George Sylvester Taylor
1st Mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts
In office January 5, 1891 – January 1892
Preceded by	Board of Selectmen
Succeeded by	William W. McClench
Massachusetts State Senate[1]
In office 1869–1869
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1860–1861
Board of Selectmen of the Town of Chicopee, Massachusetts[1]
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1822 South Hadley, Massachusetts
Died	January 3, 1910(1910-01-03) (aged 87) Chicopee, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Asenath Boylston Cobb
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George Sylvester Taylor (March 2, 1822 – January 3, 1910) became the first mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts, on January 5, 1891.

He was born March 2, 1822, in South Hadley, Massachusetts,^[2] one of ten children of Sylvester Taylor, a butcher (1793–1881) and Sarah Eaton (1793–1870). The family moved to Chicopee Falls in 1828, which was then a part of Springfield, Massachusetts.

He married Asenath Boylston Cobb (1826–1898) on November 25, 1845, with whom he had six children. Taylor died in Chicopee.

Starting in 1864, Taylor ran the Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Company in Springfield.^[2]

As a member of the Republican Party, Taylor served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1860 to 1861 and the Massachusetts Senate in 1869.^[1] Prior to becoming Mayor, he was president of Chicopee Falls Savings Bank.

When Chicopee, Massachusetts, was first incorporated as a city in 1891, Taylor was elected mayor without opposition.^[2]

Taylor was a deacon of the Congregational Church of Chicopee for 45 years, and president of the local YMCA.^[2]

• 1869 Massachusetts legislature

• Chicopee History^{[permanent dead link‍]}