Amador County Biographies

Walter H. Taylor

Submitted by Kathy Sedler 

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	Walter H. Taylor is recognized as one of Jackson’s substantial 
citizens and as mayor is ably maintaining the prestige of the family name so 
well established by his father, who was one of Amador county’s best known men.  
The son was born on Pitt street, in Jackson, on the 18th of February, 1883, a 
son of Benjamin F. and Emma (Palmer) Taylor.   The father came to California by 
the isthmus of Panama route, in 1859, and engaged in mining, which business he 
followed during the greater part of his life.  He was successful and wisely 
invested his money in real estate, which through the years has steadily 
increased in value, so that at the time of his death, in 1917, he was known as 
one of this community’s well-to-do citizens.  In Sacramento he married Miss Emma 
Palmer, who was born in Maine but came to California in her girlhood.  She also 
died in 1917.  Of the children born to them, four are living.
	Walter H. Taylor was educated in the public schools of his home 
neighborhood, after which he was employed for seventeen years in the mills 
connected with the gold mines.  Since leaving the mills he has given all of his 
time to looking after the estate left by his father.
	Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Elva Kirkwood, who was 
born and reared in Amador county and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zack 
Kirkwood.  To this union has been born a son, Warren, who is an employe of the 
local telephone company.  Politically Mr. Taylor is a republican and has been 
active in local public affairs.  He has served in the city council for the past 
seven years and is now the mayor of Jackson.  He is a Mason and a Shriner, and 
he belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Lions Club, of 
which he is vice president.  He is fond of outdoor life and spends his vacation 
days at this mountain home.  A member of one of the old and prominent families 
of this section of the state, throughout Amador county he is held in high esteem 
for his sterling qualities and his friendly and sincere manner.
 
History of the Sacramento Valley, California By Mj. Jesse Walton Wooldridge Page 50-51.
The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., Chicago (1931)