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TAYLOR, T. B. While the arid, sombre and accuracy compelling methods of banking have changed but little with the passing centuries, the popular conception of the bank president has undergone a marked metamorphosis. Formerly relegated in the minds of the depositing public to the greatest conservatism of thought and action in his youth, and in maturity to the fireside, pew and whist table, today there seems no incongruity in the association of financial strength and dependability with vigorous participation in politics, general business, sportsmanship and social prominence. Neither is length of years or experience required for the establishing of popular confidence—the greatest asset of the successful banker, for the rapid acquiring of reputation and financial momentum is one of the chief characteristics of this stage of the world's progress. Proof of this truism exists in all progressive communities, and in Mapleton a comparatively young bank president is found in T B Taylor, the monetary head of the Mapleton State Bank.
Mr Taylor subscribes to the advanced conception of the men of his calling. He is wide awake, many sided, resourceful and extremely public spirited. An evolution of the farm, he spent the first twenty-five years of his life in Sterling and Mapleton township, Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where his birth occurred April 11, 1860.
After his marriage, April 16, 1885, to Phoebe (daughter of B B and Susan Cornell, formerly of Mapleton, and now of Newberg, Oregon) he located in the town of Mapleton, and since has been a moving factor in various grooves of activity.
For a time Mr Taylor was identified with a large stock company, and thereafter became the partner of Mat Olson, of Wells, this state, with whom he continued to conduct a large stock-raising and purchasing business until 1900. Since then he has carried on the enterprise alone, and now is doing an annual business of about one hundred thousand dollars. His part in developing the live stock interests of this part of the state has been and still is an enormous and far reaching one, winning him an enviable reputation as a maintainer of the highest possible stock raising standards. For the furtherance of his business he owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining Mapleton on the west, a highly developed property, having large feed-raising and storing facilities.
Mr Taylor's identification with the Mapleton State Bank began several years ago, and he has been president of the institution for the past three years. The bank is capitalized for $15,000 and is in a flourishing condition, enlisting the confidence and support of the most exacting element in the community. Politically Mr Taylor is professedly independent, with strong leanings towards the Republican party in national affairs. Many political honors have been conferred upon him by his fellow townsmen, and his local standing was never more emphatically manifest than during his two elections as mayor of Mapleton, he having no opposition in the first instance, and in the second he received every vote. He also served as alderman several terms, and has been a member of the library board for several years. The town has no more enthusiastic fraternalist, or one who more keenly appreciates the many advantages which accrue from membership with the Masons. He is connected with the Blue Lodge, and largely was instrumental in securing the erection and furnishing of the present lodge rooms. He is at the present time W M.
The Scotch settlers and institutions of Blue Earth county have found in Mr Taylor a practical and helpful friend. Particularly has he labored for the best interests of the Maple River Burns Club, to the presidency of which he succeeded upon the retirement from office of the first president, James Ellis, eight years ago. The Burns Club maintains the original purpose of its organization, celebrates yearly the anniversary of the famous poet, and has done much to establish a local understanding and appreciation of his place among the great human singers of the world. Commendable interest and enthusiasm centers around the Heather Curling Club, of which Mr Taylor is president. The association is an incorporated one, and is noted for holding its own with the other curling clubs of the state. The rink used by the curlers was instigated principally by the president, and he, as well as the club as a whole hold numerous medals and trophies of the game. Too much cannot be said in praise of the sane and successful business career of Mr Taylor, or of his attitude towards society, literature and the healthful pursuits of living. His career has broadened perceptibly the channels of human brotherhood, and his health, well trained mind and vital interest in affairs promises much for the future welfare of the community.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
TAYLOR, T. B. While the arid, sombre and accuracy compelling methods of banking have changed but little with the passing centuries, the popular conception of the bank president has undergone a marked metamorphosis. Formerly relegated in the minds of the depositing public to the greatest conservatism of thought and action in his youth, and in maturity to the fireside, pew and whist table, today there seems no incongruity in the association of financial strength and dependability with vigorous participation in politics, general business, sportsmanship and social prominence. Neither is length of years or experience required for the establishing of popular confidence—the greatest asset of the successful banker, for the rapid acquiring of reputation and financial momentum is one of the chief characteristics of this stage of the world's progress. Proof of this truism exists in all progressive communities, and in Mapleton a comparatively young bank president is found in T B Taylor, the monetary head of the Mapleton State Bank.
Mr Taylor subscribes to the advanced conception of the men of his calling. He is wide awake, many sided, resourceful and extremely public spirited. An evolution of the farm, he spent the first twenty-five years of his life in Sterling and Mapleton township, Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where his birth occurred April 11, 1860.
After his marriage, April 16, 1885, to Phoebe (daughter of B B and Susan Cornell, formerly of Mapleton, and now of Newberg, Oregon) he located in the town of Mapleton, and since has been a moving factor in various grooves of activity.
