City: Knoxville
SAYLOR, James William, attorney at law; born Strawberry Plains, Knox Co., Tenn., Jan. 15, 1858; German descent; son of John and Martha (Moulden) SAYLOR; educated Emory & Henry College, Va.; in early life he was a teacher in the public schools of Knox. Co., Tenn.; thrice married, first, Lillie N. ANDERSON, June 23, 1886; last to Sallie KELLEY, Aug. 14, 1902; he is a Master Mason; has several times been elected delegate of the Grand Lodge; in Jan., 1885, he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Knox Co., Tenn., re-elected in Jan., 1897; it was largely due to his earnest efforts that the graded system and uniform text books were adopted in Knox Co.; member of the M. E. Church, South, and member of the Board of Trustees in same for about 22 years; delegate to annual session of the Holston Conference of M. E. Church, South, at Bristol, Va., and Tenn., in 1905; he was elected as lay delegate to the general conference of the M. E. Church, South, which met in Birmingham, Ala., on May 4, 1906; was appointed by one of the presiding bishops on a committee with two others to draft a resolution of protest against Senator Reed SMOOT of Utah, who was a Mormon occupying a seat in the U. S. Senate; has represented his ward as Alderman in the City Council.
