==Background==
Taylor was born in Lend Mine Bend, Tennessee to Sarah Elizabeth Rogers and James Willis Taylor, Sr.<ref name=knoxvillefocus/> After enduring through hardships, he attended and graduated from Holbrook Normal College, located in Fountain City. Taylor later graduated from Cumberland School of Law and was admitted to the bar in 1902.<ref name=knoxvillefocus/>
He married the former Mossie Emily Kincaid and the couple had two daughters, Elizabeth and Katheryne.
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