aged 87) Chicopee, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Asenath Boylston Cobb |
| Signature |  |
George Sylvester Taylor (March 2, 1822 – January 3, 1910) became the first mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts, on January 5, 1891.
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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
- ^ a b c d 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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