Background
Taylor, George Braxton was born on April 25, 1860 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of Review George Boardman and Susan Spotswood (Braxton) Taylor.
Taylor, George Braxton was born on April 25, 1860 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of Review George Boardman and Susan Spotswood (Braxton) Taylor.
Direct descendant of Carter Braxton, one of signers of the Declaration of Independence. Bachelor of Arts, Richmond College, Virginia, 1881. University of Virginia.
Graduate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1886.
Attended lectures University of Rome (Italy). Doctor of Divinity, Mercer University, Georgia, 1894.
1 son, George Cabell (deceased). ordained Baptist ministry, 1886. Pastor Fairmont, Mount Shiloh, Mount Plain, Virginia, 1886-1887, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1887-1889. Associate pastor 1st Church, Baltimore, 1889-1891.
Pastor 1st Church, Macon, Georgia, 1891-1894, Liberty and Hebron, Appomattox County, Virginia, 1894-1903, Enon and Troutville, 1903-1940.
Professor of English Bible, Hollins College, 1903-1928, resident chaplain, 1903-1933, emeritus since 1933. Preached his first sermon in Rome, Italy, 1882, in Italian.
Delaware to Baptist World Alliance, London, 1905, Berlin, Germany, 1934. Trustee University of Richmond (vice president of board.
Member centennial committee), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Baptist Orphanage, Salem, Virginia.
Vice president Baptist Young Peoples Union of America, 1894-1895. Moderator Appomattox Association, 1898-1899. President Virginia Baptist History Society since 1934.
Member Judson Centennial Committee of Southern Baptist Convention, 1911-1916. Member Society Descendants Signers Declaration of Independence, Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jessie Cabell, December 19, 1888 (died August 31, 1893).