HENRY CLAY TAYLOR.

HENRY CLAY TAYLOR.
Henry Clay Taylor, president of the Big Horn Mountain Diamond Company and one of the prominent and representative business men of Wyoming, has been identified with the west since 1879. He was born near the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a son of William and Sarah G. Taylor, who were also natives of that place. The paternal grandfather of Henry C. Taylor was born in or near Glasgow, Scotland, and was among the Scotch emigrants who settled the province of Nova Scotia. His wife also came from the same vicinity in Scotland. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Taylor of this review came from London, England, about the same time that his paternal grandparents left the land of hills and heather. The maternal line has a trade of Holland blood, but is mostly of old English stock. William Taylor, the father of Henry Clay Taylor, removed to Bangor, Maine, in the early 40s. but afterward returned to Nova Scotia and in 1848 or 1849, in company with his brother-in-law, John G. Pulsifer, began prospecting for gold in the west. In the year 1869 or 1861 they discovered the first gold in Nova Scotia at a place called Waverly, twelve miles east of Halifax. They also found gold at Tangier. a few miles farther east, and were the discoverers of the Moose River mines and built the first stamp mill there in the early ’70s. Thus Mr. Taylor was prominently connected with the development of the mineral resources of his country. He reared a family of eight sons and one daughter. Henry Clay Taylor acquired his education in the public schools of Nova Scotia and put aside his textbooks in 1878. The following year he removed to Colorado and seven years later, feeling the necessity of further educational training as a preparation for business life, he pursued a course in a commercial college in Colorado. For fifteen years after his removal to the west he lived in Colorado and in that state began mining, to which he devoted seven years. At length he retired from that field of activity and engaged in the jewelry and optical business, to which he devoted eight years in Leadville, Colorado. The high altitude, however, affected him and his health began to fail. He then returned to Nova Scotia for rest and recuperation and while there became interested in the lumber business and in general merchandising, and he was also appointed to the position of postmaster for Chaswood. He acted in that capacity until he again determined to establish his home in his adopted country and made his way once more to the western states, this section always having a great attraction for him. While in Nova Scotia he did some mining engineering and discovered copper, lead and silver mines for United States capitalists, after which he incorporated several mining companies in both the United States and Canada. He has always been a lover of the western country and as soon as he had attained his majority he took out his naturalization papers and became a citizen of the United States. After the second period of his residence in Nova Scotia he made his way to Wyoming. He incorporated the Big Horn Mountain Diamond Company, with a capitalization of twenty-five thousand dollars, and he and his wife own ninety-five per cent of the stock. This company owns the largest agate deposits in the world and also a deposit of stone which they have named the Big Horn Mountain Diamond and which is the finest brilliant known, save a real diamond. They cut and mount the stones in their own factory at Sheridan, Wyoming, and ship large quantities to eastern cities. Mr. Taylor’s previous experience in the jewelry business came into play in this connection and he has developed a business of large and extensive proportions, bringing to him a very gratifying annual income. He is also interested in real estate in Saskatoon, Canada, in Nova Scotia, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Denver, Colorado, and in Sheridan, Wyoming, most of which he purchased in young manhood and which he still holds, much of it returning to him a very gratifying income. In addition to being manager and president of the Big Horn Mountain Diamond Company, he is also interested in several other mining corporations. On the 25th of January, 1894, in Chaswood, Nova Scotia, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Maggie E. Taylor, a daughter of Alexander and Rhoda J. Taylor. Her father engaged in farming and in gold mining in Halifax county, Nova Scotia. Mrs. Taylor is endowed by nature with marked musical talent and for three years she traveled with the H. H. Taylor Concert Company as singer and violinist, being upon the road in this way between the ages of twelve and fifteen years. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Taylor have been born the following named: Vera E., who is studying music at the Bush Conservatory in Chicago; Hazel R.; Lowell H.; Alden P.; Orlo C., who is with the United States navy; and Grace M., the wife of G. E. Andrews, a railroad conductor. In early manhood Mr. Taylor was identified with the Presbyterian church and is now associated with the Baptist church. In politics he may be termed a republican prohibitionist. Fraternally he is well known in Masonic circles, also belonging to the Eastern Star. and he has membership with the Knights of Pythias, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Sheridan Commercial Club. He is a past chancellor in the Knights of Pythias and was the first dictator of the Moose lodge in Sheridan, occupying that position in 1913, while in 1914 he was made supreme deputy dictator. He has always refused to take an active part in politics as an office seeker, although he has been frequently urged to do so, feeling that his time and attention should be concentrated upon his business affairs, which have been wisely and profitably managed. He has an interesting military chapter in his life record, for he belonged for four years to the Colorado National Guard as a member of Company C and of Company B of the First Battalion, covering the early ’80s. He became captain of the Charles Wood Rifle Association in Halifax county, Nova Scotia, an association supported by the government to train civilians how to shoot with the army rifle. He resigned the captaincy, however, upon his removal to Sheridan, Wyoming, in 1910. His has been a busy, active and useful life, in which he has accomplished farreaching purposes, his efforts being crowned with substantial results. His entire career has been actuated by high and honorable principles and worthy purposes and has ever measured up to the advanced standards of manhood and citizenship.

