James David Taylor acquired a public school education in the rural districts of Casey County. His life was spent on his father's farm until he was nineteen, and he then took up with characteristic energy an independent career as a farmer, and was one of the leaders in the rural community until 1914. After he entered upon his duties as county sheriff he sold his farming interests.
Judge Taylor in November, 1913, was elected sheriff, an office he filled from 1914 to 1918. He was elected county judge in November, 1917, and has been at the Court House discharging the duties of his four year term since January, 1918.
Judge Taylor became first vice president of the Citizens State Bank of Liberty upon its organization in 1921. He owns perhaps the most attractive home in Liberty, located on the Brush Creek Road, the house being surrounded with six acres of well kept ground. During the World war Judge Taylor was chairman of the County Exemption Board, and in every possible way he endeavored to perform his duties at home while one of his sons was fighting in France. Judge Taylor is a republican and is an entered apprentice Mason.
At Columbia, Kentucky, he married Miss Minta Woodrum, daughter of Sam and Minerva (Eades) Woodrum. Her father spent his life as a farmer in Casey and Adair counties. The oldest child of Judge Taylor is Robert E., a veterinary surgeon at Lebanon, Kentucky. D. A. Taylor, the second son, was with Hospital Unit D in the Expeditionary Forces, spent eighteen months in France, and for four months was on front line duty. He completed his law course in May, 1921, at Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. The third son, Clarence, is instructor in the high school at Eubank, Pulaski County. Bermon and Omer are both students in the public schools at Liberty, and there were two other children who died in infancy.
Judge Taylor in November, 1913, was elected sheriff, an office he filled from 1914 to 1918. He was elected county judge in November, 1917, and has been at the Court House discharging the duties of his four year term since January, 1918.
Judge Taylor became first vice president of the Citizens State Bank of Liberty upon its organization in 1921. He owns perhaps the most attractive home in Liberty, located on the Brush Creek Road, the house being surrounded with six acres of well kept ground. During the World war Judge Taylor was chairman of the County Exemption Board, and in every possible way he endeavored to perform his duties at home while one of his sons was fighting in France. Judge Taylor is a republican and is an entered apprentice Mason.
At Columbia, Kentucky, he married Miss Minta Woodrum, daughter of Sam and Minerva (Eades) Woodrum. Her father spent his life as a farmer in Casey and Adair counties. The oldest child of Judge Taylor is Robert E., a veterinary surgeon at Lebanon, Kentucky. D. A. Taylor, the second son, was with Hospital Unit D in the Expeditionary Forces, spent eighteen months in France, and for four months was on front line duty. He completed his law course in May, 1921, at Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. The third son, Clarence, is instructor in the high school at Eubank, Pulaski County. Bermon and Omer are both students in the public schools at Liberty, and there were two other children who died in infancy.
James David Taylor acquired a public school education in the rural districts of Casey County. His life was spent on his father's farm until he was nineteen, and he then took up with characteristic energy an independent career as a farmer, and was one of the leaders in the rural community until 1914. After he entered upon his duties as county sheriff he sold his farming interests.
Judge Taylor in November, 1913, was elected sheriff, an office he filled from 1914 to 1918. He was elected county judge in November, 1917, and has been at the Court House discharging the duties of his four year term since January, 1918.
Judge Taylor became first vice president of the Citizens State Bank of Liberty upon its organization in 1921. He owns perhaps the most attractive home in Liberty, located on the Brush Creek Road, the house being surrounded with six acres of well kept ground. During the World war Judge Taylor was chairman of the County Exemption Board, and in every possible way he endeavored to perform his duties at home while one of his sons was fighting in France. Judge Taylor is a republican and is an entered apprentice Mason.
At Columbia, Kentucky, he married Miss Minta Woodrum, daughter of Sam and Minerva (Eades) Woodrum. Her father spent his life as a farmer in Casey and Adair counties. The oldest child of Judge Taylor is Robert E., a veterinary surgeon at Lebanon, Kentucky. D. A. Taylor, the second son, was with Hospital Unit D in the Expeditionary Forces, spent eighteen months in France, and for four months was on front line duty. He completed his law course in May, 1921, at Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. The third son, Clarence, is instructor in the high school at Eubank, Pulaski County. Bermon and Omer are both students in the public schools at Liberty, and there were two other children who died in infancy.
Judge Taylor in November, 1913, was elected sheriff, an office he filled from 1914 to 1918. He was elected county judge in November, 1917, and has been at the Court House discharging the duties of his four year term since January, 1918.
Judge Taylor became first vice president of the Citizens State Bank of Liberty upon its organization in 1921. He owns perhaps the most attractive home in Liberty, located on the Brush Creek Road, the house being surrounded with six acres of well kept ground. During the World war Judge Taylor was chairman of the County Exemption Board, and in every possible way he endeavored to perform his duties at home while one of his sons was fighting in France. Judge Taylor is a republican and is an entered apprentice Mason.
At Columbia, Kentucky, he married Miss Minta Woodrum, daughter of Sam and Minerva (Eades) Woodrum. Her father spent his life as a farmer in Casey and Adair counties. The oldest child of Judge Taylor is Robert E., a veterinary surgeon at Lebanon, Kentucky. D. A. Taylor, the second son, was with Hospital Unit D in the Expeditionary Forces, spent eighteen months in France, and for four months was on front line duty. He completed his law course in May, 1921, at Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. The third son, Clarence, is instructor in the high school at Eubank, Pulaski County. Bermon and Omer are both students in the public schools at Liberty, and there were two other children who died in infancy.
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