George William Taylor (1855-1931)
Lumber Merchant, Freemason & Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
He was born at Wenham, Massachusetts. He was educated in Middletown and Hartford, Connecticut, but instead of going to Yale he chose to enter the lumber business in 1872 at Providence, Rhode Island. He lived in Chicago from 1876 to 1890 where he worked for D.K. Pearsons & Co. After 1890, he moved to Wisconsin as a partner in Case & Taylor, lumber and land dealers, and purchasers of pine with an extensive business in sawing and jobbing. He settled at Marinette from 1891. In politics he was a Republican and in 1894 he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Marinette and Marinette County. He sat on the committees concerned with Railroads, Lumber and Mining, and was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs.
On retiring from politics in 1899 he moved to Burlington, Ontario, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He became an active Freemason in Chicago and rose to become a 33rd Degree Mason and a charter member of the Oconto Lodge in Wisconsin. He was also a Knight of Pythias and a Member of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the Revolution. He collected books and art, and after his death he bequeathed the valuable "George W. Taylor Library" to the Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Barrie. In 1882, at his bride's home, officiated by his father, he married Ella, daughter of Salmon Marme Case, of 2011 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, and they had two sons, only one of whom survived infancy.
On retiring from politics in 1899 he moved to Burlington, Ontario, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He became an active Freemason in Chicago and rose to become a 33rd Degree Mason and a charter member of the Oconto Lodge in Wisconsin. He was also a Knight of Pythias and a Member of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the Revolution. He collected books and art, and after his death he bequeathed the valuable "George W. Taylor Library" to the Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Barrie. In 1882, at his bride's home, officiated by his father, he married Ella, daughter of Salmon Marme Case, of 2011 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, and they had two sons, only one of whom survived infancy.
