Govenor Robert Love TAYLOR, Sr.^[1]

1850 - 1912  (61 years)

• Name	Robert Love TAYLOR
  Prefix	Govenor
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	31 Jul 1850
  Gender	Male
  _UID	FA4B2121D93F4A68B9A5DCF20232CDA826FA
  Death	31 Mar 1912	Washington, D.C.
  Burial	Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
  Person ID	I49596	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2002

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Greene TAYLOR,   b. 29 Dec 1819   d. 1 Apr 1887 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Emma HAYNES
  _UID	AF48D8213A034855BA061F1BA62973797FF8
  _UID	AF48D8213A034855BA061F1BA62973797FF8
  Family ID	F28303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sally BAIRD
  _UID	BF7003E18665422EB1940193B34C32CA423F
  _UID	BF7003E18665422EB1940193B34C32CA423F
  Children	1. Robert Love TAYLOR, Jr.   2. David Haynes TAYLOR   3. Emma Haynes TAYLOR   4. Loretta TAYLOR
  Family ID	F28318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Alice
  Marriage	Montgomery, Alabama
  _UID	527F47925D354823AB1EB1A0463DD6E8025E
  _UID	527F47925D354823AB1EB1A0463DD6E8025E
  Notes	"Kinfolks" by William Curry Harllee p. 2744.
  Family ID	F28319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Mamie ST. JOHN
  _UID	E6AA9EAC7A1F474B8A4EB57309E46F0566CE
  _UID	E6AA9EAC7A1F474B8A4EB57309E46F0566CE
  Family ID	F28320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He and his wife resided "Happy Valley" near Elizabethton, Johnson City, and Knoxville. Lawyer; lecturer; mason and elk. Democrat; Congressman; Governor of Tennessee 3 terms 1887-91 and 1897-99; U. S. Senator, died during term. Campaigned against and defeated his brother "Alf", Republican, for governor in 1886. Their entertaining campaign known as "War of Roses," "Bob's" "fiddle and bow" played a part in this campaign. "Kinfolks" by William Curry Harllee p. 2744.

  
  

• Sources

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