Eli Griffin TAYLOR
1849 - 1918 (69 years)
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Name Eli Griffin TAYLOR Born 14 Mar 1849 Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1850, 1860 Ritchie Co, (W)VA Residence SINCE 1872 Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV [1] Occupation 1880 [4] merchant Census 1880, 1900, 1910 Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation merchant, farmer [1] Occupation Representative to State Legislature (3 terms) [1] - From his obituary:
"Three time he was elected to the legislature, representing this county in the last session at the old capital at Wheeling, in the first session at Charleston, and serving a second term at Charleston some years later."
News item, "Wheeling Daily Intelligenger," Monday, September 15, 1884, in its entirety:
DODDRIDGE REPUBLICANS
Correspondence of the Intelligencer
NEW MILTON, DODDRIDGE COUNTY, W.Va., September 13 -- In obedience to the call of Blaine and Logan clubs of New Milton district they met in mass convention with their Greenback friends to nominate a ticket for the district, September 10. The house was called to order by O. B. Lawlis, and G. H. Davis elected chairman of the convention. After a brief speech by the chairman, who explained the object of the convention, E. G. Taylor, the nominee of the Fusion ticket for the House of Delegates, made a brief speech in which he gave his friends to understand that if elected he would vote to submit the two amdendments. The convention then proceeded to nominate a district ticket. For Justices of the Peace, Wm. A. Nicholson and W. E. Nutter. For Constables, A. M. Greathouse and A. Warner. -- Resolution were adopted endorsing the State and National Republican tickets.
"West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register" (1919) contains the following entries:
17th Legislature
Convened in Wheeling on January 14, 1885. Adjourned on February 27, 1885.
Delegate from Doddridge County: E. G. Taylor
18th Legislature
Convened in Charleston on January 12, 1887. Adjourned on February 25, 1887.
Delegate from Doddridge County: E. G. Taylor
19th Legislature
Convened in Charleston on January 9 1889. Adjourned on February 22, 1889.
Delegate from Doddridge County: J. W. Stuck
20th Legislature
Convened in Charleston on January 14, 1891. Adjourned on March 14, 1891.
Delegate from Doddridge County: Walter A. Holley [Holle]
21st Legislature
Convened in Charleston on January 11, 1893. Adjourned on February 24, 1893.
Delegate from Doddridge County: Walter Holle
22nd Legislature
Convened in Charleston on January 9, 1895. Adjourned on February 22, 1895.
Delegate from Doddridge County: J. R. Kemper
23rd Legislature
Convened in Charleston on January 13, 1897. Adjourned on February 26, 1897.
Delegate from Doddridge County: E. G. Taylor
24th Legislature
Convened in Chaleston on January 11, 1899. Adjourned on February 25, 1899.
Delegate from Doddridge County: J. R. Kemper
News item, Clarksburg Telegram, Friday, May 23 1902, in its entirety:
E. GRIFFIN TAYLOR
E. G. Taylor, of Morgansville, Doddridge County, who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for the state senate, served his county in the legislature three terms. He did not seek the nomination for the first two terms. He has friends in this county who will doubtless give him their support.
Mr. Taylor was in the mercantile business fifteen years. He has been a successful farmer about fifteen years. His friends say he is a friend of agricultural and labor interests, and, if nominated and elected, will do all he can along those lines.
Mr. Taylor says the report circulated at the beginning of the campaign that he was a friend of Caldwell for the United States Senate is groundless.
Mr. Taylor respectfully asks the voters, and especially farmers and laborers, to remember him at the primary.
News item, Clarksburg Telegram, Friday, May 16 1902, in its entirety:
Hons. George C. Cole, of Lewis County, and E. G. Taylor, of Doddridge County, both candidates for the Republican nomination for the state senatorship in this district, visited Clarksburg this week to look after their political fences. They both have warm friends in this county and both have had experience in the legislature. Mr. Cole is a brilliant lawyer and a talented debater. Mr. Taylor is a successful farmer of prominenct in this county. Mr. Cole is possibly more widely known in this county and has very strong endorsements. His opponent, while not so widely known, also has warm supporters in Harrison. The more aggressive of the two will likely capture the delegation. Cole's friends are claiming the county and nomination for him. Taylor's friends are sanguine of his success. Either would make a good representative.
"West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register" (1919) contains the following entry:
26th Legislature
Convened in Charleston on January 14, 1903. Adjourned on February 27, 1903.
Extraordinary Session convened on July 26, 1904. Adjourned on August 12, 1904.
Senator representing the 12th District: George C. Cole
Occupation 1900, 1910 [2, 5] farmer Died 17 Jun 1918 Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV [3, 6] - Death notice, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jun 20 1918, in its entirety:
HON. E. G. TAYLOR CALLED
Many friends throughout this section of the state will learn with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. E. G. Taylor, who died while working on his farm near Morgansville, sometime Monday morning.
The funeral services will be conducted at the home at Morgansville, Wednesday, June 19th, at 2:30 p.m.
A fuller accounty will appear in our next issue.
Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV [1, 7] Person ID I121873 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 27 Aug 2019
Father Eli TAYLOR, b. 27 Jan 1812, Hampshire Co, (W)VA , d. 13 Apr 1855, Ritchie Co, (W)VA (Age 43 years) Mother Mary SIGLER, b. 23 Dec 1811, Allegany Co, MD , d. 29 Aug 1876, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 64 years) Family ID F38059 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Comora V. BARCUS, b. 16 Apr 1856, Indiana , d. 2 Sep 1927, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV (Age 71 years) Married 18 Nov 1880 White Co, IN [8] Notes - 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 25 1880:
Eli G. Taylor, 30, single, merchant.
NOTE: There was no one else in his household, and there was no one in any of the nearby households who appeared to be related to him.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 11 1900:
Eli G. Taylor, 51, b. Mar 1849 in WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Md.), farmer, married 20 yrs; wife Comora V, 44, b. Apr 1856 in Indiana (father b. Ohio, mother b. Pennsylvania), married 20 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Mabel B, 17, b. Apr 1883 in WVa; son George E, 11, b. Jan 1889 in WVa.
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 20 1910:
Griffin E. Taylor, 30, farmer, married 30 yrs; wife Comora V, 54, married 30 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Mablel B, 26, single, teacher in public school; son George E, 21, university student; servant Ethel Lipscomb, 18, single.
1920 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (City of Charleston), enumerated on Jan 6 1920:
George E. Taylor, 31, single, chief at Public Service; mother Comora V, 62, widowed.
1930 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (City of Charleston), enumerated in April 1930 at 1413 Jackson Street:
George E. Taylor, 40, single, civil engineer, home owner (value of home $7,500); lodger Langdon E. Wallace, 43, b. WVa, single, dentist; lodger Hubert H. Shinn, 55, b. WVa, married, insurance salesman.
NOTE: Henry Hubert Shinn was a Doddridge County native and the former publisher of the Doddridge County Republican newspaper.
Children 1. Mabel Barcus TAYLOR, b. 30 Apr 1883, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 26 Jun 1913, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 30 years)2. George Edmond TAYLOR, b. 1 Jan 1889, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Family ID F54303 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- From his obituary:
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Sources - [S14] Obituary.
- [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
- [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
- [S14] Obituary, West Union Record, 6/27/1918.
- [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: E. G. Taylor.
- [S2501] Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com & Works Progress Administration).
- [S14] Obituary.
