Emzy Taylor
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(1841-1895) Arkansas native Emzy Taylor clerked in his father's mercantile store in Georgetown before serving as a Confederate captain in the Red River campaign of the Civil War. He married Margaret Corinna Henderson in 1864 while on furlough. After the war he returned to Georgetown and took over the family business. At the forefront of Georgetown's early development, Taylor led efforts to establish the first college, national bank, regional railroad line, and water utility service. He took special pride in his formation and service as chief of the city's volunteer fire department. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Arkansas-born Emzy Taylor clerked in his father's Georgetown store before serving as a Confederate captain in the Civil War's Red River campaign, marrying while on furlough in 1864. Returning home after the war, he took over the family business and became a driving force in the town's growth, helping launch its first college, national bank, regional railroad, and water utility. He took special pride in founding and leading the city's volunteer fire department.
Why it matters
His career traces the path of a Confederate veteran who reinvented himself as a builder of the New South's small-town institutions.
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