Henry Clay Taylor, president of the Big Horn Mountain Diamond Company and one of the prominent and representative business men of Wyoming, has been identified with the west since 1879. He was born near the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a son of William and Sarah G. Taylor, who were also natives of that place. The paternal grandfather of Henry C. Taylor was born in or near Glasgow, Scotland, and was among the Scotch emigrants who settled the province of Nova Scotia. His wife also came from the same vicinity in Scotland. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Taylor of this review came from London, England, about the same time that his paternal grandparents left the land of hills and heather. The maternal line has a trade of Holland blood, but is mostly of old English stock. William Taylor, the father of Henry Clay Taylor, removed to Bangor, Maine, in the early 40s. but afterward returned to Nova Scotia and in 1848 or 1849, in company with his brother-in-law, John G. Pulsifer, began prospecting for gold in the west. In the year 1869 or 1861 they discovered the first gold in Nova Scotia at a place called Waverly, twelve miles east of Halifax. They also found gold at Tangier. a few miles farther east, and were the discoverers of the Moose River mines and built the first stamp mill there in the early ’70s. Thus Mr. Taylor was prominently connected with the development of the mineral resources of his country. He reared a family of eight sons and one daughter.
Henry Clay Taylor acquired his education in the public schools of Nova Scotia and put aside his textbooks in 1878. The following year he removed to Colorado and seven years later, feeling the necessity of further educational training as a preparation for business life, he pursued a course in a commercial college in Colorado. For fifteen years after his removal to the west he lived in Colorado and in that state began mining, to which he devoted seven years. At length he retired from that field of activity and engaged in the jewelry and optical business, to which he devoted eight years in Leadville, Colorado. The high altitude, however, affected him and his health began to fail. He then returned to Nova Scotia for rest and recuperation and while there became interested in the lumber business and in general merchandising, and he was also appointed to the position of postmaster for Chaswood. He acted in that capacity until he again determined to establish his home in his adopted country and made his way once more to the western states, this section always having a great attraction for him. While in Nova Scotia he did some mining engineering and discovered copper, lead and silver mines for United States capitalists, after which he incorporated several mining companies in both the United States and Canada. He has always been a lover of the western country and as soon as he had attained his majority he took out his naturalization papers and became a citizen of the United States. After the second period of his residence in Nova Scotia he made his way to Wyoming. He incorporated the Big Horn Mountain Diamond Company, with a capitalization of twenty-five thousand dollars, and he and his wife own ninety-five per cent of the stock. This company owns the largest agate deposits in the world and also a deposit of stone which they have named the Big Horn Mountain Diamond and which is the finest brilliant known, save a real diamond. They cut and mount the stones in their own factory at Sheridan, Wyoming, and ship large quantities to eastern cities. Mr. Taylor’s previous experience in the jewelry business came into play in this connection and he has developed a business of large and extensive proportions, bringing to him a very gratifying annual income. He is also interested in real estate in Saskatoon, Canada, in Nova Scotia, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Denver, Colorado, and in Sheridan, Wyoming, most of which he purchased in young manhood and which he still holds, much of it returning to him a very gratifying income. In addition to being manager and president of the Big Horn Mountain Diamond Company, he is also interested in several other mining corporations.
On the 25th of January, 1894, in Chaswood, Nova Scotia, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Maggie E. Taylor, a daughter of Alexander and Rhoda J. Taylor. Her father engaged in farming and in gold mining in Halifax county, Nova Scotia. Mrs. Taylor is endowed by nature with marked musical talent and for three years she traveled with the H. H. Taylor Concert Company as singer and violinist, being upon the road in this way between the ages of twelve and fifteen years. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Taylor have been born the following named: Vera E., who is studying music at the Bush Conservatory in Chicago; Hazel R.; Lowell H.; Alden P.; Orlo C., who is with the United States navy; and Grace M., the wife of G. E. Andrews, a railroad conductor.
In early manhood Mr. Taylor was identified with the Presbyterian church and is now associated with the Baptist church. In politics he may be termed a republican prohibitionist. Fraternally he is well known in Masonic circles, also belonging to the Eastern Star. and he has membership with the Knights of Pythias, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Sheridan Commercial Club. He is a past chancellor in the Knights of Pythias and was the first dictator of the Moose lodge in Sheridan, occupying that position in 1913, while in 1914 he was made supreme deputy dictator. He has always refused to take an active part in politics as an office seeker, although he has been frequently urged to do so, feeling that his time and attention should be concentrated upon his business affairs, which have been wisely and profitably managed. He has an interesting military chapter in his life record, for he belonged for four years to the Colorado National Guard as a member of Company C and of Company B of the First Battalion, covering the early ’80s. He became captain of the Charles Wood Rifle Association in Halifax county, Nova Scotia, an association supported by the government to train civilians how to shoot with the army rifle. He resigned the captaincy, however, upon his removal to Sheridan, Wyoming, in 1910. His has been a busy, active and useful life, in which he has accomplished farreaching purposes, his efforts being crowned with substantial results. His entire career has been actuated by high and honorable principles and worthy purposes and has ever measured up to the advanced standards of manhood and citizenship.