Walter Nesbit Taylor (January 23, 1874 - November 27, 1956) was an American educator and a Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 12th district as a Democrat, from 1924 to 1936.
Walter Nesbit Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 12th district | |
| In office January 1924 – January 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Elwood Kirby Middleton (Hinds) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 23, 1874 Montgomery County, MS |
| Died | November 27, 1956 (aged 82) Jackson, Hinds County, MS |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Children | 3 |
Biography
editWalter Nesbit Taylor was born on January 23, 1874, near Lodi, Montgomery County, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of William Prevatte Taylor, and Wilmoth Ann "Annie" (Hurt) Taylor.[2][3] He received a B. S. degree from Mississippi College in 1897.[2][4] He also received his M. A. from there in 1898.[2][4] He then served as the principal of their preparatory department from 1899 to 1903.[2][4] He was a high school principal in Florence, Mississippi, from 1905 to 1909.[2] From 1910 to 1915, he was the superintendent of the Montgomery County agricultural high schools, and from 1915 to 1921, he was the superintendent of the Hinds County agricultural high schools.[2] In 1921, he became the executive secretary of the Mississippi Education Association.[2][5] He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate, one of the three senators representing Hinds and Warren counties in the 12th district, from 1924 until 1936.[2][6][7][8][9][3] In 1940, he co-edited a 4-volume book on the history of the state of Mississippi.[10][2] He was the Secretary of the State Teachers Retirement System from 1944 until his retirement in 1953.[11] He died in the Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 27, 1956.[2][12]
Personal life
editTaylor was a Democrat.[13] He married Lois Fuller, who survived him after his death, in 1898.[13][12] They had three children, a son and two daughters.[12] Taylor's cousin was Mississippi state treasurer John Peroutt Taylor.[12]
References
edit- ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1932). Journal. p. 5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 1981. p. 431. ISBN 978-1-61703-418-3.
- ^ a b c History, Mississippi Dept of Archives and (1924). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 142.
- ^ a b c Mississippi College (1915). General Bulletin. The College.
- ^ Education, Mississippi State Department of (1931). Twenty Years of Progress, 1910-1930: And a Biennial Survey, Scholastic Years 1929-30 and 1930-31, of Public Education in Mississippi. p. 8.
- ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1933. p. 53.
- ^ Mississippi Attorney-General's Office (1931). Biennial Report of the Attorney-General of the State of Mississippi. Attorney General's Office. p. 243.
- ^ Mississippi Blue Book. Secretary of State. 1929.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1935). Journal.
- ^ Howell, Elmo (1998-05-01). Mississippi Back Roads: Notes on Literature and History. Roscoe Langford. ISBN 978-0-9622026-6-7.
- ^ "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on November 28, 1956 · Page 12". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ^ a b c d "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on September 6, 1930 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ a b History, Mississippi Dept of Archives and (1924). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 142 pt2.