Background
Taylor, James Wickes was born on November 6, 1819 in Starkey, New York, United States. Son of James and Maria (Wickes) Taylor.
Taylor, James Wickes was born on November 6, 1819 in Starkey, New York, United States. Son of James and Maria (Wickes) Taylor.
Graduate Hamilton College, 1838.
Founded Cincinnati Morning Signal, 1846. Member 2d Ohio Constitutional Convention, 1850-1851. Secretary commission to revise judicial code Ohio, 1851-1852.
Head of Ohio State Library, 1854-1856.
Began practice law, Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory, 1856. Special agent United States Treasury Department to investigate United States.Canadian trade, 1859-1869.
Agent Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad, 1869. Special agent United States State Department charged with investigating Red River Rebellion in Canada, 1869.
American consul at Winnipeg, Canada, 1870-1893, prevented Fenian attack on Manitoba from United States, 1871.
Author: Victim of Intrigue, 1847. History of the State of Ohio, 1854. Manual of the Ohio School System, 1857.
Member 2d Ohio Constitutional Convention, 1850-1851.
Married Chloe Sweeting Langford, 1845, 4 children.