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- Early life
- Start of career
- Continued career
- Career as judge
- Death and burial
- Family
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- Sources Books Magazines Newspapers Internet
{{Short description|American judge}}William H. Taylor (July 18, 1863 – March 27, 1926) was a Vermont attorney, politician, and judge. He was notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1913 to 1926. Early lifeWilliam Henry Taylor was born in Wheelock, Vermont on July 18, 1863, the son of Benjamin Franklin Taylor and Amanda M. (Stetson) Taylor.{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=349}} He was raised in Wheelock and Hardwick, and graduated from Hardwick Academy in 1882.{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=349}} He then attended Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1886.{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=349}} Start of careerTaylor worked as a school teacher and administrator; he was principal of Hardwick Academy from 1886 to 1889, and school supervisor of Caledonia County from 1889 to 1891.{{sfn|Who's Who in New England|page=913}} From 1891 to 1906, Taylor was Caledonia County's examiner of teachers.{{sfn|Who's Who in New England|page=913}} He studied law with Henry Clay Ide and Wendell Phillips Stafford while working as an educator, and attained admission to the bar in 1892.{{sfn|"The New Judiciary System"|page=296}} He practiced in Hardwick as the partner of Walter A. Dutton, who served as a judge of the Vermont Superior Court and a member of the Vermont Public Service Commission.{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=350}}{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government|page=35}} Continued careerA Republican, Taylor served in local offices including president of Hardwick's village trustees.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government|page=14}} He was Caledonia County State's Attorney from 1894 to 1898.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government|page=14}} From 1900 to 1901 he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government|page=14}} From 1906 to 1907 he was a member of the Vermont Senate.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government|page=14}} Career as judgeIn 1906, Taylor was appointed a judge of the Vermont Superior Court.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government|page=14}} He served until 1913, when he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government|page=14}} Associate Justice George M. Powers had been appointed Chief Justice, and Taylor was named to the position vacated by Powers.{{sfn|"General Satisfaction"|page=5}} Taylor remained on the state Supreme Court until his death, and was succeeded by Frank L. Fish.{{sfn|"Judge Fish to Succeed Taylor"|page=2}} Death and burialTaylor died at his son's home in Burlington on March 27, 1926.{{sfn|"Obituary: Judge William H. Taylor"|page=8}}{{sfn|"Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Entry for William Henry Taylor"}} He was buried at Hardwick Center Cemetery in Hardwick.{{sfn|"Throng Pay Tribute to Memory of Justice William H. Taylor"|page=2}} FamilyIn 1887, Taylor married Nettie I. Clark (1862-1930) of Hardwick.{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=351}}{{sfn|"Mrs. Nettie Taylor Dies at Hardwick"|page=2}} They were the parents of four children—Harold F. (1890-1941),{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=351}}{{sfn|"Obituary, Harold F. Taylor"|page=21}} Florence Mary (1894-1985),{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=351}}{{sfn|"Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Entry for Florence Mary Lane"}} Mildred I. (b. 1897),{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=351}}{{sfn|"1900 United States Federal Census, Entry for Mildred I. Taylor"}} and Cecyle A. (1901-1981).{{sfn|Successful Vermonters|page=351}}{{sfn|"Cecyle A. Taylor in the Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008"}}{{sfn|"Cecyle Raver in the U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"}} ReferencesSourcesBooks- {{cite book |last=Bigelow |first=Walter J. |date=1919 |title=Vermont, Its Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Historical Publishing Company |ref={{sfnRef|Vermont, Its Government}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Jeffrey |first=William H. |date=1904 |title=Successful Vermonters; A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties |url=https://archive.org/stream/successfulvermon00jeff#page/348/mode/2up |location=East Burke, VT |publisher=Historical Publishing Company |ref={{sfnRef|Successful Vermonters}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Marquis |first=Albert Nelson |date=1909 |title=Who's Who in New England |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dDUv19AKv4C&pg=PA913 |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=A. N. Marquis |ref={{sfnRef|Who's Who in New England}}}}
Magazines- {{cite magazine |last=Cummings |first=Charles R. |date=November 1906 |title=The New Judiciary System: The Board of Superior Judges; William H. Taylor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zN5EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA296 |magazine=The Vermonter |location=White River Junction, VT |publisher=Chas. R. Cummings |ref={{sfnRef|"The New Judiciary System"}}}}
Newspapers- {{cite news |date=September 26, 1913 |title=General Satisfaction |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197286392/ |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"General Satisfaction"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=March 29, 1926 |title=Obituary: Judge William H. Taylor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197383649/ |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Obituary: Judge William H. Taylor"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=March 31, 1926 |title=Throng Pay Tribute to Memory of Justice William H. Taylor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197385832/ |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Throng Pay Tribute to Memory of Justice William H. Taylor"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=April 1, 1926 |title=Judge Fish to Succeed Taylor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197320672/ |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Judge Fish to Succeed Taylor"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=October 22, 1920 |title=Mrs. Nettie Taylor Dies at Hardwick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/198139472/ |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Mrs. Nettie Taylor Dies at Hardwick"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=October 24, 1941 |title=Obituary, Harold F. Taylor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/203255599/ |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |subscription=yes |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Obituary, Harold F. Taylor"}}}}
Internet- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=1900 United States Federal Census, Entry for Mildred I. Taylor |date=1900 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=December 3, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"1900 United States Federal Census, Entry for Mildred I. Taylor"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Entry for William Henry Taylor |last=Corley |first=Edward B. (City Clerk) |date=March 27, 1926 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=December 3, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Entry for William Henry Taylor"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Cecyle A. Taylor in the Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008 |date=1929 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=December 3, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Cecyle A. Taylor in the Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Cecyle Raver in the U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 |date=1981 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=December 3, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Cecyle Raver in the U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Entry for Florence Mary Lane |last=Collier |first=Bridget A. (Town Clerk) |date=March 10, 1985 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=December 3, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Entry for Florence Mary Lane"}}}}
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|title=Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
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