Person:Charles Taylor (12)

President of Wake Forest Coll. no children listed, resided in Wake Forest, NC

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume X T TAYLOR, Charles Elisha, educator, was born in Richmond, Va., Oct. 28, 1842; son of the Rev. Dr. James Barnett and Mary (Williams) Taylor; grandson of George and Christine (Barnett) Taylor and of the Rev. Dr. Elisha Scott and Abigail (Livermore) Williams; a descendant of George Taylor of Barton-on-Humber, England, and of Robert Williams, Rexbury, Mass., 1638. He attended Richmond college, 1858-61; served as a private in the 21st Virginia infantry, Jackson's corps, 1861; in the signal corps, 1862-63, and as acting adjutant of the secret service bureau, 1863-65. He was graduated from the University of Virginia, A.B., 1870; subsequently traveled in Europe, and was ordained to the Baptist ministry in April, 1871, holding pastorates in Lewisburg and Oxford, N.C., 1871-74, and serving as agent of the board of education. He was professor of Latin in Wake Forest college, N.C., 1870-84, and in November of the latter year was appointed president of the institution, a position he still held in 1903. He was married, Sept. 11, 1873, to Mary Hinton, daughter of John Lamb and Mary (Hinton) Prichard of Danville, Va. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Richmond college in 1880, and that of Litt. D. by the University of Carolina in 1889. He is the author of: Gilbert Stone, poem (1891); How Far a state may Educate (1894); The Story of Yates (1898); and of numerous contributions to magazines and periodical literature.