Thomas G. Taylor, the only stock buyer in Ririe, Jefferson county, Idaho, carrying on an extensive business, was born in Ogden, Utah, in September, 1883, a son of Newel and Martha (Lowder) Taylor. The father remained in North Carolina, his native state, until 1875, when he immigrated to Utah and there homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the vicinity of the city of Ogden. Five years later Martha Lowder left Virginia, the state of her birth, and settled in Utah, where she met and married Newel Taylor. Together they worked on the farm which the latter had homesteaded in 1875, bringing it into a habitable condition. Their united efforts had scarcely borne fruit when the death of the husband occurred one year after the birth of their son, Thomas G. The mother survived until June, 1905.
Thomas G. Taylor spent his early life on the old homestead near Ogden, Utah, where he received a common school education. Sometime after the completion of his schooling he began buying and selling live stock and with the exception of three years he has engaged in this occupation ever since. Until he came to Jefferson county all his business had been carried on near the place of his birth and on his arrival here in 1915 he located in the then new town of Ririe where he has since resided. Here he found conditions very favorable for his business since the land is specially adapted to the grazing of cattle and sheep. At present the general resources of the country do not serve as his only advantage for he is the only man in this section who engages in the stock-buying business, a fact which shows his honesty in dealing with the public in the absence of immediate competition. The volume of his business at present can best be seen in the annual shipments which average one hundred carloads, and for each carload Mr. Taylor pays the stock raisers of the Ririe country approximately three thousand dollars. He also is the owner of some Jefferson county farm land which he leases owing to the fact that his stock buying consumes most of his time.
In April, 1907, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to May Hill, a daughter of George and Harriet C. (Harmon) Hill. The father, who was originally from England, came to the United States when he was a boy of fourteen years and soon after his arrival he located with his parents in Utah where he grew to manhood. There he married Harriet C. Harmon and with the valuable aid of his good wife carried on farming very successfully until 1884. In that year he left Utah and, bringing his family with him located on a homestead six or eight miles west of Rigby. After farming here for twelve years, he sold this tract and bought a farm one mile southeast of the county seat, where he resided the rest of his life which ended in May, 1911. His wife had passed away in July, 1901. To Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have been born the following children: Ancel, in June, 1908; Ivan, in September, 1909; Virgil, in July, 1911; and Stanley. In September, 1912. They give their spiritual and material support to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and are rearing their children according to the tenets of their faith. Mr. Taylor takes his stand with the republican party and is always found participating in all movements for the promotion of the general welfare and civic betterment. When the town government of Ririe was organized in 1916, he was chosen as one of the members of the original town board and he continued in this office until April, 1919. Furthermore, it has been his privilege during the last two years as president of the Commercial Club of Ririe to leave the imprint of his personality upon the business progress of the town. Again, as chairman of the local unit of the American Red Cross he has had the honor to take more than a layman's part in the great humanitarian movement for which this organization stands.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Thomas G. Taylor, the only stock buyer in Ririe, Jefferson county, Idaho, carrying on an extensive business, was born in Ogden, Utah, in September, 1883, a son of Newel and Martha (Lowder) Taylor. The father remained in North Carolina, his native state, until 1875, when he immigrated to Utah and there homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the vicinity of the city of Ogden. Five years later Martha Lowder left Virginia, the state of her birth, and settled in Utah, where she met and married Newel Taylor. Together they worked on the farm which the latter had homesteaded in 1875, bringing it into a habitable condition. Their united efforts had scarcely borne fruit when the death of the husband occurred one year after the birth of their son, Thomas G. The mother survived until June, 1905.
Thomas G. Taylor spent his early life on the old homestead near Ogden, Utah, where he received a common school education. Sometime after the completion of his schooling he began buying and selling live stock and with the exception of three years he has engaged in this occupation ever since. Until he came to Jefferson county all his business had been carried on near the place of his birth and on his arrival here in 1915 he located in the then new town of Ririe where he has since resided. Here he found conditions very favorable for his business since the land is specially adapted to the grazing of cattle and sheep. At present the general resources of the country do not serve as his only advantage for he is the only man in this section who engages in the stock-buying business, a fact which shows his honesty in dealing with the public in the absence of immediate competition. The volume of his business at present can best be seen in the annual shipments which average one hundred carloads, and for each carload Mr. Taylor pays the stock raisers of the Ririe country approximately three thousand dollars. He also is the owner of some Jefferson county farm land which he leases owing to the fact that his stock buying consumes most of his time.
In April, 1907, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to May Hill, a daughter of George and Harriet C. (Harmon) Hill. The father, who was originally from England, came to the United States when he was a boy of fourteen years and soon after his arrival he located with his parents in Utah where he grew to manhood. There he married Harriet C. Harmon and with the valuable aid of his good wife carried on farming very successfully until 1884. In that year he left Utah and, bringing his family with him located on a homestead six or eight miles west of Rigby. After farming here for twelve years, he sold this tract and bought a farm one mile southeast of the county seat, where he resided the rest of his life which ended in May, 1911. His wife had passed away in July, 1901. To Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have been born the following children: Ancel, in June, 1908; Ivan, in September, 1909; Virgil, in July, 1911; and Stanley. In September, 1912. They give their spiritual and material support to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and are rearing their children according to the tenets of their faith. Mr. Taylor takes his stand with the republican party and is always found participating in all movements for the promotion of the general welfare and civic betterment. When the town government of Ririe was organized in 1916, he was chosen as one of the members of the original town board and he continued in this office until April, 1919. Furthermore, it has been his privilege during the last two years as president of the Commercial Club of Ririe to leave the imprint of his personality upon the business progress of the town. Again, as chairman of the local unit of the American Red Cross he has had the honor to take more than a layman's part in the great humanitarian movement for which this organization stands.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
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