TAYLOR, Thomas John
Fire insurance business; born Haywood Co., Tenn., May 20, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and S. Jane (Mooring) Taylor; father's occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Susan Maria (Coburne) Taylor; maternal grandparents J.J. and Margaret (Staten) Mooring; received common school education; early business occupation general merchandise; married twice, H.M. Walker Jan. 8, 1868, second, Helen R. Claiborne, Nov. 28, 1883; member of Masonic Lodges and Business Men's Club; Democrat; Trustee Shelby Co. Tenn. 1904-1908; volunteered Jan. 8, 1863, Forrest Cavalry, Co. “F” 12th regiment, afterwards consolidated Forrest battalion under D.C. Kelly; wounded twice during service in war; captured and recaptured Athens, Ala.; member of Miss. Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South; sheriff of Tipton Co., Tenn. from 1884-1888; was in the mercantile business as manager until he moved to Memphis in 1889, and was then made cashier and bookkeeper cotton and grocery house; now in fire insurance business. [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911
Father: Thomas Taylor (NC)
Mother: Jane Mooney (NC)
Informant: Walker Taylor
Fire insurance business; born Haywood Co., Tenn., May 20, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and S. Jane (Mooring) Taylor; father's occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Susan Maria (Coburne) Taylor; maternal grandparents J.J. and Margaret (Staten) Mooring; received common school education; early business occupation general merchandise; married twice, H.M. Walker Jan. 8, 1868, second, Helen R. Claiborne, Nov. 28, 1883; member of Masonic Lodges and Business Men's Club; Democrat; Trustee Shelby Co. Tenn. 1904-1908; volunteered Jan. 8, 1863, Forrest Cavalry, Co. “F” 12th regiment, afterwards consolidated Forrest battalion under D.C. Kelly; wounded twice during service in war; captured and recaptured Athens, Ala.; member of Miss. Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South; sheriff of Tipton Co., Tenn. from 1884-1888; was in the mercantile business as manager until he moved to Memphis in 1889, and was then made cashier and bookkeeper cotton and grocery house; now in fire insurance business. [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911
Father: Thomas Taylor (NC)
Mother: Jane Mooney (NC)
Informant: Walker Taylor
TAYLOR, Thomas John
Fire insurance business; born Haywood Co., Tenn., May 20, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and S. Jane (Mooring) Taylor; father's occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Susan Maria (Coburne) Taylor; maternal grandparents J.J. and Margaret (Staten) Mooring; received common school education; early business occupation general merchandise; married twice, H.M. Walker Jan. 8, 1868, second, Helen R. Claiborne, Nov. 28, 1883; member of Masonic Lodges and Business Men's Club; Democrat; Trustee Shelby Co. Tenn. 1904-1908; volunteered Jan. 8, 1863, Forrest Cavalry, Co. “F” 12th regiment, afterwards consolidated Forrest battalion under D.C. Kelly; wounded twice during service in war; captured and recaptured Athens, Ala.; member of Miss. Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South; sheriff of Tipton Co., Tenn. from 1884-1888; was in the mercantile business as manager until he moved to Memphis in 1889, and was then made cashier and bookkeeper cotton and grocery house; now in fire insurance business. [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911
Father: Thomas Taylor (NC)
Mother: Jane Mooney (NC)
Informant: Walker Taylor
Fire insurance business; born Haywood Co., Tenn., May 20, 1847; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Thomas and S. Jane (Mooring) Taylor; father's occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Thomas and Susan Maria (Coburne) Taylor; maternal grandparents J.J. and Margaret (Staten) Mooring; received common school education; early business occupation general merchandise; married twice, H.M. Walker Jan. 8, 1868, second, Helen R. Claiborne, Nov. 28, 1883; member of Masonic Lodges and Business Men's Club; Democrat; Trustee Shelby Co. Tenn. 1904-1908; volunteered Jan. 8, 1863, Forrest Cavalry, Co. “F” 12th regiment, afterwards consolidated Forrest battalion under D.C. Kelly; wounded twice during service in war; captured and recaptured Athens, Ala.; member of Miss. Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South; sheriff of Tipton Co., Tenn. from 1884-1888; was in the mercantile business as manager until he moved to Memphis in 1889, and was then made cashier and bookkeeper cotton and grocery house; now in fire insurance business. [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911
Father: Thomas Taylor (NC)
Mother: Jane Mooney (NC)
Informant: Walker Taylor
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