City: Memphis
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: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
