George Sylvester Taylor

George Sylvester Taylor
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 (aged 87); Chicopee, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Asenath Boylston Cobb
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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

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.
Davis, William T. (1897). The New England States (Vol 1 ed.). Boston: D.H. Hurd & Co. pp. 429–432. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

Reference sources

Chicopee History

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[A-Memorialpg431-1] 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.

[Davis-2] Davis, William T. (1897). The New England States (Vol 1 ed.). Boston: D.H. Hurd & Co. pp. 429–432. Retrieved 17 February 2016.