1846–?

Introduction

Born: 1846, Lex­ing­ton, Vir­gin­ia (some sourc­es say Staun­ton, his mo­ther’s home town).

Died: Unknown; liv­ing in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, as of 1913.

Biography

Howard was the son of George Wash­ing­ton Tay­lor and Mary Jane Lynn.

He gra­du­at­ed from Bur­ling­ton Col­lege, Io­wa (1868), and the Cin­cin­na­ti Law School in 1881 (where he took first prize for the best es­say on con­sti­tu­tion­al law).

Taylor moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, in 1883 to prac­tice law. He served as City Pro­se­cut­ing At­tor­ney (1897–1907), and was ci­ty Elect­ion Com­miss­ion­er as of 1913.

A wide­ly known po­et, Tay­lor’s works in­clude:

Lyrics

  1. Bonds of the Ag­es Are Break­ing, The
  2. Call the Lit­tle Child­ren
  3. Clear the Track
  4. Come and List­en, My Boys
  5. For God and Home and Na­tive Land
  6. Hark, the Thrill Ap­proach­ing Nigh
  7. Home That Used to Be, The
  8. I Asked of My Con­sci­ence to Give
  9. In the Rain of the Days That Are Drift­ing
  10. Sampson Bound
  11. See the Sin­ner at the Tem­ple
  12. Stand by the Blue
  13. Thou Cam­est, Lord, in King­ly State
  14. We Praise Thee, O God
  15. With the Help of Christ

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