For a time Mr Taylor was identified with a large stock company, and thereafter became the partner of Mat Olson, of Wells, this state, with whom he continued to conduct a large stock-raising and purchasing business until 1900. Since then he has carried on the enterprise alone, and now is doing an annual business of about one hundred thousand dollars. His part in developing the live stock interests of this part of the state has been and still is an enormous and far reaching one, winning him an enviable reputation as a maintainer of the highest possible stock raising standards. For the furtherance of his business he owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining Mapleton on the west, a highly developed property, having large feed-raising and storing facilities.
Mr Taylor's identification with the Mapleton State Bank began several years ago, and he has been president of the institution for the past three years. The bank is capitalized for $15,000 and is in a flourishing condition, enlisting the confidence and support of the most exacting element in the community. Politically Mr Taylor is professedly independent, with strong leanings towards the Republican party in national affairs. Many political honors have been conferred upon him by his fellow townsmen, and his local standing was never more emphatically manifest than during his two elections as mayor of Mapleton, he having no opposition in the first instance, and in the second he received every vote. He also served as alderman several terms, and has been a member of the library board for several years. The town has no more enthusiastic fraternalist, or one who more keenly appreciates the many advantages which accrue from membership with the Masons. He is connected with the Blue Lodge, and largely was instrumental in securing the erection and furnishing of the present lodge rooms. He is at the present time W M.
The Scotch settlers and institutions of Blue Earth county have found in Mr Taylor a practical and helpful friend. Particularly has he labored for the best interests of the Maple River Burns Club, to the presidency of which he succeeded upon the retirement from office of the first president, James Ellis, eight years ago. The Burns Club maintains the original purpose of its organization, celebrates yearly the anniversary of the famous poet, and has done much to establish a local understanding and appreciation of his place among the great human singers of the world. Commendable interest and enthusiasm centers around the Heather Curling Club, of which Mr Taylor is president. The association is an incorporated one, and is noted for holding its own with the other curling clubs of the state. The rink used by the curlers was instigated principally by the president, and he, as well as the club as a whole hold numerous medals and trophies of the game. Too much cannot be said in praise of the sane and successful business career of Mr Taylor, or of his attitude towards society, literature and the healthful pursuits of living. His career has broadened perceptibly the channels of human brotherhood, and his health, well trained mind and vital interest in affairs promises much for the future welfare of the community.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
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TAYLOR, T. B. While the arid, sombre and accuracy compelling methods of banking have changed but little with the passing centuries, the popular conception of the bank president has undergone a marked metamorphosis. Formerly relegated in the minds of the depositing public to the greatest conservatism of thought and action in his youth, and in maturity to the fireside, pew and whist table, today there seems no incongruity in the association of financial strength and dependability with vigorous participation in politics, general business, sportsmanship and social prominence. Neither is length of years or experience required for the establishing of popular confidence—the greatest asset of the successful banker, for the rapid acquiring of reputation and financial momentum is one of the chief characteristics of this stage of the world's progress. Proof of this truism exists in all progressive communities, and in Mapleton a comparatively young bank president is found in T B Taylor, the monetary head of the Mapleton State Bank.
Mr Taylor subscribes to the advanced conception of the men of his calling. He is wide awake, many sided, resourceful and extremely public spirited. An evolution of the farm, he spent the first twenty-five years of his life in Sterling and Mapleton township, Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where his birth occurred April 11, 1860.
After his marriage, April 16, 1885, to Phoebe (daughter of B B and Susan Cornell, formerly of Mapleton, and now of Newberg, Oregon) he located in the town of Mapleton, and since has been a moving factor in various grooves of activity.
For a time Mr Taylor was identified with a large stock company, and thereafter became the partner of Mat Olson, of Wells, this state, with whom he continued to conduct a large stock-raising and purchasing business until 1900. Since then he has carried on the enterprise alone, and now is doing an annual business of about one hundred thousand dollars. His part in developing the live stock interests of this part of the state has been and still is an enormous and far reaching one, winning him an enviable reputation as a maintainer of the highest possible stock raising standards. For the furtherance of his business he owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining Mapleton on the west, a highly developed property, having large feed-raising and storing facilities.
Mr Taylor's identification with the Mapleton State Bank began several years ago, and he has been president of the institution for the past three years. The bank is capitalized for $15,000 and is in a flourishing condition, enlisting the confidence and support of the most exacting element in the community. Politically Mr Taylor is professedly independent, with strong leanings towards the Republican party in national affairs. Many political honors have been conferred upon him by his fellow townsmen, and his local standing was never more emphatically manifest than during his two elections as mayor of Mapleton, he having no opposition in the first instance, and in the second he received every vote. He also served as alderman several terms, and has been a member of the library board for several years. The town has no more enthusiastic fraternalist, or one who more keenly appreciates the many advantages which accrue from membership with the Masons. He is connected with the Blue Lodge, and largely was instrumental in securing the erection and furnishing of the present lodge rooms. He is at the present time W M.
