CAPTAIN EMZY TAYLOR, president of the First National Bank of Georgetown, and one of the city's most prosperous and highly respected citizens, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, October 7, 1841, a son of Josiah and Catherine (Leo) Taylor. Emzy Taylor, the second child in order of birth, has resided in Georgetown since 1849. His education was received principally in Georgetown, where he clerked in his father's store for a time. In 1861 he en­listed for service in the late war, in Colonel, later in General, J. B. Hood's Regiment. He went from Texas to Virginia, and on account of failing health was discharged December 4, 1861. But he laid in the hospital at Dumfries until in March, 1862. When he entered the service he weighed 166 pounds, but at Dum­fries, Virginia, he was weighed and found he had lost eighty-four pounds. His disease was pronounced by the physicians to be consumption, and his papers were signed by General J. 13. Hood, with whom he was in­timately acquainted. The latter gentleman had that happy faculty of knowing all his men. He associated the name and the face, and his memory of persons and countenances was such that lie rarely ever lost sight of either. After leaving for home, in 1862, Mr. Taylor never saw General Hood until several years after the close of the war, when, as he was passing the hotel in Georgetown one day, the latter, who was a guest there, recognized and called hint by name, while he was more than twenty feet away. In May, 1862, Mr. Taylor enlisted in the Sixteenth Texas  Volunteer Infantry, known as Flourney's Regi­ment, was elected Second Senior Lieutenant of his company, later promoted to First Lieu­tenant, and subsequently, after the death of Captain Chalmers, at Mansfield, Louisiana, was made Captain of his company, serving in that capacity until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, taken prisoner and confined ten days at Grand Ecore, and also took part in the battle of Milliken's Bend and many skirmishes.

After the close of the war Mr. Taylor be­gan merchandising in Georgetown, and later became a partner of J. L. Brittain. That partnership continued two years, and our subject then continued business alone until the latter part of 1881, when he sold his store to Rucker & Montgomery. In 1882 Mr. Taylor embarked in the banking business in Georgetown, conducting a private bank until June 2, 1890, when it was organized as a national bank, with a capital stock of $50,­000. The officers are: E. Taylor, president; Andrew J. Nelson, vice president; Lee M. Taylor, cashier; and F. W. Carothers, as­sistant cashier. In 1876 Mr. Taylor started the project of a railroad from Georgetown to Round Rock, which was built, operated one year, and then, in 1877, turned over to the International & Great Northern Railroad. They now have on hand a railroad from Georgetown to Granger had the right of way, depot and grounds, and fifteen miles of grading completed. Mr. Taylor was also instrumental in starting the water works of Georgetown, which were sold to the city at a later day was secretary. of a company who organized to have the Southwestern University located in this .city. The valuation of $150,000 was donated to the Southwestern University, and from $75,000 to 100,000 of this amount came from Georgetown. In company, with others, our subject organized the Texas. Chautauqua, located within one half a mile of .the city, giving $10,000 and 200 acres of land to have it placed in its present location. They have the finest lecturers in the United States during the college vacation. The grounds are beautiful, and ease of access from the city.

July 7, 1864, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Miss Margaret C. Henderson. Her parents died when she was a mere child, and she was reared in Tennessee by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Martha Mayes, a widow. They came to Texas in 1856. Our subject and wife have two children living: Lee M., cashier of the First National Bank and Corinna, wife of R. T. Cooper, collector in the same bank. They have three children: Madge, Bessie Bell and Corinna. Lee M. Taylor married Fannie Talliferro, whose grandfather, Rev. Talliferro, preached the first sermon in Williamson County, at the residence of Freeman Smalley, on Brushy creek. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Taylor have one child, Mabel. Our subject and wife are members of the Baptist Church, in which the former holds the office of Treasurer. Politically, Mr. Taylor is a Democrat, and takes an interest in all home enterprises. He is of refinement and an estimable citizen Possesses superior business qualifications; and his integrity of character, honorable and upright, dealings and kind consideration of his fellow man, have won for him the highest regard of  the community and. the county in, which he lives.