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 592 TAYLOR. TAYLOR. civil war, having entered the service in i860 as third assistant engineer in the United States steam sloop-of-var " Wyoming, " under the command of John K. Mitchell. He made a two years' cruise in this vessel, touching at the principal ports on the At- lantic and Pacific coast of South America, the Sandwich Islands, and San Francisco. He was attached to Minister Clay's lega- tion, minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to Peru for five months dur- ing this time, remaining in the harbor of Callao. At Panama the commander and seven officers resigned to enter the South- ern Confederacy. Mr. Talbot applied to the navy department for active duty at the seat of war ; was ordered home from San Francisco, returning via the Isthmus of Panama. He received two promotions. He served as chief engineer on the United States gunboats " Chocura " and " Iosco," being government superintendent while the engines were being put into these ves- sels at the Charlestown navy-yard, and was appointed chief engineer on their first going into commission. He was on block- ade duty in these vessels in the North At- lantic squadron under rear admirals Lee and Porter until the close of the civil war. He participated in both bombardments and the capture of Fort Fisher. He was appointed first assistant professor of steam engineering at the Naval Academy, An- napolis, Md., in the fall of 18S5, steam en- gineering being first introduced into the curriculum of study at thai time. He resigned from the United States navy in 1S66 to enter business. His eldest son, Henry, was graduated from the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, chemical course, in 18S5. He remained there as instructor three years, and is now taking a two years' course in Leipzig, Germany. TAYLOR, Charles Henry, son of John I. and Abigail R. (Hapgood) Taylor, was born July 14, 1846, in Charlestown, Middlesex county, and was educated in the public schools of Charlestown. When sixteen years old he enlisted in the Union army, and served until wounded and sent home. When twenty-one he made a successful excursion into the field of politics and was appointed private and military secretary, with the rank of colo nel, by Gov. William Claflin. While hold- ing this office he acquired the intimate knowledge of the internal working of the state government which has been of ines- timable value to him through later years. In journalism he has climbed the ladder from the first round, beafinnina; in the com- posing room and occupying the reporter's desk, the correspondent's position, the editorial sanctum, and the controlling manager's chair, in orderly, though rapid succession. When connected with the " Boston Traveller," and later, while Gov- ernor Claflin's private secretary, he was correspondent for the " New York Trib- une "and the "Cincinnati Times." In Somerville, in 1872, he was elected by a unanimous vote of all parties, to the state Legislature, and the following year was chosen clerk of the House, succeeding the famous " Warrington." CHARLES H. TAYLOR. On the 7th of February, 1S66, Colonel Taylor was married in Charlestown, to Georgianna O., daughter of George W. and L. F. Davis. In 1873 Colonel Taylor formed his first connection with the " Boston I >aily Globe." At that time the paper was losing money steadily, and seemed a hopeless and help- less journalistic experiment. The fact that under his administration the " Globe " has attained the largest circulation of any paper in New England, speaks volumes for the pluck, sagacity, and ability of its manager and editor-in-chief. No American jour- nalist ever accomplished a more complete success in so shprt a time, and very few- have been able to achieve even so much.