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Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor is a merchant of Haynesville, Louisiana, and is regarded by all as an honorable, upright and prosperous business man. On March 25, 1802, he was born in Claiborne Parish, to James C. Taylor, a Georgian, who went to Alabama, when a young man and a short time after to Louisiana, afterward making his home in Claiborne Parish, where he was married to Miss Sarah E. Castleberry, a native of Alabama, who came to Louisiana, with her brother, who was one of the pioneers of this parish. Mr. Taylor settled in this parish about 1846, opening a mercantile establishment at Haynesville, in 1848, and gave the name to the town, remaining here in business until his death in 1886. Three of his sons and one daughter grew to mature years, all of whom are still living and the heads of families.

Thomas Taylor obtained a good education in Haynesville Academy, two years having been spent in a school in Virginia. After completing his studies he returned to his home in Louisiana, and followed clerking for his father until the death of the latter, when he bought out the heirs to the business, and has since conducted affairs alone, continuing to hold the large and lucrative trade, which his father had established in connection with his general merchandise he carries a good stock of drugs and medicines, which brings him in a good sum annually.

He was married in Queen City. Tex., on March 25, 1884, to Miss Ivy Brown, a native of the Lone Star State, being there reared, educated and married. Her union with Mr. Taylor has resulted in the birth of three children: Wima D., Austin E. and Tupp. Mr. Taylor is a wide-awake young business man and possesses that shrewd business tact, which was characteristic of his father's career.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890