The Scotch settlers and institutions of Blue Earth county have found in Mr Taylor a practical and helpful friend. Particularly has he labored for the best interests of the Maple River Burns Club, to the presidency of which he succeeded upon the retirement from office of the first president, James Ellis, eight years ago. The Burns Club maintains the original purpose of its organization, celebrates yearly the anniversary of the famous poet, and has done much to establish a local understanding and appreciation of his place among the great human singers of the world. Commendable interest and enthusiasm centers around the Heather Curling Club, of which Mr Taylor is president. The association is an incorporated one, and is noted for holding its own with the other curling clubs of the state. The rink used by the curlers was instigated principally by the president, and he, as well as the club as a whole hold numerous medals and trophies of the game. Too much cannot be said in praise of the sane and successful business career of Mr Taylor, or of his attitude towards society, literature and the healthful pursuits of living. His career has broadened perceptibly the channels of human brotherhood, and his health, well trained mind and vital interest in affairs promises much for the future welfare of the community.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
TAYLOR, T. B. While the arid, sombre and accuracy compelling methods of banking have changed but little with the passing centuries, the popular conception of the bank president has undergone a marked metamorphosis. Formerly relegated in the minds of the depositing public to the greatest conservatism of thought and action in his youth, and in maturity to the fireside, pew and whist table, today there seems no incongruity in the association of financial strength and dependability with vigorous participation in politics, general business, sportsmanship and social prominence. Neither is length of years or experience required for the establishing of popular confidence—the greatest asset of the successful banker, for the rapid acquiring of reputation and financial momentum is one of the chief characteristics of this stage of the world's progress. Proof of this truism exists in all progressive communities, and in Mapleton a comparatively young bank president is found in T B Taylor, the monetary head of the Mapleton State Bank.
Mr Taylor subscribes to the advanced conception of the men of his calling. He is wide awake, many sided, resourceful and extremely public spirited. An evolution of the farm, he spent the first twenty-five years of his life in Sterling and Mapleton township, Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where his birth occurred April 11, 1860.
After his marriage, April 16, 1885, to Phoebe (daughter of B B and Susan Cornell, formerly of Mapleton, and now of Newberg, Oregon) he located in the town of Mapleton, and since has been a moving factor in various grooves of activity.
For a time Mr Taylor was identified with a large stock company, and thereafter became the partner of Mat Olson, of Wells, this state, with whom he continued to conduct a large stock-raising and purchasing business until 1900. Since then he has carried on the enterprise alone, and now is doing an annual business of about one hundred thousand dollars. His part in developing the live stock interests of this part of the state has been and still is an enormous and far reaching one, winning him an enviable reputation as a maintainer of the highest possible stock raising standards. For the furtherance of his business he owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining Mapleton on the west, a highly developed property, having large feed-raising and storing facilities.
Mr Taylor's identification with the Mapleton State Bank began several years ago, and he has been president of the institution for the past three years. The bank is capitalized for $15,000 and is in a flourishing condition, enlisting the confidence and support of the most exacting element in the community. Politically Mr Taylor is professedly independent, with strong leanings towards the Republican party in national affairs. Many political honors have been conferred upon him by his fellow townsmen, and his local standing was never more emphatically manifest than during his two elections as mayor of Mapleton, he having no opposition in the first instance, and in the second he received every vote. He also served as alderman several terms, and has been a member of the library board for several years. The town has no more enthusiastic fraternalist, or one who more keenly appreciates the many advantages which accrue from membership with the Masons. He is connected with the Blue Lodge, and largely was instrumental in securing the erection and furnishing of the present lodge rooms. He is at the present time W M.
The Scotch settlers and institutions of Blue Earth county have found in Mr Taylor a practical and helpful friend. Particularly has he labored for the best interests of the Maple River Burns Club, to the presidency of which he succeeded upon the retirement from office of the first president, James Ellis, eight years ago. The Burns Club maintains the original purpose of its organization, celebrates yearly the anniversary of the famous poet, and has done much to establish a local understanding and appreciation of his place among the great human singers of the world. Commendable interest and enthusiasm centers around the Heather Curling Club, of which Mr Taylor is president. The association is an incorporated one, and is noted for holding its own with the other curling clubs of the state. The rink used by the curlers was instigated principally by the president, and he, as well as the club as a whole hold numerous medals and trophies of the game. Too much cannot be said in praise of the sane and successful business career of Mr Taylor, or of his attitude towards society, literature and the healthful pursuits of living. His career has broadened perceptibly the channels of human brotherhood, and his health, well trained mind and vital interest in affairs promises much for the future welfare of the community.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
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