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Taylor family of Tennessee

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  Landon Carter Haynes (1816-1875) — also known as Landon C. Haynes — of Tennessee. Born in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tenn., December 2, 1816. Member of Tennessee state senate, 1847; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1849-51; Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1849-51; Senator from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., February 17, 1875 (age 58 years, 77 days). Original interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1902 at Jackson Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
  Relatives: Uncle of Nathaniel Edwin Harris.
  Political family: Taylor family of Tennessee.
  Nathaniel Green Taylor (1819-1887) — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, 1819. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1854-55, 1866-67. Slaveowner. Died in 1887 (age about 68 years). Interment in private or family graveyard.
  Presumably named for: Nathaniel Greene
  Relatives: Father of Alfred Alexander Taylor and Robert Love Taylor.
  Political family: Taylor family of Tennessee.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) — also known as Nat E. Harris — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter County, Tenn. Born in Jonesborough, Washington County, Tenn., January 21, 1846. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of Georgia, 1915-17. Methodist. Member, Chi Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; United Confederate Veterans. Died September 21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Nelson Harris and Edna (Haynes) Harris; married, January 12, 1873, to Fannie Burke; married, July 6, 1899, to Hattie G. Jobe; nephew of Landon Carter Haynes; first cousin of Alfred Alexander Taylor and Robert Love Taylor.
  Political family: Taylor family of Tennessee.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Alfred Alexander Taylor (1848-1931) — also known as Alfred A. Taylor — of Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn.; Milligan College, Carter County, Tenn. Born in Happy Valley, Carter County, Tenn., August 6, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1875-76; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1889-95; Governor of Tennessee, 1921-23; defeated, 1886, 1922. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died November 25, 1931 (age 83 years, 111 days). Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Green Taylor and Emma (Haynes) Taylor; brother of Robert Love Taylor; married, June 22, 1881, to Jennie Anderson; first cousin of Nathaniel Edwin Harris.
  Political family: Taylor family of Tennessee.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
Robert L. Taylor Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912) — also known as Robert L. Taylor; Bob Taylor; "Our Bob" — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Carter County, Tenn., July 31, 1850. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1879-81; Governor of Tennessee, 1887-91, 1897-99; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1907-12; died in office 1912. Died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1912 (age 61 years, 244 days). Original interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1938 at Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Green Taylor; brother of Alfred Alexander Taylor; first cousin of Nathaniel Edwin Harris.
  Political family: Taylor family of Tennessee.
  Cross-reference: Josiah L. Pearcy
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Image source: New York Public Library
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